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Valley Youth House (VYH) has received a $10,000 grant for their Supportive Housing Program for Homeless Transition Age Young Adults. This grant was made possible with generous support from Lincoln Financial Foundation. Valley Youth House’s Philadelphia Supportive Housing Program provides leasing and supportive services to homeless young adults (ages 18 to 24) who have aged…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Members of youth forum panel are from left to right: Aurica Hurst, Mahliq Alexander, Sebastian Pierre, Kalief Jones, Antonio McKenzie, David Nixon and moderator Paul Johnson. (Photo courtesy: Kendall Alexander)   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie This past Friday the office of State Senator Art Haywood (D-4th Dist.)and Philadelphia Ceasefire hosted a panel discussion…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Some of the 178 Pennsylvania Leaders and Achievers scholarship recipients who attended the ceremony at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.   The Comcast Foundation recently recognized its 2017 class of Leaders and Achievers Scholarship recipients during two ceremonies held in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, respectively. The Leaders and Achievers awards program…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble.  (Photo: Kendall Alexander)   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie Saturday, June 17th marked the Juneteenth celebration held at the African American Museum of Philadelphia (AAMP) on 7th and Arch Streets.  For those who may be unfamiliar with this event or why Black Americans celebrate the date it marks…

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Jehovah’s Witnesses will host two three-day annual conventions, with the theme “Don’t Give Up!” on June 23-25 and July 7-9, at the Liacouras Center. Delegates from congregations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will be attending. As in years past, the Witnesses are currently participating in a campaign to personally invite the public to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Local actress Millicent Sparks performs a reenactment of Harriet Tubman in the garden at The Johnson House  during the Juneteenth Celebration.  (Photo by Robert Mendelsohn)   By Leah Fletcher  Historic Germantown’s Johnson House, Philadelphia’s only accessible Underground Railroad site, celebrated Juneteenth with a “Heritage and Culture” festival, which marked Philadelphia’s long tradition of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Andrew Wyatt raises his fist as Bill Cosby exits the Montgomery County Courthouse after a mistrial was declared in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby’s trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   By getting a mistrial, comedian Bill Cosby won Round 1…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams arrives for his arraignment on bribery and extortion charges at the federal courthouse, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)   By Denise Clay When you want a lot of things that you can’t afford, it’s said that you have champagne tastes, but a beer budget….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Members of the Philadelphia Frontiers organization, who along with Triumph Baptist Church, presented scholarship money and raised money for youth programming from the performance.  (Photo: Leona Dixon) By Amy V. Simmons Imagine a chance to explore long held passions and dreams later in life, in a setting where age is not only a number,…

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By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges ended without a verdict Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian’s image as “America’s Dad.” Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling…

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