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Home » Archives for Melanie Bavaria

Voice: Melanie Bavaria

Dancing For Those Who Can’t

Two weeks after the Orlando shooting, activist group GALAEI celebrates an especially poignant alternative prom for LGBTQ Latinos

By Melanie Bavaria

The Citizen Updates: Spells Writing Lab

The youth writing program fights illiteracy in schools and beyond. A new crowdfunding campaign seeks to double the number of students it reaches

By Melanie Bavaria

One Student at a Time

At El Centro de Estudiantes, intense adult interaction helps high school dropouts graduate—and sets them up for success in their lives

By Melanie Bavaria

Bienvenidos a la escuela

Are bilingual immersion programs, like at South Philly’s Southwark, a way to save city schools?

By Melanie Bavaria

Girls Run the World

Girls On The Run uses running to teach girls confidence, leadership and good health

By Melanie Bavaria

“Finding People More People”

A South Philly refugee center in danger of closing offers skills and community to those who have left it all behind

By Melanie Bavaria

Help Them Build and They Will Come

As politicians debate America’s immigration policy, a new collaborative workspace in Mt. Airy helps newcomers start businesses and grow the economy

By Melanie Bavaria

This is My Philly

Children from all over the city write their blocks at a Spells Writing Lab workshop

By Melanie Bavaria

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