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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Dec. 4, 2020 4:42 pm
Facing a cliff: Is this the end of pandemic support and relief?
83 million people are still struggling with basic needs. The number of small businesses has fallen by 3.3 million. And by Dec, 31, all the help the CARES Act offered ends.
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Nov. 30, 2020 9:07 am
Wanted: Volunteers
When COVID-19 hit, hidden in the steady stream of dire public health news was the fact that volunteerism was flatlining. Many organizations that rely on volunteers have been significantly impacted.
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Nov. 20, 2020 3:07 pm
Home unsafe home
An alarming drop in calls to the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline during the pandemic can be attributed to the difficulty victims, who are isolated and afraid, have had in reaching out for help when sheltering with their abusers.
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Nov. 13, 2020 2:00 pm
Will Biden make social equity a pandemic policy essential?
“If they had died of COVID-19 at the same actual rate as white Americans, about 21,800 Black, 11,400 Latino, 750 Indigenous and 65 Pacific Islander Americans would still be alive,” according to the Color of Coronavirus Project.
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Nov. 6, 2020 2:30 pm
City says it’s making progress on protest-driven policy changes
After 11 meetings, the City's "Pathways to Reform, Transformation and Reconciliation" steering committee has released its first progress report in its four areas of concern.
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Nov. 2, 2020 12:00 pm
As the mother of Black sons, this is what I’m feeling in the wake of another killing
"I could never take for granted that my three boys would return home each night. They are men now, but I still don’t sleep," says contributor Lynette Hazelton in this personal column.
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Oct. 29, 2020 9:00 am
Like their parents, Latinx youth are suffering disproportionately from COVID
Latinx children are six times more likely than white children to test positive for coronavirus. This makes them the pediatric group most at risk for contracting the virus.
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Oct. 16, 2020 11:52 am
COVID recovery: Are we there yet?
Generocity asks five nonprofit funders to assess whether the Philadelphia region has advanced from relief to recovery yet.
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Oct. 9, 2020 12:00 pm
As of October, this is what we know about philanthropic COVID relief in the Philadelphia region
Of the $40 million in COVID-relief distributed in the area, 60% of the funds have gone to Philadelphia-based nonprofits, most of whom received a one-time grant with an average size of $8,211.
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Oct. 1, 2020 4:04 pm
In PA, few experience eviction relief and still face mounting debt
The CARES Rent Relief Program administered by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency has a process so cumbersome that in August almost 17,000 tenants applied for relief but only 1,800 tenants were approved.