For the first time in its 14-year history, the holiday market at Love Park will feature a dedicated space for small businesses owned by Black and brown Philadelphians to sell their work. They’ll share three colorful converted shipping containers, painted by muralist Malachi Floyd, thanks to a new initiative funded by Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Commerce department. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Hundreds of Philadelphians rallied on Tuesday in response to the Nov. 17 attack against four Asian American high school students on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Fabric Health, a local healthcare startup founded earlier this year, is working to close community-care gaps and make healthcare more accessible to busy families and those who identify as low-income. They’re doing so by transforming neighborhood laundromats into pseudo-community wellness centers. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
Trauma is a big contributing factor to Philly’s gun violence crisis among youth who feel they have nothing to lose. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Driven largely by skyrocketing rates of gun violence, the number of killings this year will be the highest since at least 1960, which is as far back as the Police Department said it kept statistics on homicides. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Over the summer, the City began seeking information about how many households were connected to broadband internet access to better understand the digital access and internet needs of Philly residents. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
As the release states, the grant enables Walnut Street Theatre to provide a limited number of $10 tickets for mainstage performances this season to increase access to live theatre for community members, with special outreach efforts to those who have been most affected by the pandemic. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
PhillyCAM – the community media center that trains Philadelphians in media production and airs original content on Philadelphia’s public access television and WPPM 106.5 FM – will present ‘Philadelphia Stories RETROSPECTIVE: A 20th Anniversary Look Back’ as a visual time capsule starting on Oct. 28. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
Launched in August, the app pays workers to clean up Philadelphia streets.
“People are definitely clamoring to get involved, support it, and help clean up the streets through Glitter,” she said. “We’re very excited about that.” | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Un grupo de jóvenes de 14 a 24 años está liderando sus vecindarios en una serie de conversaciones y sesiones focales de grupo dedicadas a crear comunidades más seguras y equitativas en los vecindarios de Kensington y Fairhill, en Filadelfia. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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