By now, most of us know what a community fridge is: a freestanding refrigerator stocked with food that anyone can take, anytime, no questions asked. Nowadays, Philly has a whole network of them. But at the start of the pandemic, as New Yorkers and Los Angelenos started installing them, Germantown was community fridge-less. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
This is Corners to Connections, a violence interruption initiative based out of North Philadelphia’s Taylor Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. G. Lamar Stewart, senior pastor at the church and founder of the operation, huddled his volunteers and split them into two teams. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The University City Townhomes saga could be a sign of things to come. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A new tool from the nonprofit Philadelphia Bail Fund aims to highlight the patterns that exist in Philly’s cash bail system, furthering public knowledge of how bail works — and how it disproportionately affects underserved communities. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
In response to Germantown’s frustration with the Philadelphia Water Department and the neighborhood’s need for flooding resources, the city agency worked with former Philadelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson to give residents space to speak about their experiences with flooding through a poetry workshop series in the summer and fall of 2021. | From: Germantown Info Hub (Read more.)
This week, the Mayor’s Office of Youth Engagement has set out to gather teen input on education, public safety, entrepreneurship and health during PHL Youth Week. It’s an opportunity for gun violence prevention activists to try to elevate the voices of teens who are directly impacted by the crisis. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
It’s been about half a year since Chyna Parker, Tatyanna Woodard and Courtney Lane shared harmful behavior they experienced from management at the Kensington harm reduction nonprofit with Billy Penn. They detailed transphobia, racism, abuse, dangerous conditions, and sexual assault.
Now, several grassroots orgs are pledging to help them recover. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
To some, it’s a great area to visit: a place to eat noodles, get bubble tea, and sing karaoke. To the roughly 3,000 people who live there — and thousands more who count on it for cultural connection — it’s home.
The neighborhood has also been a consistent battleground for development plans, many of them proposed without residents’ support. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Mural Arts Philadelphia has big plans for August.
Most recently, the organization kicked off an event—Porch Light Community Curator: Connecting Communities—where the community merged together with three artists for a Porch Light van design at a festive block party. In doing so, Mural Arts also continued its main mission: To utilize art to inspire change. And they did so in a partnership with the city. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Days before the one-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul — which commenced the giant air evacuation of wartime Afghan allies to the United States — the House and Senate introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act on Tuesday. The law has been sought by Afghans, their supporters, clergy and immigration organizations who say it’s crucial to securing the futures of those who fought side-by-side with American troops. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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