Tyraine Ragsdale has spent years combining beats and science under the DJ name Grand Hank. Learn how the West Philly native will bring a STEM Center to East Germantown to inspire youth.
The city has seen many forms of activism; but here is a solo protest. Jamal Johnson began a hunger strike in January, waiting for Mayor Kenney to declare Philly’s gun violence a public emergency. A crisis.
One charter school with plans to target children in Germantown is being evaluated by the Philadelphia School District Board of Education. Learn more here.
Learn how and where Germantown residents can receive a covid-19 vaccine.
Teachers were not mandated to return Monday morning, but it didn’t stop parents and teachers citywide to express their non support of reopening. Lingelbach Elementary School parents and teachers demand a better ventilation plan than what the School District offers.
More than 450,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus disease and as the country grieved, other acts were born; a new generation of activism, mutual aid, and a renewed effort to take care of one another. One Germantown resident, born and raised, decided to gather these efforts in one place. That resident is Rasheed Ajamu, better known as Phreedom Jawn on Instagram.
Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together, or GREAT’s mutual aid program is approaching their first anniversary. Discover how the mutual aid program has helped families.
Kimberly Kamara created NEEM, an on the ground support group for people grappling with the murder of a loved one, after losing her son to gun violence.
The Germantown Rising Ideas Community Arts Project is calling for artist or community leaders to create a project foster engagement around flooding in Germantown.
G’town Radio and the Germantown Info Hub explore gun violence solutions with local activists, community organizers, elected officials and more.
A recent Germantown Info Hub event was all about keeping money in the community, community giving and leveraging collective knowledge and resources.