Topic: Latino Community
Sarahi Franco-Morales
The South Philly native has helped feed hundreds of families, translated at City Council meetings, advocated for fair housing and employment, and tutored kids to read. And she’s only 18
By Jessica Blatt Press
What We Don’t Know About Small Businesses
We can’t solve a problem we haven’t defined. That’s why Drexel’s Metro Finance Head is calling for federal, state and local changes to how we gather data
By Bruce Katz, Milena Dovali and Anne Bovaird Nevins
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julissa Arce
The MSNBC host speaks with the author about You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julia Alvarez
The MSNBC host speaks with the author and poet about a YA novel about immigrant identity that's been banned since the 1990s
By Ali Velshi
Damaris Alvarado-Rodriguez
The director of progressive, accessible childcare centers is on a mission to provide opportunities for children and adults — including through a new teacher apprenticeship program starting this week
By Lauren McCutcheon
The Sound Sculptor
Next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative, Philadelphia artist Raúl Romero merges sculpture with an invisible medium: sound
By Morgan Nitz
The Community Builder
Muralist Cesar Viveros, whose paintings are all over the city, has shifted his focus to activism and communion in the city’s Latino community
By Morgan Nitz
Zulma Guzman
The Salvadoran immigrant is a “social worker without a title” for new Philadelphians in her Elmwood Park neighborhood—a community often invisible to city government.
By Katherine Rapin
Tribaja
Shannon Morales’ new business connects forward-thinking companies with diverse tech talent—while building community to sustain the work
By Courtney DuChene
Helping Kensington Thrive
A collaboration between several local organizations has distributed more than $15 million in affordable loans to the Latinx community in North Philly — and it’s just getting started.
By Courtney DuChene