The org offers community raised-bed gardens, senior food boxes, summer food boxes, weekend backpacks for school-age children, a mobile market, bilingual cooking classes and a growing culinary workforce development program.

The Business Innovations for the Future of Work summit facilitated open and honest conversations about workforce problems and innovative solutions.

Business Innovations for the Future of Work — which takes place this Wednesday and Thursday — explores solutions and highlights public-private partnerships that are changing the way employers approach hiring and retention.

More faces, more voices, more ways to power a future with wide-ranging social impact. Read about the new additions to the roster of presenters at ADVANCE by Generocity — happening this Friday!

No games, just game changers! Generocity's inaugural conference includes a keynote by Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler, and panels and presentations led by local leaders Anuj Gupta, Vanessa Briggs, Markita Morris-Louis, Tiffany Tavarez, Peter Gonzales, Manuel Portillo and Stephanie Sun.

Meet the author, get a signed book and connect with local impact leaders at ADVANCE by Generocity presented by Knight Foundation on Friday, Nov. 1.

"While there’s no denying that bigger nonprofits have some distinct advantages, we celebrate what small nonprofits can achieve by strengthening core infrastructures," says Laura Otten, director of the university's Nonprofit Center.

"This is our path to success: the clients report self-confidence that makes them engaged in their job search, they get employment, they transition off benefits,” said Sheri Cole, the executive director of the social enterprise.

The Urban League of Philadelphia's Ethan Tan on why the "dignity of work" is an ideology — and an immoral one, he argues.