Photo: Members of the Salt and Light Congregation ready food parcels distributed weekly at The Common Place at 58th and Chester. Addressing endemic food insecurity is just one of the […]
Read MoreBy Taylor Allen Racqueal Howard, 44 and born and raised in Philadelphia, knew she wanted to make a career in development. She’s gotten her feet wet with renting out a […]
Read MoreCalled K-FIT, the loan is forgivable 10% a year over 10 years HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today is launching a new home purchase assistance loan that is […]
Read MoreAfrican Cultural Alliance of North America (ACANA), Southwest Community Development Corporation (SWCDC) and the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC) have partnered together to receive a $1,000,000 grant million to conduct […]
Read MoreBy now, most people have heard that Amazon is interested in Southwest Philadelphia. Well, apparently the rumors are true, as Amazon is preparing to take its case to open a […]
Read MoreAllow youth to study our water environment House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton announced today that Bartram’s Garden is receiving a $40,000 state grant to aid in their ongoing efforts to […]
Read MoreAt the core of Covid-19 Vaccine research Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert recently paid tribute at an Urban League forum to Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett of the […]
Read MoreA screen shot of members of the last Tuesday’s town Hall “Faith, (Mis)Trust and Covid-19” (upper row) Dr. Florence Monplaisir, MD, Penn Med; Rev. Cean James, Salt and Light Congregation (MC of the panel); Rev. Dr. Donna Lawrence Jones, Cookman, Beloved Comm. Church; (lower row)Rev. Bertram Johnson, Union Theological Seminary, New York; Khadijah Abdullah, Reaching all HIV+ Muslims in America. On the panel but not in the photo: U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans; Imam Quaiser Abdullah, PhD, Temple University; and Dr. Carmen Guerra, MD, Penn Med.
Read MoreCobbs Creek Cleanup Cancelled for Sat, Dec 19The snow has covered the recreational path, grass, and of course, the litter.Often, when we cancelled Sat we had a Sun afternoon, 1-3, […]
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