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Love Now Media Relaunches the Poet’s Press with Ursula Rucker and Yolanda Wisher as Co-Editors
Love Now Media is proud to announce the relaunch of the Poet’s Press, a journalism
June 24, 2026
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In a moment when grief has touched the Germantown community, their story reminds us how nature can hold space for healing. Through shared miles and memories, these walkers have weathered loss, celebrated milestones, and carried one another through illness, aging, and mourning. The Wissahickon remains more than a park to them — it is a...
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Photos by Azella Gardens. This past Sunday, Philly held its annual Juneteenth parade in West Philly.
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Love Now Media is proud to announce the relaunch of the Poet’s Press, a journalism
In a moment when grief has touched the Germantown community, their story reminds us how nature can hold space for healing. Through shared miles and memories, these walkers have weathered loss, celebrated milestones, and carried one another through illness, aging, and mourning. The Wissahickon remains more than a park to them — it is a place of belonging, a landscape of connection, and a reminder that community endures, even in the face of sorrow.
At the “Moment of Sharing” event, Media Design Fellows from Drexel University’s Wealth and Work Futures Lab with the Lindy Institute transformed grief into a collective lens for change, unveiling a body of work that centers healing, data, and narrative inquiry as tools for social repair.
Despite being the oldest surviving botanical garden in North America, Bartram’s community farm, Sankofa, continues to serve as a resource for the younger generation.
Photos by Azella Gardens. This past Sunday, Philly held its annual Juneteenth parade in West Philly.
African drum and dance are the heart of Black Music Philadelphia – from ‘tangin’ at block parties to the drum circles at Malcolm X Park. They are acts of memory and resistance, carrying the spirit of the ancestors into the present and the future. African drumming is one of humanity’s oldest technologies. It has been a tool of communication, healing, and ceremony for tens of thousands of years. Rhythms from Mali, Ghana, Senegal, and beyond endured in the forced crossings of the Middle Passage.
Just a mile from the protest in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia, another kind of gathering was unfolding: Sketch 2025, a public preview of ArtPhilly’s “What Now: 2026” festival. Nearly 200 artists, elders, funders, and culture keepers entered a space deliberately designed to honor multidisciplinary arts practices and invite imagination.
Tanya T. Morris knows what it means to build something meaningful in the face of uncertainty. A mission-driven entrepreneur, she launched Mom Your Business not with a master plan, but with a single event and a calling to serve. Since then, she has navigated job loss, capital scarcity, and systemic roadblocks while staying grounded in her purpose: to support and elevate Black and Brown women entrepreneurs.
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