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.
Returning Citizens Tap The Untapped Economy
By Denise Clay-Murray
For people who are returning home from prison, news that the labor market has become a little more friendly is encouraging.
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.
Love & Time: Learnings from love-embodied work
By Jos Duncan Asé
Love Now Media has been collecting career stories inspired by love through our series, Be. Do. Love. Those stories capture refreshing perspectives on work.
How informal adoptions became a mainstay of African American family life
When she was 9 years old, she experienced for herself a distinctly Black notion of family.
Trauma, Transformation & Redemption: Life Outside The Streets takes a brain health approach to healing
By Kristin Holmes
40 years after Mumia Abu-Jamal’s arrest, the case is ‘a symbol’ of a ‘broken’ justice system
In this July 25, 1995 file photo, Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a policeman, arrives at Philadelphia’s City Hall. (Nanine Hartzenbusch/AP Photo, File) By Katie Meyer for WHYY This story is originally appeared on WHYY. The following July, a jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict. Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death and, though he maintains his […]
Last chance to submit your career story inspired by love
Today is the last day to submit your story for Love Now Media’s Be. Do. Love. series. Our Chief Storyteller, Jos Duncan Asé spoke with Cherri Gregg of WHYY about the initiative. (Radio interview included) This article originally appeared on WHYY. America is in the midst of what some are calling the “Great Resignation” or the […]
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.
Post Pandemic Work Includes Wellness as a Priority
By Kristin Holmes
Ten years ago, the anxiety and sleeplessness, stress and migraines, came while Crawford worked her way up from call center to management at Verizon. But last year, she was working for herself in the midst of a pandemic.
