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Aug. 18, 2014 12:58 pm
From the Team: Revisiting the 2014 Philly DoGooder Winners 5 Months Later
[metaslider id=30491] It’s been 5 months since the 2014 Philly DoGooder Awards, a video contest to promote social impact in Philadelphia, and it’s time to follow up with the winners. We’ve reached out to this year’s winning organizations and community leaders and highlighted their responses. The goal of the Philly DoGooder Video Awards is to […]
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Aug. 18, 2014 11:56 am
Drexel and University of the Arts Hold Summer Program for Creative Entrepreneurs
Eleven students, dressed in their best business attire, stood at the front of the Screening Room inside Drexel University’s URBN Center eagerly awaiting results on the evening of August 14. On the line were two $5,000 awards, the culminating piece of a six-week camp wherein eight teams composed of local college undergraduates and graduates formed […]
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Aug. 15, 2014 1:03 pm
Art-Reach Brings Dance, Music, Museums and More to Under-Served Communities
Art-Reach member agency SpArc participates in a workshop at Moore College. Photo by Ashley LaBonde, Wide Eyed Studios Art-Reach, a Philadelphia nonprofit started in 1986 by Joyce Burd, is an outreach organization whose goal is to help arts organizations understand how they can attract different audiences as well as to help human services agencies understand why […]
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Aug. 15, 2014 11:44 am
Urban Affairs Coalition’s WorkReady Program Comes to a Close
Ashley Marcus, 15, participated in WorkReady this summer. There was no lounging around this summer for more than 1,000 youth who participated in WorkReady Philadelphia through the Urban Affairs Coalition. Urban Affairs Coalition is one of the largest providers of the WorkReady program, an initiative of the Philadelphia Youth Network, aimed at helping low-income youth, ages […]
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Aug. 14, 2014 2:27 pm
Belmont Mansion is Finding its Place as a Historic Landmark
In 1986, Audrey Johnson Thornton was scrounging the city for a headquarters for her newly-founded American Women’s Heritage Society. After a fruitless search, a friend pointed her towards an abandoned house in Fairmount Park atop Belmont Plateau. Despite the breathtakingly scenic view of the city’s skyline, the building was an eyesore: the roof was collapsing […]
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Aug. 14, 2014 11:18 am
Event: Getting Heard on a Noisy Giving Tuesday
The Philadelphia Foundation will host a one-hour presentation to provide nonprofits with toolkits, best practices, case studies, and examples to organize your very own Giving Tuesday campaign. The one-hour presentation will include a keynote speach from Lansie Sylvia, director of engagement at Here’s My Chance. Sylvia will discuss communications and social media strategies to help […]
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Aug. 13, 2014 12:59 pm
NFTE Philadelphia’s Launch It Youth Biz Camp Teaches Philadelphia High School Students Entrepreneurship
Camp Director, Andrew Wakelee, a NFTE certified entrepreneurship teacher with campers Dextina Nebo, Jennifer White and Jeannette Jones The Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a nationwide nonprofit established in 1987, works to inspire young people to pursue educational opportunities, start their own businesses, and succeed in life. Philadelphia’s NFTE branch was established in 2007, and […]
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Aug. 13, 2014 12:01 pm
How Night Market Came to Lancaster Avenue
[metaslider id=30430] The revitalization of Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia, which cuts through distressed neighborhoods like Mantua, Saunders Park and Belmont, has taken place gradually. The growth of University City has brought student activity and new construction to the southern end of the avenue. Meanwhile, tireless community development corporations such as the People’s Emergency Center have […]
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Aug. 12, 2014 12:45 pm
Fellowships for Social Change: Q&A with Ronnie Bloom, Executive Director of the Stoneleigh Foundation
Ronnie Bloom, a former lawyer and director at the William Penn Foundation, assumed the role of executive director at the Stoneleigh Foundation in June. Established in 2006 by John and Chara Haas, philanthropists with family ties to the William Penn Foundation, Stoneleigh is named for the Haas’ suburban Philadelphia estate. Stoneleigh is focused on an […]
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Aug. 11, 2014 1:01 pm
City to Hire Manager for West Philadelphia Promise Zone
Mantua, neighborhood in West Philadelphia within Promise Zone The Mayor’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) is hiring a manager for the West Philadelphia Promise Zone. The Promise Zone initiative is a place-based program designed to revitalize distressed areas by coordinating efforts across sectors and agencies and prioritizing the zones for federal assistance, essentially […]