
Apr. 7, 2021 8:25 am
In a changing city, Germantown still has men who care
Men Who Care began life as a neighborhood cleanup initiative in 2011. Now the group facilitates anti-violence programs, runs virtual learning pods for students during COVID, and holds a weekly food pantry, among many other initiatives.

Mar. 17, 2021 10:35 am
Poverty Action Fund grants $1 million to LISC and LEDC to assist Philly’s Latinx communities
The organizations hope to create “a place-based, collective service delivery model” to create the ultimate in coordination — one-stop shopping to tackle poverty.

Mar. 5, 2021 10:48 am
‘If you start to address the affordable housing issue, you will begin to address the poverty issue’
The Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities tackles the city’s housing crisis with its Land Justice Campaign.

Feb. 24, 2021 10:57 am
What did ‘A Better Chicago’ do for poverty that could work in Philadelphia?
Chicago is a well-off town with a poverty problem. Philadelphia is poor. But The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, Pew's Fund for Health and Human Services and GreenLight Fund Philadelphia are already employing parallel strategies.

Feb. 16, 2021 10:11 am
Embracing the past on the way to the future: Bethel Burying Ground Committee prepares to choose a public memorial
"We want [the memorial] to live and have purpose and meaning, not just for today, but into the future,” says Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, the pastor of Mother Bethel AME.

Feb. 10, 2021 5:23 pm
Omar Woodard announces he will be leaving GreenLight Fund in March
Colleagues and nonprofit partners react to the news that the Philadelphia social impact leader will leave to become vice president of the national consortium, Results for America.

Jan. 26, 2021 12:10 pm
Second chances stalled: Advocates wait for pardons on Gov’s desk to be signed
“[Pardon recommendations] could sit on his desk for two years. He has no accountability to do it or he has nobody pushing him.” Rev. Michelle Simmons tells Generocity contributor Brandon Dorfman in this deep dive into PA's pardons logjam.

Jan. 19, 2021 12:00 pm
Community advocates make the case for equitable housing in the spirit of Dr. King
In observation of MLK Day of Service, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia hosted a virtual conversation between Corinne O'Connell and James Crowder on the ongoing fair housing crisis —part of the org’s series, "Race, Housing, and Health in Philadelphia."

Dec. 8, 2020 9:57 am
A look inside the stubborn problem of access to benefits and relief in Kensington
Generocity contributor Brandon Dorfman looks at some the root causes of poverty in Kensington, and at the limitations of, and challenges to, poverty alleviation efforts that have been deployed in the neighborhood in the past.

Dec. 1, 2020 4:11 pm
This is Philadelphia’s largest, newest coalition combating poverty
Generocity contributor Brandon Dorfman takes a deep dive into how poverty manifests in Philadelphia, and the unprecedented coalition that has committed to lift 100,000 Philadelphians out of it in the next five years.
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