Philly Truce ran from August 26 through November 7, hoping to reignite a sense of community. Mazzie Casher shares some of his takeaways from the peace patrols and some Germantown neighbors lend their thoughts, too.
Philadelphia receives a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to implement Healing Verse Germantown, a public art project addressing gun violence through poetry workshops, a poetry hotline, public exhibitions, and community engagement.