Lynette Hazelton is a freelance contributor to Generocity. The native Philadelphian has reported on community issues for years and also teaches adult literacy classes around the city. When she is not writing, you can find her reading about history, trying hard to urge vegetables to grow in her garden, or traveling to book fairs and jazz festivals with her husband.
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featuredAug. 9, 2019 12:38 pm
As Hahnemann closes, Philly’s middle-wage job sector will take a hit
Like the manufacturing sector before it, the future of hospitals as an engine for job growth for lower skilled and middle skilled workers seems to be behind us.
featuredJul. 12, 2019 6:38 am
Protesters rally to keep Hahnemann’s maternity ward open
Councilwoman Helen Gym Gym told the crowd that 800 Hahnemann patients are expected to give birth in the next four weeks. But the hospital announced it will stop delivering babies today.
featuredJun. 28, 2019 4:18 pm
Hahnemann Hospital’s closure is delayed 90 days — now what?
"No Philadelphia hospital can absorb the increased volume that would follow a closure without compromising the quality of care they are able to provide," says Maureen May, RN and PASNAP president.
featuredJun. 20, 2019 1:11 pm
Report: Arts organizations can be essential part of the solutions to problems of aging
"Agenda: Aging" is the fourth in a series of advocacy reports from the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance looking at the positive impact of arts and culture on important civic issues.
featuredMay 29, 2019 12:05 pm
ACLU takes its show on the road
Traditionally, the ACLU has fought its social justice battles in the courtroom and the halls of legislatures across the country, but now it is taking its fight to the streets in the form of grassroots advocacy and voter education.
featuredApr. 10, 2019 7:52 am
Bayada transitions from for-profit to nonprofit to save its mission-driven culture
Founding CEO J. Mark Baiada said it was the only way to ensure that "compassion, excellence and reliability" would continue to take precedence over profits.
featureFeb. 1, 2019 2:00 pm
The City of Philadelphia wants to help its frontline workers better deal with trauma
The Take Care PHL initiative will aim to alleviate secondary traumatic stress in firefighters, correctional officers, social workers and the like.
featuredOct. 30, 2018 12:30 pm
4 unheralded Philadelphia nonprofits doing the tough, on-the-ground work
Four experienced nonprofit execs picked four local orgs they think more people should know about. Meet Up and Running Healthcare Solutions, Tree House Books, Urban Creators and Preventing HIV Project.
featureOct. 8, 2018 12:45 pm
Sangeeta Prasad wants to inject more empathy into Philly’s parole and probation systems
The new Stoneleigh Fellow and ex-public defender will work with the district attorney's office to revise the practices that keep 40,000 Philadelphians under community supervision.
columnSep. 4, 2018 12:45 pm
5 diversity experts on the consequences of exclusion
What can go wrong when D&I aren't considered, according to Greg DeShields, Kellan White, Kimberly Reed, Robyn Forman Pollack and Rashida Perry-Jones.
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