Maybe it is fitting, or divine providence, that America's next president hails from the city that could be considered the home of community organizing, having produced one of the greatest thinkers in the field of social activism.  Click here to read more ...

Local teens who are growing and cooking with their own vegetables through the Teens 4 Good program received a visit July 21 from Georges Perrier, a renowned French chef, at Drexel's 11th Street Family Health Services.Drexel's 11th Street Family Health Services has been connected with Teens 4 Good for over two years, but this is the first summer harvest at this garden, according to Jennifer Andia, health educator and outreach coordinator at 11th Street. 11th Street Family Health Services partnered with Diane Cornman-Levy, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements and founder of Teens 4 Good, and Jamie McKnight, director of Teens 4 Good, to make it all happen. Click here to read more...

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Jul. 16--"You want the tour?" asks James Whitaker, 16, throwing his arm around my shoulder and leading me in search of that delicacy known as the North Philly onion. He forms his fingers into a claw and drags the dark soil of a freshly dug bed, fishing out a long, milky white bulb. "Here," he says, smiling. "Let me give it to you. You've earned it." This sort of media savvy they don't teach at Annenberg. For two years, he's tilled this verdant half-acre, hard by the El tracks at Eighth and Poplar. Click here tor read more...