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June 9, 2025
Anne Arundel County Expands Hate Crimes Prevention Work with Public Education Campaign,…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Nikki Smith-Kea is leading an expansion of Anne Arundel County’s hate crimes prevention work, including a new campaign, community survey, and tools…
June 3, 2025
Job Opening: Deputy Director
The Stoneleigh Foundation will accept applications for this position through July 3, 2025. TITLE: Deputy Director LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for planning, directing,…
May 27, 2025
Philadelphia gun violence prevention advocate calls for united front after Fairmount Park…
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Oronde McClain spoke to CBS News Philadelphia about his experience with gun violence and advocacy to prevent gun violence through efforts like…
May 27, 2025
Germantown Women’s activists push for action over talk
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk featured Germantown activists advocating for child welfare reform after recent efforts by Philadelphia’s City Council to revisit and review the foster…
May 21, 2025
Reimagining Leadership, Reclaiming Narratives, Revitalizing Philadelphia
The Stoneleigh Foundation hosted a webinar featuring Youth Partner Grantee DayOneNotDayTwo, which focused on how its programs and trainings put power back into the hands…
April 30, 2025
Philadelphians Find Nature on The Path To Healing From Gun Violence
As part of Stoneleigh’s efforts to address Philadelphia’ gun violence epidemic, the Foundation recently partnered with Love Now Media to produce Breaking Concrete, a short…
April 28, 2025
Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Raises Concerns Among Black Officers in Local Police Departments
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Nikki Smith-Kea spoke to The Marshall Project about federal efforts to roll back DEI initiatives, and about the benefits that DEI-rooted solutions…
April 15, 2025
2 Philadelphia researchers concerned with losing federal dollars for gun violence prevention
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard spoke to WHYY about federal cuts to gun violence research and their potential impact on health and well-being in Philadelphia. Two…
April 11, 2025
How Philly can look to New Jersey to fix its child welfare…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk has published part 3 of his 3-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer covering Philadelphia’s foster care system. The problems bedeviling Philadelphia’s…
April 10, 2025
Inside Philly’s hidden foster care system, where parents ‘voluntarily’ give up their…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk has published part 2 of his 3-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer covering Philadelphia’s foster care system. In fall 2021, Tytianna…
April 9, 2025
Philly removes neglected children from homes to keep them safe. But they…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk and his colleagues at Resolve Philly and The Philadelphia Inquirer have published a new article covering Philadelphia’s Community Umbrella Agency system.…
April 8, 2025
Toothless ‘child advocate’ position should be replaced by empowered abuse watchdog, former…
Stoneleigh Youth Advocacy Fellow Bree Hood spoke to Spotlight PA about the impact of injustices in Pennsylvania’s youth justice and foster care systems. Pennsylvania’s foster…
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