Oct. 6, 2020 8:43 am
Racial justice giving is booming: 4 trends
Even before the protests erupted, the Movement for Black Lives had received $5 million in the first five months of 2020 to support Black communities affected by the pandemic, say guest columnists Una Osili and Kim Williams-Pulfer.
Sep. 23, 2020 11:53 am
UPenn faculty calls on board of trustees to reverse their position on PILOTs at meeting tomorrow
More than 1,000 faculty and staff members are urging Penn to pay 40% of what it would owe in property taxes to the Philadelphia public schools as a matter of social, economic and racial justice.
Sep. 10, 2020 8:00 am
Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life
Daniel sought care in a hospital setting but was released within three hours with no diagnosis. What happened next involved the criminalization of his mental illness, resulting in a horrific incident of police brutality.
Sep. 9, 2020 10:32 am
Firing an employee for racism won’t solve your workplace problem
Ask yourself: what is it about our organizational culture that allowed this person, or these norms, to thrive?
Sep. 3, 2020 2:05 pm
Funding the COVID-19 recovery in Philly: Tracing the lessons to date
Perhaps one of the biggest lessons of the coronavirus has been the social and economic fault lines the pandemic has laid bare.
Sep. 3, 2020 7:05 am
Kinship care: Proactively addressing systemic racism in child welfare
"The unique needs of kinship caregivers require treatment that differs from that of general foster parents to support success and prevent disruption," says guest columnist Karissa Phelps.
Aug. 27, 2020 8:37 am
Opinion: Where is the City of Philadelphia’s urgency in response to racism?
Guest columnists Lee Scottlorde, Alison Roberts and Sara Lynch offer a checklist of concrete actions the city must take to protect the health and wellbeing of Black families and people of color.
Aug. 19, 2020 11:58 am
The protest encampments — and the housing crisis they represent — aren’t going away
On Monday the City gave notice it would evict the residents of two encampments the next day. After a flurry of actions on Tuesday, the residents find themselves with a reprieve until Thursday morning, when a federal judge is slated to hear their testimony.
Aug. 18, 2020 9:47 am
Let what you’ve experienced in the months after the uprising enrich your ‘RealLIST Connectors’ nominations
We're reopening the call we issued in May for suggestions about who needs to be included in our inaugural list of nonprofit "connectors."
Aug. 11, 2020 9:29 am
Beyond the slogan: Putting Black Lives Matter into practice in philanthropy
Philanthropy has the ability to repair and evolve itself, but only in relationship with communities, say guest columnists Cheryl Thompson-Morton, Roxann Stafford and Nuala Cabral.