APM TEACHERS WELCOME PRE-K STUDENTS BACK TO THE CLASSROOM (April 5, 2021)
Poverty Action Fund grants $1 million to LISC and LEDC to assist Philly’s Latinx communities
The organizations hope to create “a place-based, collective service delivery model” to create the ultimate in coordination — one-stop shopping to tackle poverty. By Brandon Dorfman / CONTRIBUTOR PEOPLE Will Gonzalez, Maria Quinones-Sanchez ORGANIZATIONS Norris Square Community Alliance, Esperanza, Philadelphia City Council, City of Philadelphia, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Philadelphia LISC, LISC Philly, LISC, Esperanza, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha…
APM Staff Leads by Example with COVID Vaccine
It is empowering when leaders within our agency lead by example. Margarita Hernandez, Senior Director of Early Childhood Education & Mrs. Ana Collazo, a teacher at APM Rising Stars, both received their COVID Vaccine.
6abc Coverage of Ford Foundation and Hispanic Federation PPE Distribution
Thank you to the Ford Motor Company Fund and Hispanic Federation for providing personal protective equipment that we were able to share with the community.
Philly City Council sets Poverty Action Plan in motion to the tune of $4.5 million for community orgs
Philly City Council sets Poverty Action Plan in motion to the tune of $4.5 million for community orgs $10 million was also committed to the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey to lead the effort. By Nigel Thompson February 23, 2021 Back in November 2020, Philadelphia City Council passed a bill to create…
Hope and the Hesitancy for the Vaccine: How Can We Help Our Minority Patients?
HECTOR COLON-RIVERA, M.D. Published Online:4 Feb 2021https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2021.2.42 Talking with minority patients about the COVID-19 vaccination is complicated by a history of adverse experiences with the field of medicine. It is well established that illness and death related to COVID-19 are inequitably impacting specific minority communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly…
APM Distributes the First of 50,000 Face Masks Donated By Ford Motor Company Fund with Support from Hispanic Federation
APM tenants and clients received much-needed personal protective gear PHILADELPHIA, PA—(February 19, 2021)—Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) on February 18 distributed the first of 50,000 medical-grade protective adult facemasks to residents at one of its affordable housing developments in North Philadelphia. APM delivered 20 masks to each of the residents of the Jardines de Borinquen…
IRON SHARPENS IRON
The podcast, launching today from two community organizers, aims to empower every citizen to improve our city, one front stoop at a time BY JESSICA BLATT PRESS FEB. 01, 2021 “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” —Proverbs, 27:17 Growing up in West Philadelphia, De’Wayne Drummond had an abundance of role models around him. His mother was…
¡Nuestro país aún sigue en pie!/Our Country Still Stands!
Nilda I. Ruiz, Presidente y CEO Los eventos del 6 de enero en el Capitolio fueron una increíble vergüenza, y fue un día triste para todos los que amamos a este país. Si bien, los alborotadores no deberían haber podido entrar en el Capitolio, las autoridades pronto volvieron a tomar el control del edificio. Los…