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December 1, 2022
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney Signs Executive Order Creating the Office of the…
Following years of advocacy from our partners at Juvenile Law Center’s Youth Advocacy Program, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney recently established an Office of the Youth…
November 28, 2022
Can journalism that centers community help stop shootings? PCGVR is betting on…
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard was featured by Billy Penn for her work with Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting to change the way media report…
November 21, 2022
Five Philly schools stand to get millions of dollars for ‘beating the…
Stoneleigh Board Member Stacy Holland is executive director of Elevate 215, which was recently featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer for announcing new grants to local…
November 21, 2022
Funding for Social Security is at a crisis level. It’s hurting the…
Former Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Claire Grandison and her Community Legal Services colleague have published a guest commentary for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star on the ways…
November 18, 2022
Establishing the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Greater Father Involvement
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Rufus Sylvester Lynch played an integral role in the Pennsylvania’s recent passage HB 1731 into law as Act 114 of 2022, which…
November 17, 2022
Recently Released Music for the Care Not Control Campaign
Our partners at Juvenile Law Center and the Youth Art and Self-empowerment Project recently released music for the Care Not Control campaign, which seeks to end…
November 10, 2022
Judge orders state Human Services to accept Philly teens from chaotic, overcrowded…
Our partners at the Youth Art and Self-empowerment Project spoke to The Philadelphia Inquirer about plans to send several Philadelphia youth in custody out of…
November 10, 2022
You Have the Right to Remain Powerless: Deprivation of Agency by Law…
Stoneleigh Fellow Jennifer Merrigan released a new article for St. John’s Law Review discussing specific ways in which the justice system confiscates the agency and…
November 10, 2022
Crushing caseloads and low wages drive out foster care workers, but children…
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk and his Resolve Philly colleague Julie Christie have published an article for The Philadelphia Inquirer examining the chronic turnover in the…
October 19, 2022
Paying the ‘diversity tax’ to practice law
Former Emerging Leader Fellow Kee Tobar explains how the diversity tax influenced her decision to take on the role of diversity and equity inclusion officer…
October 14, 2022
Governor and First Lady Wolf Recognize Pennsylvania’s 2022 Distinguished Daughters
Stoneleigh Board Member Stacy Holland was recognized by the Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf as one of this year’s Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Wolf…
October 12, 2022
How to support ‘newcomer immigrant youth’ in Philadelphia
Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Julie McIntyre authored an article for Generocity outlining ways to meet the urgent needs of newcomer immigrant youth in Philadelphia. We…
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