Voice: Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
COGRID-19
When the pandemic hit, local creative director Jason Rothman turned to what he knows best to help: wrangling artists to design a poster for charity
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyAs You Sow
A tool from the nonprofit helps companies make socially good choices for investing in their employees’ retirement plans—worth $8.4 trillion nationally
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy“How Do You Make Sure People Still Get Food?”
New Philabundance CEO Loree Jones started her job in the midst of a pandemic and racial protests that roiled the city. She is exactly where she wants to be.
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyRIP Medical Debt
A third of Americans have medical bills they cannot pay. A New York nonprofit has helped eliminate $2 billion of that debt for the poorest of them
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyFighting Domestic Abuse During Covid-19
The pandemic has survivors of domestic violence trapped at home with their abusers. France, Spain and others have figured out how to reach them
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyHealth care disparities in the age of Covid-19
At next week’s virtual town hall Jefferson CEO Stephen Klasko and Ala Stanford from Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium will unpack a harsh reality of the pandemic—and everyday: Black patients are dying at a higher rate
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyWhat Can We Do?
The horrendous police killing of George Floyd—on the heels of two other high-profile killings of African Americans this year—makes clear once again that we cannot stand by. Here, 13 ways all of us can start making change.
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyMailing Ballots to Every Voter
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered ballots be sent to all his state’s registered voters for the general election. Why don’t we do that here?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyVirtual Town Hall on The Last Dance
The Philly-born producer of the hit Michael Jordan documentary takes us behind the scenes of the film that has stormed America
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyHeroes and New Normal Forum
Next week’s virtual event is a call to arms for the investor class: Can concentrated social impact investing create a post-Covid Philly that’s better than ever?
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy