Before her mother died in 2020 at age 46 of heart failure, complicated by diabetes, lupus and lung disease, Lelache Word (aka ...
At the Overbrook Environmental Education Center (OEEC), we know how hard it is to run an equity-centered community-based ...
On a drive through Tacony Creek Park in the spring of 2020, Lawncrest resident Dallas Herbert Sr. could barely get around ...
When shootings skyrocketed in Philadelphia during the pandemic, teenagers were among those most affected. In the face of this ...
Last summer, someone set fire to one of the Whitby Meadows in Cobbs Creek Park. The blaze didn’t damage property or injure ...
On a chilly night in February, a group of young people gathered on the steps of City Hall, armed with hand-painted artwork, ...
Being a mother is hard under the best of circumstances — now imagine caring for a toddler alone in the forest during an ...
On yet another wet weekend, a group of ten braced a downpour to walk along the trails of Strawberry Mansion’s Discovery ...
As a child, Jerome Shabazz saw his father transform a vacant lot into a neighborhood garden that produced enough fresh fruit ...
On a dock where Wissahickon Creek meets the Schuylkill River, LandHealth Institute deputy director Mayci Shimon steadies ...
On September 6, a group of 18 gathered at the Delaware River waterfront with Walk Around Philadelphia. Setting off from ...
At times it feels like only yesterday we were in school, rushing into the hallways at the sound of the bell and then ...