Recycling in Philly has lost its way. In recent years, between Covid-caused labor shortages and China no longer buying U.S. recyclables, residents lost faith in the system. Recycling rates plummeted. By spring 2022, Philadelphia’s recycling rate was 8 percent. Today, we’re at a not-much-better 13 percent. (For more on why this is, read this piece from The Citizen.) But there are ways…
Header photo: Brianna Swan (left), John Carr (center), and Madelyn Morrison (right). Carr and Morrison work together in a Train-to-Trainer program at the Attic Center to make communities better. Photo by Tezarah Wilkins. We interviewed three dozen people about their vision for a more loving Philadelphia. A common theme that emerged was a call for more…
I’m going to tell you something you already know: every human being is entitled to a roof over their head and a place to sleep at night. This is an indisputable truth, part of the catechism of humanistic virtue. In a world that lived up to its self-professed ideals of opportunity, any condition of homelessness…
Is my recycling being… recycled? By: Courtney Duchene | Green Philly, The Philadelphia Citizen April 17, 2024 | Tagged: Environment. Todd Lappin via Flickr Philadelphians’ skepticism about the City’s waste policies has led to an abysmal recycling rate. Here’s what really happens after you put out your blue bin — and how the City could…
School groups de-escalate youth violence by meeting students where they are By: Annette John-Hall | Love Media Now April 9, 2024 | Tagged: education, Social Justice. School Safety officer, Kevin Rosa gives an 11th grader a shape-up in a professional chair. He uses his barbering skills to give haircuts that help him connect with and…
Bars to belonging: Overcoming the housing crisis facing returning citizens By: Ryan M. Moser | Generocity March 21, 2024 | Tagged: Clean Slate, housing, Human Services, Reentry. The United States leads the world in mass incarceration – one in three adults have been arrested by the age of 23. As a result, as many as 100 million…
Block captains hope cleanups will keep streets safe from gun violence By: Sammy Caiola Love Media Now March 1, 2024 | Tagged: Block Captains, Local. Nate Riley is a block captain in his Logan neighborhood. He thinks block captains are part of the solution to reducing gun violence in Philadelphia. Photo by Tezarah Wilkins. When…
Philly DHS took a 1-year-old from her mother but the girl was then kicked to death By: Steve Volk| The Philadelphia Inquirer February 16, 2024 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare. Su’Layah Williams, 1, was allegedly kicked to death in a West Philadelphia home where the city’s Department of Human Services had placed her.…
Philly tax break program fails to deliver hoped-for benefits to students By: Emily Rizzo Chalkbeat Philadelphia, Latest PJC stories February 2, 2024 | Tagged: education, tax breaks. Hannah Yoon for Chalkbeat Every so often, Philadelphia’s school board members have to decide whether to grant huge tax breaks to property developers through a program that, on…
Philly still keeps the benefits of foster care youths despite a 2022 law By: Steve Volk and Julie Christie, Resolve Philly The Philadelphia Inquirer January 10, 2024 | Tagged: Foster Care and Child Welfare, Our Kids, Youth. Despite the city’s new law, DHS acknowledges it’s still keeping the money meant for foster kids — about…