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Join us Monday Nov. 30 at noon for SUN News Live with Moni Jones for a LIVE interview and Q&A with Philly native and actor Nakia Dillard from the hit television series Black Lightning! Watch on Facebook.com/philadelphiasundaysun

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ABOVE PHOTO: Darby Council President Jennifer Parks and Darby Recreation Center Director Janice Davis working at a table.   By Napoleon F. Kingcade                   This year, Thanksgiving celebrations may look different for many people across America. There are families that have been financially hurt by the pandemic…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Michael A. Rashid  (Photo/phila.gov) Mayor Jim Kenney has announced that Michael A. Rashid, president of Michael A. Rashid Associates and former CEO of AmeriHealth Caritas, will become the City’s commerce director, effective November 30, 2020. Rashid will succeed Sylvie Gallier Howard, who has held the role of acting commerce director since March.  “Michael…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Daily Dove Care, a home healthcare agency, along with Unity in the Community, a non-profit organization dedicated tochanging the lives of others in the South Philadelphia area, donated Thanksgiving boxes with turkeys along with the fixings to 300 families at PHA’s  Bartram Village site. (Photo/PHA) Due to the alarming surge in COVID-19 cases,…

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City Council has voted in the affirmative on Councilmember Isaiah Thomas’ Keep It Local Bill; this bill would require local business usage and raise reporting requirements in the City of Philadelphia’s procurement process. COVID19 has brought economic insecurity to people and businesses in Philadelphia, seeing little financial assistance in the federal relief packages.  As cities…

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ABOVE PHOTO: State Rep. Morgan Cephas teamed up with Independence Blue Cross to distribute more than 250 free turkeys along with reusable masks and hand sanitizer to West Philadelphia residents in need, with a majority of recipients being seniors. (Photo courtesy Rep. Cephas’ office)  With less than a week until Thanksgiving, state Rep. Morgan Cephas…

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The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and the Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden have partnered to build over 50 home garden beds this year as part of The Sankofa Home Garden Bed program. This program will provide thousands of pounds of home-grown produce for Southwest Philadelphia residents and their families, helping to highlight food sovereignty…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Phylicia Rashad as Grandmother Journey (Photo: Gareth Gatrell/ Netflix) By Kharisma McIlwaine Fans of holiday films are familiar with classics like “It’s A Wonderful Life,” “Scrooge” and “Miracle on 34th Street”. All of these films have several elements in common: fantasy — and a whimsy that makes anything feel possible. But these films…

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ABOVE PHOTO: (Photo credit: West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elementary) A coalition of educators, political officials and parents came together to demand equality for Black-owned and operated charter schools from the School District of Philadelphia. By Denise Clay About 70,000 of the School District of Philadelphia’s student body goes to a charter school. Of those charter…

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By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden has been certified as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump, state officials said Tuesday. The Pennsylvania State Department “certified the results of the November 3 election…

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