Economic hardship engendered by the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated food need for growing numbers of Americans. As a result, many people simply can’t afford to indulge their altruistic impulses to write checks or tote canned goods to food pantries that feed the disadvantaged at Thanksgiving. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
TreePhilly was only days away from announcing big plans — 23 tree giveaway events — when they were hit with news of Philly’s citywide COVID-19 control measures. So, they immediately began devising an alternative plan. | From: NextCity (Read more.)
Pastor Aldo Siahaan and Pastor Emmanuel Tandean don’t agree on much in this election — but they believe wholeheartedly that their community should get out to vote. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
For communities of color and especially for Black men, quality mental health resources are scarce, some area therapists said Wednesday, two days after Walter Wallace Jr. was fatally shot by police in West Philadelphia. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The events are the latest in a series that has tripped up the once-prosperous corridor of shops and businesses from making the comeback that many in the tight-knit, predominantly Black community want to see. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Trash intersects with environmental justice and systemic injustices in many ways, says Paige Scott-Cooper, a leader at Trash Academy. In Philadelphia, the highest concentration of litter is found in low-income communities and can be directly linked to environmental racism and redlining. | From: Next City (Read more.)
The reason is simple: Philly is broke. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the city was forced to plug a $749 million budget hole, mostly due to a shortfall in taxes, the commissioner told City Council Wednesday. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Officials expect the project to create more than 200 construction jobs as well as more than 200 permanent jobs, of which 70% are expected to be made available to people who live in the predominantly Black neighborhood. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
In April, Neighborhood Bike Works started a program called Bikes for Neighbors to help, giving away free bikes to essential workers and people who needed them.
Eight months into the initiative and with over 500 requests for bikes, 77 bikes have been given out.
Jessi West, Executive Director of Neighborhood Bike Works, said that the program was a solution to multiple problems created by the pandemic. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Many people have stopped using cold, hard — and dirty — cash in favor of debit, credit, or contactless forms of payment. Transferred from one person to the next, money is susceptible to picking up a whole host of germs. And naturally, when the coronavirus hit, this left people questioning if cash was safe. But do we really need to be concerned about getting coronavirus from cash? Probably not. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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