Voice: Courtney DuChene
Business for Good: JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women
A new partnership offers grants and investments for local, women-owned and led businesses — courtesy of Judee von Seldneck, a woman who’s been there
By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal: Training Workers for Well-Paying Jobs
New Jersey’s public-private Pay It Forward program provides free or low-cost access to training in fields that need skilled workers. It’s a model Philly should emulate
By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good Update: Honeycomb Credit
A crowdfunding platform for small businesses returns to Philly — and promises help for minority-owned small businesses, thanks to a new partner
By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal: Information Literacy Education
New Jersey became the first state to require schools teach K-12 students how to tell fact from fiction — a critical skill in preserving democracy
By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good: ZeroEyes
Navy SEALs founded a software company that detects firearms on security cameras. Schools, corporate campuses, the Department of Defense — and SEPTA — are signing up.
By Courtney DuChene
Business for Good: Grant Blvd + Blk Ivy
The B Corps fashion brand loved by Beyoncé is launching a men’s clothing line and a vintage clothing store, Blk Ivy, dedicated to Civil Rights era fashion, music, books— and activism
By Courtney DuChene
Citizen Updates: Hopeworks Comes to Kensington
The Camden-based tech training program opened in Kensington this month with plans to replicate its poverty-fighting work where it’s most needed
By Courtney DuChene
20 Sustainable Shops and Services in Philadelphia
Locally-owned shops and services that put a dent in climate change — and make you feel a little bit better about everything
By Courtney DuChene