Posts tagged with Homelessness
DIY livestream gives Kensington users a voice at opioid community forum
Advocates brought a Northeast Philly meeting to a bridge underpass at Emerald and Lehigh.
Mayor Kenney’s budget proposal, Cliff’s Notes version
Property taxes, opioid resources, school funding, road paving and lots more.
Philly’s Homeless Memorial Day honors those who died in 2017
More than 250 names will be read during this candlelight vigil for Homeless Memorial Day. Philly is one 150 U.S. cities that memorializes people who are homeless or formerly homeless who died in the last year.
Where: Thomas Paine Plaza at 1401 JFK Blvd. 19102
When: December 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
How much: Free
The City of Philadelphia is asking for ideas about public bathrooms and showers
No responses have been submitted so far.
Rittenhouse is getting a free grocery for people who are food insecure
The Sunday LOVE Project "store" will be inside the Church of the Holy Trinity
Revealed: Philly’s plan for the people it’s kicking out of that notorious heroin tract
When Conrail paves over Gurney Street this month, the city will respond with treatment and resources for people living there.
Wawa hoagie day means free breakfast for Philly’s homeless vets
The company's best sandwich makers in each state helped deliver 1000 Shortis to a center in Old City.
Philly: Don’t give cash to panhandlers, donate $5 via text instead
When the city looked at how cash on the street was used, they saw "the long tentacles of the opioid crisis."
Municipal IDs 101: What you need to know about Philly’s plan
The city has partnered with Temple Law School’s Sheller Center for Social Justice to research hurdles that the program may face.
Philly’s homeless artists get their own gallery show
“It gives people a chance to lift their eyes from the concrete to the sky.”