Last December, Girl Develop It, the national movement to teach women web and software development, piloted a program to bring coding classes to inmates of the Baylor Correctional Institution through...
When she’s not working as Floral Director at Egan Rittenhouse, Elise Hanks, owner of Terra Luna Herbals, spends most of her time in her garden in Kensington where she grows...
Hiring? Send us a link to your job listing at contactus@citywidestories.com and we’ll feature it in our monthly roundup. Volunteers, National Street Service Application Deadline: March 1, 2018 Want to make...
In the late 1970s, the first, over-the-counter, home pregnancy tests were introduced into the American market. Now, nearly 40 years later, Lia Diagnostics is about to launch a new generation...
When Suzie Nieman, the new Chapter Leader for Girl Develop It, first caught the tech bug, she relocated to Philly to be closer to some gigs in New York, but...
In 2017, Bread & Roses Community Fund celebrated 40 years of funding resistance movements. During that time, Bread & Roses has moved more than $10 million to grassroots organizations in...
Resistance is a hot topic in our current political climate, Philadelphia Printworks has been deep in the social justice, activism and DIY culture space for the past eight years. For...
Hiring? Send us a link to your job listing at contactus@citywidestories.com and we'll feature it in our monthly roundup. Internship, Knight Foundation Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2018 Gain 10-weeks of experience...
Two Philly-based startups are developing innovative ways to print live cells and booking rides to the hospital. Allevi (formerly known as BioBots) focuses on biomedical technology. The company was started by 28-year-old Ricky...
Issues of consent, harassment, gun violence and immigration have been dominating headlines in the news, each of us can commit to working on helping to address these issues on a...