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The Mayor’s Office, Philadelphia Works, and Hahnemann will host a comprehensive career and resource fair for hospital employees In response to the impending closure of Hahnemann University Hospital, the City of Philadelphia, in collaboration with Philadelphia Works, Inc. and Hahnemann’s human resources department will host a comprehensive career and resource fair for Hahnemann employees. Hire…

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By Amy V. Simmons Amidst high rates of deep poverty and growing income inequality, like most major cities and older, mid-sized townships in the US, Philadelphia is rapidly gentrifying. Former businesses and institutional buildings are being converted, refitted and repurposed. The character and the racial and socio-economic makeup of some neighborhoods are changing entirely. It…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Patti LaBelle receiving the Gamble & Huff community service award at the Annual Phillies African American Heritage Celebration at Citizens Bank Park. (Photo courtesy of Gamble Huff Entertainment)  Legendary Sound of Philadelphia architects Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff joined in the Welcome America celebration of homegrown R&B living legend Patti LaBelle with a…

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By Mark Scolforo Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa.–Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor said Tuesday he does not intend to use new unilateral authority to prosecute gun crimes in Philadelphia under a state law passed after criticism of the city district attorney’s handling of gun law violations. A spokesman for Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said he sought…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This photo was taken when Margaret and her husband Eugene received an audience with Pope John Paul II during the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration in Italy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione on Monday released the following statement regarding the passing of Margaret Tartaglione – the senator’s mother, leader of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Lincoln University has been granted institutional accreditation for another eight years by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Pictured is the Alumni Memorial Arch at the entrance to campus.  LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Lincoln University has been granted institutional accreditation for another eight years by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education,…

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Lanayjah Turner began her senior year at South Philadelphia High School with a special goal: to leave the school an even better place than when she entered. Janelle Harper, South Philadelphia High School’s community school coordinator, remembers when Lanayjah told her about her plans.  “She was so excited,” Harper said. “She told me she wanted…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Patti proudly displays her street sign, as Councilman Kenyatta Johnson looks on. (Photo: K-Len Anderson) ASSOCIATED PRESS Patti LaBelle now has her very own street in her hometown of Philadelphia, and the legendary soul singer christened it with a song. A stretch of Broad Street was renamed “Patti LaBelle Way” during a ceremony …

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Remembering former congressman, Rev. William H. Gray III The William H. Gray III Memorial Foundation is a group of dedicated friends, family, and local and national community members who have worked closely with Amtrak to rename Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station in William H. Gray’s honor. He was a strong protector of funds for infrastructure and…

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The Philadelphia Black Public Relations Society (PBPRS), a fiscally sponsored project of FNC Philly a 501(c)(3), will hold it’s third annual conference on September 13, 2019 at the Liberty View at Independence Visitor Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 599 Market St. (6th & Market Sts.). The full-day conference will have panels, workshops…

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