Andrew Zaleski is a freelance journalist in Philadelphia. Before moving to here in June 2014, he was a contributing writer to Technical.ly Baltimore, Baltimore City Paper and a Tech Check commentator for WYPR 88.1 FM, Baltimore city’s National Public Radio affiliate. He has written for The Atlantic, Outside, Richmond magazine, Washington City Paper, Baltimore magazine, Baltimore Style magazine, Next City, Grist.org, The Atlantic Cities and elsewhere.
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May 9, 2016 8:08 am
The social services and tech sectors need to communicate more
Tech companies provide an untapped well of volunteers who need better guidance on how they can help, according to this Philly Tech Week panel featuring Broad Street Ministry and Not in Philly.
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Dec. 14, 2015 11:08 am
Why 3,000 people use 315 S. Broad St. as their mailing address
At any point in time in Philadelphia, between 2,600 and 3,000 people who are homeless, living in a shelter, or living in some other form of transitional, temporary housing are collecting their mail at Broad Street Ministry.
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Nov. 12, 2014 2:15 pm
Philly-based Wash Cycle Laundry Expands to Austin, Texas and Beyond
First Philadelphia, then Washington, D.C., and last month, Austin, Texas. By the end of 2015, Wash Cycle Laundry is expected to expand to somewhere between four and six more cities. Who knew a laundry service that depended on pedal power could catch on? The sustainable laundry service has grown rapidly since its founding in Philadelphia […]
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Aug. 29, 2014 1:11 pm
Project HOME’s Boutique and Homemade Product Line Help Fund Homelessness Services
Photo via Project HOME website For 25 years, Project HOME has operated with a singular mission in Philadelphia: break the circle of events that lead people into homelessness. As a result, much of the focus for the nonprofit’s work centers around getting people off the streets and into homes. Project HOME has 550 units of permanent […]
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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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Jul. 14, 2014 11:59 am
Equal Dollars Alternative Currency Out of Circulation After 19 Years Due to High Costs
On the first Monday of July, the Equal Dollars Food Market looks much the same as it always has since its founding several years back. A group of people with full tote bags of produce mill about just outside the entrance to the market, which is located inside the Germantown headquarters of Resources for Human […]