Category: Press Release

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…

  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 $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…

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 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…

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…

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…

This year, AL DÍA is honoring 10 of the Mid-Atlantic’s best Latino doctors, an emerging leader in the field, and one career that’s paved the way for others. By Nigel Thompson January 04, 2021 In a virtual event on Jan. 27 at 5:30 p.m., AL DÍA aims to take its annual Top Doctors Forum to…

Un grupo de personas se unió para repartir regalitos para los niños del norte de Filadelfia en el Día de Reyes Magos al tiempo que los comerciantes del sur confeccionaron la tradicional rosca de reyes.