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02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... and Black Power movements .  Guaranteed income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  ... violence.  Speakers Include Jody Greenblatt , Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Fund;  Will Hall , Director of Financial Inclusion, from the Office of Community Empowerment and ...

City Announces Final Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Via the City of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia today announced the fourth and final round of ... Mural Arts Philadelphia; Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity; New Leash on Life; Educators 4 Education; Timoteo ...
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12Jul2023

Courageous Conversations about Gun Violence in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
12:00pm - 2:15pm
Free Library of Philadelphia, Skyline Room
... just in the inner cities. Gun violence–in the form of domestic violence, school shootings, or other ... the Community.  Moderator: Chad Dion Lassiter , Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and ... Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black ...
23Jan2023

Gun Violence Prevention Matters for ALL of Us! Working Together to Achieve Better Outcomes

Monday, January 23, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Video Conference
... 3:00 - 4:30 PM to hear from the initiators and leaders of the  Civic Coalition to Save Lives , a broad civic effort ... funders.
17Apr2025

Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... Councilmember Rue Landau , Naiymah Sanchez from the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Corinne Goodwin from the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, Jasper Liem from the Attic Youth Center, and Tatyana Woodard from Ark of Safety for an informative conversation about the current ...
07Jun2022

Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Co-sponsored with Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island, Maine Philanthropy Center, Philanthropy ... A Conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at ... Join this conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at ...
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Anti-ViolenceRacial EquitySocial Justice

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, faith-based ... with Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and the Philadelphia Equity Alliance, are creating the Civic Coalition to Save ...

City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant to Fund Temporary Public Art Project that Addresses Gun Violence in Germantown

Bloomberg Art Challenge
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge , a ... Officer for the City of Philadelphia and Executive Director of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative ...
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Anti-ViolenceArts & Culture

City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... community-based organizations, addressing quality of life needs in Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today announced the launch of the 2023 grant ... Kensington community To increase agency and support equity and racial/social justice by having community partners ...

Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... to close opportunity gaps and address the growing impact of violence on local residents. The awards include a grant to ... Three additional grants will aid Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, and Temple University ... emerging issues. Kristin Romens, the Pew Fund’s project director, said of the grants, “Pew is pleased to support ...