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 The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP), an advocacy group that supports children charged as adults in the city’s criminal justice system, recently announced the launch of the nation’s first participatory defense hub specifically for children and youth entangled in the criminal justice system with support from the Defender Association of Philadelphia and other organizations…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Adia Bell By Kharisma McIlwaine  Hair is such a huge conversation in the Black community. The hair industry is also an incredibly lucrative business. According to Mintel Global Market Research and Market Insight, the Black hair care industry brought in 2.5 billion dollars in 2018. However, although Black women are spending billions on…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Cecil B. Moore, J Whyatt Mondesire,  and Alphonso Deal. [Ed. note: This article was originally published in the February 2019 edition of the West Philly Weekly.] By Tyree Johnson Joey Temple, a North Philly-based activist, remembers the early years when the city’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as…

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? Left to right: Model Bria Bryant, designer Renee Hill (m) and Elena Brennan celebrate at Brennan’s shop Bus Stop Boutique. Credit: Monica Peters Black Girl Magic: Philadelphia’s own Renee Hill got into fashion at the age of 47. Now at the age of 52, the designer’s talents are broadcast for the world to see…

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? Author Judith Dumorney-McDaniel (l) with mentee Amajae Hardy-Jones (r). Credit: Monica Peters By Monica Peters On March 23, Judith Dumorney-McDaniel gave a book talk and signing to a packed house at Uncle Bobbies. Saturday’s discussion on her book “Teenagers in Charge: A Blueprint to Unmasking the Greatness in You,” was her first talk. Published…

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ABOVE PHOTO: (Photo by: Facebook-Stephen Salgaller) Eighteen candidates for City Council At-Large heard from a variety of community groups espousing their individual causes at The People’s Forum. By Denise Clay Usually, a political forum is a place where the people who are running for office talk to the people whose votes they’re trying to gain…

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Ken Weinstein will open the Ice Cream Shoppe beside his Trolley Car Diner on Monday, April 1 for its 15th season, and will offer complimentary small cones or cups of locally-churned Richman’s Ice Cream to everyone who shows up between 3 to 9 p.m. at 7619 Germantown Avenue in Mount Airy. In addition to ice…

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“The College administration is disappointed that the Faculty and Staff Federation (the Federation) of Community College of Philadelphia is calling for a strike just weeks before the semester’s end. Late Tuesday evening, the Federation forwarded its pre-strike demand. Unfortunately, the Union sought raises of more than 26 percent over the life of the contract. The…

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ABOVE PHOTO: State Rep. Movita Johnson Harrell is installed at the PA House of Representatives with her family looking on. HARRISBURG–State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell was sworn in to office Monday to represent Philadelphia’s 190th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Johnson-Harrell is the first covered Muslim woman to be elected to the state…

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The Pennsylvania Convention Center has installed the final piece of artwork in its West Wing Art Collection, a commissioned oil on canvas by artist Charles Cushing that honors the tradition of service of Pennsylvanians through American history , while demonstrating the important role the facility plays in the fabric of the City of Philadelphia.  …

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