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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Initiative to help create paths to economic mobility for nearly 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three ... growing number of adults and children who have experienced community violence. More details on the grants: University ... Skills Initiative (WPSI) has been awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund) growth grant totaling ...

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

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... operating grants will be distributed to grassroots, community-based organizations, addressing quality of life ... today announced the launch of the 2023 grant cycle for the  Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund) , a ... City government, regional funders, and the  Scattergood Foundation , focused on building resilience and improving ...
17Apr2025

Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... Attic Youth Center, and Tatyana Woodard from Ark of Safety for an informative conversation about the current legislative ... Philanthropy, 03.31.25) Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community ...

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

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
... announced the fourth and final round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. The final round ... through this program to the total $13.5 million allocated for the Community Expansion Grant program. The final awardees ... Father’s Day Rally Committee); Black Muslim Men United for a Better Philadelphia; Nicetown CDC; Mercy Neighborhood ...
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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
... income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  Today, that concept is experiencing a ... Hall , Director of Financial Inclusion, from the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity;  David Pate , Chair ... presentation deck PHLHousing+ presentation deck Article | CEO Launches Pilot Program to Provide Extra Income to Work ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... consisting of 70 groups representing a cross-section of community and faith-based organizations, nonprofits and the ... similar pace this year,” said Pedro Ramos, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Foundation. “The future of ... Danielle Outlaw have expressed their appreciation for the coalition, welcoming the support in efforts to end ...
12Jul2023

Courageous Conversations about Gun Violence in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
12:00pm - 2:15pm
Free Library of Philadelphia, Skyline Room
... Person Arts, Philly’s premiere storytelling nonprofit, for a boxed lunch and EXPERIENCE their powerful gun violence ... Foundation and Anton Moore founder of Unity in the Community.  Moderator: Chad Dion Lassiter , Executive ... will echo the film: Barriers to treating the behavioral health issues that stem from, and contribute to many forms of ...
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
... through increased collaboration and implementation of community-based, proven intervention strategies. This session ...

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
... in Germantown.   “Our project will help Germantown community members translate their experiences with gun ... a weekly phone line featuring healing poems and mental health resources, a public art exhibition of poems from the ... the project.
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07Jun2022

Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
... with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at USMA, West Point ... with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the United States ... prevention education. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum named him one of seven international “agents of change” ...
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Anti-ViolenceRacial EquitySocial Justice