Voice: Emma Copley Eisenberg
One Year Of Covid: “I Miss My Neighborhood”
Emma Copley Eisenberg, author and co-founder of Blue Stoop, the nonprofit that nurtures writers of all walks, pays tribute to the thing she’s missed most during the pandemic: her community.
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Meet The Disruptor: QSPACES
Queer and trans people have worse health outcomes than the general public. A local couple is trying to change that with a Yelp-like doctors app for LGBTQ Philadelphians
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
In the Street, We Are Philadelphians
Last year, our writer left the Mummers parade worried for her adopted city. This year, she wonders if it’s a sign of hope
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Living Music
How music venue World Cafe Live is filling a gap for Philadelphia school students
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Small Groups Moving Mountains
Bread & Roses Community Fund launches a project that proves philanthropy isn’t just for rich people and foundations—it’s available to every citizen who cares about changing their world
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Reading between the Co-Ops
A book club series by Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance seeks to turn collective ideas into worker-owned businesses—from groceries to builders to sex workers
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Camp Strong
The week-long Camp Sojourner, for mostly Philly girls of color, turns campers into confident leaders—for life
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
Bobbing and Weaving Through A Minefield
Filmmaker El Sawyer has gone from from prisoner to presidential advisor with one goal: Helping ex-inmates make it on the outside
By Emma Copley Eisenberg