Topic: Germantown

Art For Change: Elder Scribe
Next up in our conversation series with Forman Arts Initiative, oral historian Julie Rainbow connects the Second Great Migration of African Americans from the South to Philly to our present search for community
By Blake Bradford
Business for Good: Jumpstart Germantown
Ken Weinstein’s anti-gentrification training program, with six spin-offs in the city and region, is keeping development local—and bringing women and people of color into the industry
By Courtney DuChene
How to Not be San Francisco
Pro-housing activist and Philly native Sonja Trauss on how her hometown can avoid the pitfalls of Bay Area unaffordability. Yes, it might involve more building
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Opposite of Gentrification
Jumpstart Germantown, brainchild of developer Ken Weinstein, trains local residents to be their own community developers
By Jill Harkins
I Buy Black
A discount card for black-owned businesses in Philly aims to keep dollars in poor minority neighborhoods. It's an effort that benefits us all
By Aaron Kase
The Citizen Recommends: Sleep out with Covenant House
The city’s shelter for homeless youth is expanding, but more needs to be done. Join them by sleeping outside on a cardboard box to help out
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The Citizen Recommends: City of Poetry
The city’s new Poet Laureate invites Philadelphians to see and make poetry happen everywhere
By Yolanda Wisher
Meet The Disruptor: Sylvester Mobley
The former Marine has willed into existence Coded by Kids, a free tech-ed program for inner-city youth. And he's got some big plans
By Larry Platt