In observation of MLK Day of Service, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia hosted a virtual conversation between Corinne O’Connell and James Crowder on the ongoing fair housing crisis —part of the org’s series, “Race, Housing, and Health in Philadelphia.”
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Generocity contributor Brandon Dorfman looks at some the root causes of poverty in Kensington, and at the limitations of, and challenges to, poverty alleviation efforts that have been deployed in the neighborhood in the past.
Neighborhood leaders paint a picture of a vulnerable community imperiled, not only by COVID-19, but by students’ risky behavior and a university plan that didn’t include them.
The Secretary-Treasurer of District 1199C National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees talks with Generocity about funding education, supporting maternity care, and creating space for Black women in politics.
Ronald Crawford has a deep understanding of Meek Mill’s trauma, having chronicled the North Philly hip hop artist’s lost decade to a punitive cycle of probation and incarceration in a recent book What’s Free? It Ain’t Being Booked or On Paper.
