City Year, the red-jacket clad groups of teens once seen fanned out across the city doing a myriad of duties, has morphed from an organization that has done a lot of everything to one that…
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Mayor’s proposal would generate additional $94M for education School commissioners this week asked City Council members to go along with Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to implement the Actual Value Initiative this year so the…
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The Urban League of Philadelphia’s Empowerment Week Gala serves to celebrate diversity in the corporate community and award college scholarships. Fifty scholarships worth more than $100,000 will be awarded during the gala held May 19…
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Philadelphia-area community health clinics are slated to receive $1.5 million in federal funds, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this week at the Fairmount Primary Care Center in North Philadelphia. “This is at the heart of…
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Members of the city’s new Jobs Commission were formally named this week and held their first meeting as they move toward drawing up a series of recommendations for the city in an effort to spur…
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The Gates Millennium Scholarship represents much more than just a scholarship. It allows its recipients to chase their wildest academic and scholastic dreams, no matter if those dreams lead them to the most prestigious universities…
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