“Make sure their cameras are on and they keep their mics muted,” my program director advised us on a Zoom conference call. “Even though we’re […]
There was so much intentionality, there were so many decisions made, in the weeks and days leading up to the launch of Char Kol, Michael […]
If the last few months of lockdown have made anything clear, it’s that the feeling of normalcy (remember normalcy?) is built on routine. Commutes, work, […]
It’s been busy days lately for Wawa. In addition to the convenience chain’s announcement that it was closing its big Center City store at Broad and […]
We all know how the story goes: White person gets job that a Black person would have been better suited for. White person screws up […]
Life moves so fast these days that history might as well be a will-o’-the-wisp, here one instant, gone the next. There are still a few […]
The history of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People finds a common bond between African Americans and Jewish Americans […]
It was billed to me as “the trip of a lifetime.” In the summer of 2012, I received an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel hosted by […]
Keir Bradford-Grey, 46, of East Oak Lane, is chief defender/executive director at the Defender Association of Philadelphia. When I was growing up in Boston, the wealth […]
Megan Malachi, 39, of Germantown, is an educator and organizer with Philly for R.E.A.L. Justice. My Black Philly is an abolitionist one. I was born […]
Cathy Harris, 59, of Wynnefield, is director of community murals at Mural Arts Philadelphia. I first joined Mural Arts Philadelphia 18 years ago. I remember my […]
Jordan A. Harris, 36, of Grays Ferry, is the state Representative and Democratic caucus whip for the 2019-’20 legislative session. For years, I’ve seen the […]
Erica Wilkins of West Philadelphia is a licensed marriage and family therapist and associate professor and program director of the Couple and Family Therapy master’s […]
Gabriel Bryant, 41, of East Oak Lane, is organizer and youth advocate for groups that have included Sankofa Community Empowerment and Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. Philadelphia […]
Leslie D. Callahan, 50, of West Philadelphia, is senior pastor at St. Paul’s Baptist Church. Nearly two decades ago, when I was determining where I […]
