Topic: 2024 Rad Awards
A Village of Moms, for Moms
Cocolife.Black provides Black and Brown women with lifesaving maternal care they have long needed, from pre-conception through baby’s early years
By Jessica Blatt PressHillary Do of Philly BOLT
The founder of Philly BOLT believes the key to transforming communities lies in trusting the people who live there to lead the way
By Jessica Blatt PressThe Urban Farmer
An irrepressible leader of today’s urban farming movement in Philadelphia, Christa Barfield builds individual and community health from the ground up
By Christina GriffithRev. Dr. Michelle Simmons
Rev. Simmons’ Germantown nonprofit Why Not Prosper helps recently incarcerated women get their lives back — and stay out of prison for good
By Christina GriffithThe Literary Activist
Few Philadelphians have had so seismic an impact in so short a time as Jeannine Cook, social justice activist and owner of Harriett’s Bookshop. And she’s just getting started
By Lauren McCutcheonLynette Medley and Nya McGlone
The mother-daughter duo’s own experience with “period poverty” inspired their Germantown nonprofit No More Secrets, which has distributed over 4 million menstrual products to women experiencing “period poverty” in the last year.
By Courtney DuCheneThe Profit Sharer
Last year, Seer Interactive founder Wil Reynolds turned down a $50 million offer for his internet search firm. Instead, he’s investing his company’s wealth in his employees and his community
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyAnaOno
Queen Village resident Dana Donofree—one of Inc’s 2021 most inspiring female founders—has grown her line of “boob-inclusive” bras to 30,000 customers all over the world while helping raise awareness and support for breast cancer survivors
By Courtney DuCheneGrant Blvd.
The fashion company, founded by a high school teacher, doesn’t just make clothes. It models the way forward
By Jessica Blatt PressA Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Join the director of Philly writers hub Blue Stoop as she debuts her new book, a coming-of-age tale about murder, self-discovery and being a woman in America
By Kiersten A. Adams