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Mar. 3, 2017 12:54 pm
Historic Germantown just won $10K for its commitment to collaboration — and is up for another $150K
The nonprofit is being recognized for a 2012 merger that created a consortium of 16 organizations dedicated to preserving the Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood's historic sites.
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Mar. 3, 2017 11:06 am
Why Ambler Food Co-op is becoming a part of Weavers Way to open a community-owned grocery store
As Weavers Way opens its third store in Ambler this July, the Ambler organization will be no more -- and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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Feb. 24, 2017 12:53 pm
Listen to these personal stories about immigration, being a Black man and more
"Commonspace" is the new radio show, podcast and live event series produced by First Person Arts and WHYY that features stories about timely topics.
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Feb. 23, 2017 3:03 pm
Add this to your to-do list: Witnesses to Hunger’s powerful photo exhibit at EAT Café
The exhibit, which features photos by mothers and caregivers living in poverty, runs through March 20.
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Feb. 21, 2017 12:55 pm
Philadelphia Reentry Coalition wants to solve for the ‘severe lack of data on returning citizens’
The coalition is an 80-member beast, but according to Director Aviva Tevah, those relationships are "the fuel that will allow us to eventually have that data.”
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Feb. 20, 2017 12:52 pm
The Food Trust is tackling the ‘chicken and egg issue’ of food access and demand
The nonprofit's recently launched Center for Healthy Food Access, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a national, collaborative effort to increase both.
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Feb. 16, 2017 12:30 pm
Check out Steppingstone Scholars’ new online course for low-income students applying to college
The nonprofit, which provides academic enrichment programs for minority and low-income students, collaborated with Penn to launch the course on Coursera.
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Jan. 31, 2017 9:44 am
Nimble, networked and niche: Why nonprofits need to be all three
Columnist Tivoni Devor argues that nonprofits should stay small and stick to what they do best in this new political landscape.
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Jan. 20, 2017 11:09 am
Code for Philly and Think Company took on this cancer data project for MLK Day
The combined coding teams joined up with Penn's genomics laboratory to work on Project Cognoma, an open source web app that analyzes cancer data.
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Jan. 18, 2017 12:57 pm
Art-Reach and FringeArts are teaming up for a ‘radically accessible’ Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret
The performance will feature an ASL interpreter, audio description and visual captioning. It's something more arts organizations should consider doing, said Art-Reach ED John Orr.