Love Sewn Across Generations
By Kristin Holmes
Matin Fahim served eight years in prison for armed robbery. He was released in 2006 and worked various jobs until he was laid off in 2012. When his unemployment was in its last weeks, Fahim walked down the basement steps, saw the sewing machine and remembered his grandmother’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Entertainment, in the community, and behind prison walls: Pamela Hooks commitment to storytelling is a lifeline
Pamela Hooks stuck it out in what she describes as the cut-throat world of television and entertainment because she loved telling stories – and because a network of sister-friends sustained her when she felt battered by the industry.
Solomon Love Temple’s Visibility Sparked Art & Controversy
Many of Philadelphia’s murals are artistic love letters to the world. They tell stories in a way that words can’t. As a singer, songwriter, producer and host of Songs For The Soul, Solomon Temple understands the importance of words – how they can shape and shift reality. Deeper than words, perhaps, is the power of a visual.
Bel-Air is reuniting previous cast members in new roles
Every West-Philadelphian, born and raised, is talking about Peacock’s critically-acclaimed drama series Bel-Air.
Business People, Loving Hearts: Entrepreneurs who give back
By Kim Russell
Three that float among us are Lawrence Killebrew, Harold Mays and Sharmarro Leak.
A heart for Black History: unveiling new narratives through artifacts, artworks and auctions
By Sherry L. Howard
For more than a decade, I have been uncovering the history of Black people from the artifacts and artworks.
Roots of Our Love: A Tribute to Illustrator Tom Feelings
By Zamani Feelings
My father, Tom Feelings, was one of the few and fortunate Black creatives from his time who was afforded the ability to sustain himself with his craft as an illustrator.
Trauma, Transformation & Redemption: Life Outside The Streets takes a brain health approach to healing
By Kristin Holmes
In the Push to Keep Children With Kin and out of Foster Care, Are Families Heard?
By Steve Volk, Next City
Kids face less long-term trauma when they live with kin instead of foster families. Yet despite promising kinship placement models elsewhere and signs of improvement, Philadelphia’s child welfare system still appears biased against families.
Freedom Is A Birth Right (A Love Letter to Haitians)
By Lindo Yes
When I see you
I realize my want for freedom
Has always been a need for freedom
Never an ask
A demand
