Two venerable, largely white, evangelical organizations take very different paths. While the American Bible Society moves in the direction of exclusion, the Southern Baptist Convention seeks to expand its ranks to be more welcoming to people of color.
What does asset-based community development mean? While some focus on bricks and mortar, at its heart lies the power of deep organizing, as a decades-old community group in North Philadelphia illustrates.
Giving circles, though still modest in scale, have grown rapidly in recent years, providing donors of modest means a way to strategically employ funds as a group.
In Philadelphia, the city and 13 hospital and university partners set a goal to shift $500 million in contracts for goods and services from national to local suppliers in the coming decade. If it succeeds, 5,000 living-wage, middle-skill jobs for Philadelphia residents could be created.
Sometimes things just don’t work the way you thought they would.
A former Pennsylvania governor backs controversial injection site to work around federal limitations on certain harm reduction strategies.
In Philadelphia, revenues from a soda tax first assessed in January 2017 fall short of city projections. But given the tax’s public health goals, this might be a good problem to have.
The Community Leadership Pipeline Initiative preps individuals from underrepresented LGBTQ communities for board service, but the buck does not stop with recruitment and racial equity doesn’t stop at the board.
A new technology grant will be shared equally by two major Philadelphia museums that allows for experimentation and hopefully generates lessons in enhanced visitor experiences that can be applied elsewhere.
Last year, Philadelphia voters endorsed “best value” contracting, enabling the city to make contract decisions based not only on price, but on quality, business location, and on meeting city equity goals. A local business group’s report identifies steps to make good on that promise.
