Cancer screenings offered for free by Penn Med include mammogram, colonoscopy options
Penn Medicine will hold a series of community health events in June with free cancer screenings. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Penn Medicine will hold a series of community health events in June with free cancer screenings. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
“I didn’t start off saying this was going to be a Latino distillery, but it went that way. Bringing some culture into it just felt natural and comfortable.” Strivers’ Row is not only Philly’s smallest commercial distillery; it’s also the first owned by a Latinx person. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The group of fourth graders at the Kensington school, organized to fight for things they believe in, told their truth to the Philadelphia school board — kids speaking in loud, clear voices about how much they love their school, but how much it needs. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
In cities like Philadelphia with large numbers of under-resourced schools that many parents and guardians do not consider safe, learning-focused environments for their children, admission to a selective school can be a ticket to success. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Following a mass shooting on South Street this weekend, Philly business owners will face the costly realities of yet another epidemic: “It has felt like small businesses have had to take on all of society’s problems all at once.” | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
When it comes to the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth, resources are not always abundant in places like schools or community centers. That’s where the free, research-based digital mental health tool imi (pronounced eye-me) comes in. Imi was created to help queer and trans youth explore and affirm their identity and engage in practical techniques that increase methods of coping with stress related to sexual orientation and gender. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
On Wednesday, nonprofit North10 Philadelphia will break ground on Be A Gem Crossing, an approximately $20 million affordable housing project that will stand where the nuisance motel once stood. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
The road to recovery from gunshot injuries can last years. Listen to how Tashawn Strother has helped her son Walter Willis make tremendous progress. | From: Kouvenda Media (Read more.)
The PIDC is an independent, nonprofit organization co-founded by The City of Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that provides financing to Philadelphia businesses using money from the city and other public and private sources. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Akron and Cincinnati, Ohio and Philadelphia are using the purchase of land, housing and commercial properties as a means of countering the rise in parasitic capital as well as setting the stage for scaled homeownership and corridor initiatives. These efforts follow the maxim of Della Clark, president of The Enterprise Center in Philadelphia: “If you don’t have site control, you just have an opinion.” Significantly, new ideas around community equity corporations, districts and shares are emerging that, if structured and implemented well, could enable residents to benefit from economic revitalization of their communities. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
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