Youth

20+ Philly Education Organizations to Support
How to help students in Philadelphia? Give a hand to any of these initiatives, organizations that are already doing the good work to support students, educators and communities
By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff
How to Help Schools, Students and Teachers
Donate food or money for uniforms, share your expertise, provide reading help and more ways you can support schools in Philadelphia
By Jessica Blatt Press
“An Amazing Commitment to Children”
A poverty-fighting nonprofit presented its stellar outcomes at The Citizen’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival. Now it’s launching in Philly
By Natalie Pompilio
Growing Money Smarts
GROW Academy, started by a local financial planner, is helping entrepreneurial teens manage their money and launch the careers they dream about
By Courtney DuChene
Citizen of the Week: Pastor Buddy of the Rock Ministries
The Kensington preacher offers local kids a safe haven and a path to hope through boxing and prayer. His 14th annual “Rock the Block” party is on Saturday
By Lisa Bryant
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Maulik Pancholy
The MSNBC host speaks with the actor and author of The Best At It, a middle-grades coming-of-age novel
By Ali Velshi
An Extraordinary Feat of Sesame Street Compassion
A Philly native and former media bad boy-turned-recovery writer on a classic TV-inspired lesson in humanity
By A.J. Daulerio
Meet Philadelphia’s Cosmic Writers
This nonprofit brings out the creative writer in school-age students in Philly and beyond. In a city with an abysmal literacy rate, these efforts are paying off.
By Courtney DuChene