Kristen Gillette is a local freelance writer. A Temple University grad, she is currently a Community Engagement Fellow at Groundswell and is also founder of Adult Ballerina Project, a website for beginner ballerinas.
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funding
Aug. 6, 2015 1:22 pm
These insurance companies came together to raise $32,000 for the kids
Last week, employees and leadership from 20 of Philadelphia’s largest insurance firms and members of the Insurance Softball League participated in an all-day charity softball tournament benefiting the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to providing justice and healing for victims of child sexual abuse. Participating companies in the fundraiser included ACE, AIG, Aon, Chubb, […]
purpose
Aug. 5, 2015 11:00 am
Them That Do is looking for block captains for storefront installations
Them That Do, an ongoing portrait and multimedia project by Lori Waselchuk about Philadelphia’s block captains, is looking for six block captains who would like to work with her to create storefront installations for Windowishes. Windowishes will be a street exhibition designed for the seven storefront display windows on the west side of S. 40th […]
purpose
Aug. 3, 2015 2:33 pm
Roots Philly Yoga to Offer Free Yoga to Recovering Homeless
Roots Philly Yoga, located at 9th and Spring Garden Streets, was created based on the idea a group of people practicing yoga together could be instrumental in the shaping of a neighborhood. According to its website, Roots Philly Yoga and the Philly Yoga Project were created by Erik and Lauren Burling as a platform for […]
purpose
Aug. 3, 2015 10:00 am
The second Princeton Cooperative Impact conference will look at empowering youth
Princeton Cooperative Impact will hold its second conference, Empowering Youth to Shape the Future, on September 24. Princeton Cooperative Impact is a bi-annual social innovation conference taking place in Princeton, NJ that represents a statewide convening of changemakers. The conference in September, taking place at the Princeton Garden Theatre, will focus on educational programs that […]
purpose
Jul. 31, 2015 9:55 am
Coded by Kids is launching a program for low-income adults
Coded by Kids, an organization that provides free coding classes to disadvantaged children, recently launched a new program Coded by U. Coded by U will focus on fighting unemployment, underemployment and poverty by providing low-income adults with web development education opportunities, along with pathways into web development careers. Sylvester Mobley, the founder of Coded By […]
results
Jul. 30, 2015 10:00 am
My Brother’s Keeper: a progress report on how Philly is helping young men of color
My Brother’s Keeper Philly, whose vision is to eliminate the disparity in outcomes for boys and young men of color, recently released updates as to what the program has succeeded in so far. The Philadelphia collective engages and empowers individuals and organizations to take action in dismantling systems of inequality to create measurable change for […]
purpose
Jul. 29, 2015 10:45 am
Meet Red Hill Farm, which helps teach students in Chester healthy eating
Red Hill Farm, which is owned by the Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia, is located on 265 acres of woodlands and meadows, some of the last undeveloped land of Delaware County. The six-acre farm, one of the sisters’ many environmental initiatives, is in its 15th year of production. It provides food for 120 members […]
purpose
Jul. 28, 2015 10:15 am
‘Grow Food Where You Live’ teaches urban farming and social skills to men
In the Chinatown North neighborhood, Philadelphia artist Meei Ling Ng has spent months working with participants in a program at the homeless shelter Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission. In the Grow Food Where You Live initiative, which began this past February as part of Asian Arts Initiative’s Social Practice Lab, Ng has taught the men who […]
method
Jul. 27, 2015 11:00 am
First Person Arts and DBHIDS are teaming up to have men of color tell their powerful stories
and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services are partnering for an event as part of the ‘Engaging Males of Color’ (EMOC) initiative, created to promote an enhanced awareness of the behavioral health challenges experienced by males of color across the Philadelphia region. EMOC was envisioned by DBHIDS Commissioner Dr. Arthur C. Evans […]
funding
Jul. 23, 2015 3:45 pm
Department of Commerce is offering development grants in North Central Empowerment Zone
The Philadelphia Department of Commerce and the North Central Empowerment Zone now have a rolling application process for its North Central Empowerment Zone Neighborhood Economic Development Impact Grant (NEDIG). The Philadelphia Empowerment Zone program was established in 1994 as a community development and economic revitalization program, with empowerment zones in West Philadelphia, North Central, and […]