Susan Richardson

Heidi Segall Levi of Community Design Collaborative (right) and Rachel Hildebrandt of Partners for Sacred Places talk about potential uses for the main sanctuary in Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church.

Organizations with deep community roots on mission to strengthen Philadelphia

Put together the needs and the assets on either side of the walls of the sacred properties, and you see a whole new necessity – and possibility.

6 years ago

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Community

Serving all of Philly’s startup community means including more voices at the table

New executive director for Philly Startup Leaders, the networking organization and community resource for Philadelphia’s tech-startup community, dives into work.

7 years ago

Sometimes a hiker at the edge of the city is reminded of modes of transportation dramatically different from being on foot. (Image courtesy of J.J. Tiziou)

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Lifestyle

Finding joy in accepting, navigating obstacles on annual Philly perimeter trek

Photographer J.J. Tiziou's yearly walk offers life lessons as well as myriad views of the city.

7 years ago

Community

Letting employees learn and grow as they want, not as the company wants them to

Rather than training employees to be more like a company model, Philadelphia health care mana ...

8 years ago

Community

Using video production to teach teens skills to benefit them through their careers

The skills that make the biggest difference in our careers can be learned way before we take our first jobs. Helping teenagers find those ...

8 years ago

Community

Eroding the divide between ‘able’ and ‘disabled’ with atypical play

Theater director David Bradley has a long history of making theater that crosses boundaries. But in “ ...

9 years ago

Community

Finding the heart of Philadelphia by exploring around its edges

When photographer J.J. Tiziou describes his recent project of walking the perimeter of Philadelphia in under a week, it sounds like he ...

9 years ago

Community

Finding the heart of Philadelphia by exploring around its edges

When photographer J.J. Tiziou describes his recent project of walking the perimeter of Philadelphia in under a week, it sounds like he ...

9 years ago

Community

Untangling what black women’s ‘rebellious’ hair says about identity at work

Work-life balance is usually about parsing out workplace and personal time. But for many African-American women, it also includes somethi ...

9 years ago

Community

An urban techie defying Millennial expectations

Philadelphia has few better examples of how brilliantly our tech scene shines than a transplanted British millennial who walked into city ...

9 years ago

Community

This South Philly hydroponic vertical farm is booming and has plans to go restaurant

What do South Philly, changing the world, and tomatoes have in common? Probably more than I realize. But at least one common denominator ...

9 years ago

Community

Queen of Jeans front woman forges an identity as a band and an artist

Take a masculine Philly icon and turn it around into feminine flaunt That’s how the band ...

9 years ago

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