Our current system does little to promote safety but creates extraordinary harm and inequality. Inequality, exclusion, punishment and mass incarceration prevent improving safety, building community and achieving justice. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
The Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project will get $200,000 from the city, expanding its commitment compared to 2020. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Parking lot operators are furious about the city’s proposal to raise the parking tax even as they’ve watched their business wither during the coronavirus. In response, Philadelphia City Council is offering this deal: Develop “good jobs” and we’ll bring the rate back down. It aims to be the rare plan that appeals to both labor and employers. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
How do we see racial oppression manifest itself in workforce and hiring practices? How can employers help mitigate this impact? Undoing the systemic oppression of the last several centuries will involve placing racial equity front and center in workforce practices, and this pieces suggests a few ways that employers in the Philadelphia region can do this. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
When coronavirus-related social-distancing guidelines went into effect, civic associations around the city had to cancel in-person meetings. | From: Next City (Read more.)
The Germantown Supply Hub Mutual Aid & Protest Support, developed in response to both the pandemic and the protests against racism and police violence, opened its doors about two weeks ago. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
In a landmark decision, on June 18, The Supreme Court ruled to block President Trump’s plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program known as DACA, which protects undocumented immigrants brought to to the United States as children. However, while this ruling provides some breathing space for DACA recipients, or “Dreamers,” a lot of questions remain about the fate of this population. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
City Council unanimously approved a bill Thursday morning that will make it illegal for employers to fire, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against workers who speak up about unsafe coronavirus conditions. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s City Council on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a budget proposal that would cut police funding by $33.4 million while implementing reforms and allocating millions to anti-poverty measures. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia (Read more.)
Donavan West wants to help Black communities and businesses starved by the pandemic, damaged by civil unrest and suffering from long-term underinvestment. West hopes to promote workforce development, improve career education programs, close the digital divide, train young people in innovation and automation, and teach them about finance and entrepreneurship. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
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