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  • 23 Aug 2021 1:51 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    Join the Philadelphia Commission for Women and the Free Library of Philadelphia for a special evening of conversation to celebrate Women's Equality Day and Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight For the Vote, highlighting materials from the Free Library and other special collections.

    The exhibit's research and development will be discussed alongside the digital project Suffrage. Race. Power. Unerased, which re-centers the contributions of Black women in the suffrage movement through multimedia experiences and dialogue. Join us to learn more and share your own stories!

    Attendees will receive information about additional resources available online to continue the conversation in their own communities and lift up contemporary movements in the fight for the vote. This program is inspired by the Free Library of Philadelphia's Making Her Mark exhibit, now on view free of charge online and in person: for more details visit the Free Library of Philadelphia website

    Making Her Mark: Philadelphia Women Fight For the Vote


  • 19 Aug 2021 3:19 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    With more than 100 children under the age of 18 shot in Philadelphia and the school year around the corner, Mayor Jim Kenney laid out the city’s plan to keep kids safe Wednesday during his bi-weekly gun violence briefing.

    https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/philly-gets-ready-for-back-to-school-amid-surge-in-gun-violence-with-familiar-tactics/article_255f7394-e43e-55ff-abb1-0eda629e4f70.html


  • 17 Aug 2021 2:54 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    The Sixers have agreed to a four-year, $196 million supermax contract extension with Joel Embiid, 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced Tuesday. The supermax contract extension will lock up the All-Star Center through the 2026-27 season.

  • 16 Aug 2021 3:03 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    This fall, MOCEVS is launching a new Community Resource Corps, which connects residents to resources. They're now accepting applications for their first Corps Members!

    Corps Members will work part-time conducting community outreach. They will support residents in understanding their eligibility and completing resource applications. They will serve on the team from October 2021 to August 2022.
     
    Learn more and apply below!

     

    Community Resource Corps


  • 16 Aug 2021 2:59 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    In Philadelphia, nearly 17% of trash sent to the landfill is wasted food. This adds up to around 116 million pounds of food waste coming from commercial properties such as restaurants and other food service establishments. 

    In collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Food Matters Regional Initiative, the City developed a printable and easy-to-share guide for commercial properties about the proper management of food waste in Philadelphia, with strategies listed from most to least environmentally beneficial. Food business owners can use these alternatives to dumpster disposal to reduce the amount of wasted food created and keep waste out of the landfill. 

    Reducing Food Waste


  • 16 Aug 2021 2:58 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    Being vaccinated against COVID-19 results in an eight-fold reduction of risk if you’re fully vaccinated compared to when you are not. If you’re fully vaccinated, you have a 25-fold reduction of your risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID. The COVID vaccines protect people very well and are the best way to avoid a severe enough infection that could end up in hospitalization.

    Simply put: the COVID vaccines work extremely well and are saving lives every day.

    The City has a vested interest in ensuring that all staff are protected as thoroughly as possible from severe COVID infection and death. That’s why as of September 1, the City will be instituting the following new policies listed below.

    Protecting the City from Delta


  • 15 Aug 2021 9:26 AM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    The stabbing happened around 10 p.m. at 15th and Locust streets in Philadelphia.

    https://6abc.com/10948624/

  • 13 Aug 2021 3:12 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    Philadelphia is trying something new to combat the congestion in Center City. Starting Monday, the city will begin creating some “bus-only” lanes for SEPTA buses.

    You’ll see them on Market Street between 15th and 20th Streets, as well as JFK Boulevard between 15th and 19th Streets

    https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/08/13/philadelphia-center-city-traffic-bus-only-lanes/
  • 13 Aug 2021 3:07 PM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    Philadelphia and its suburbs continued to attract new residents, and south-central Pennsylvania also grew at a healthy clip, but most of the rest of the state’s 67 counties lost people over the past decade, according to new population data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

    https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/philly-suburbs-pennsylvania-population-growth/2925513/

  • 13 Aug 2021 10:47 AM | Travis Oliver (Administrator)

    Philadelphia health care workers, as well as college students, will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 15, officials announced Friday.

    Philly Issues New COVID Mandates for Health Care, Higher Ed – NBC10 Philadelphia (nbcphiladelphia.com)


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