Civic and Community Engagement
Neighbors and GREAT look into food preservation with workshop
Neighbors and GREAT look into food preservation with workshop
Community and Family
Community and Family
Ignore the Rankings: Why the Best School for Your Kid Is Probably the One in Your Neighborhood
After years of obsessing about stats and lists, many city parents are discovering their kids will get a great education right around the corner. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
Community and Family
The fight to bridge Philly’s COVID-19 digital divide has a hotline to connect families to the Internet
On Aug. 6, Philadelphia launched PHLConnectED, an massive collaboration between the city and some of its biggest private partners to connect those families to the internet ahead of the school year and also offer them digital skills training and tech support. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Community and Family
Advocacy partnership works to reduce opioid epidemic impact on families
Parental substance use is a factor in more than one-third of all foster care placements nationally. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Community and Family
Impact Of COVID-19 On Small Businesses
https://www.funtimesmagazine.com/2020/06/03/322475/impact-of-covid-19-on-small-businesses
Community and Family
DuBose Printing & Business Services: Finding A New Groove During COVID-19
https://www.funtimesmagazine.com/2020/06/25/322464/dubose-printing-business-services-finding-a-new-groove-during-covid-19
Community and Family
Pools Out for Summer: How COVID-19 stole another Philly institution this Summer
Philadelphia Public Pools are a community asset often overlooked, despite thousands of people relying on them year after year. Summer 2020 was devoid of the nearly one million memories made at the Philly’s Public Pools. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Community and Family
Philadelphia Opening ‘Access Centers’ for Students to Learn Online
Most of the “Access Centers” will serve around 22 students each and will require registration, with priority given to “students with the highest need who can’t safely stay at home during the school day,” Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration said in a news release. (Read more.)
Community and Family
Bright yellow ‘community refrigerators’ pop up to feed those in need across Philadelphia
Nelson is the founder of Mama-Tee, an e-commerce store and apparel brand that recently launched the Community Fridge Project. Designed to provide food for those in need, the project features refrigerators, painted in a signature, bright-banana-colored yellow, set up outdoors for anyone to access. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Civic and Community Engagement
An abandoned garage is the latest flashpoint over gentrification in West Philly
A developer has paused plans for a 30-unit apartment complex in a West Philadelphia rowhouse neighborhood, the culmination of a year of community opposition that included a recent rally and a petition to city government. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)