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    ‘A People’s Blueprint’ for Arts Programming: Germantowners’ input needed for a new collaborative project

    By Danielle Smith

    Mt. Airy and Germantown neighbors are helping shape the future of local arts through Art Forward—a community-led process hosted by Allens Lane Art Center. By sharing their lived experiences in facilitated “Story Circles,” residents offer feedback on current offerings and help create a people-centered blueprint for the arts. The next free sessions are June 17 and 24, with food, childcare, and portraits provided.

    Northwest Philly neighbors shared their experiences around city housing concerns at Sunday’s town hall

    By Pryce Jamison • Germantown Info Hub

    Over 60 neighbors gathered at POWER Interfaith’s Housing Justice Town Hall in Germantown to share stories of displacement, affordability struggles, and property tax pressures. Though Councilmembers Cindy Bass and Anthony Phillips were invited, neither showed up. Still, neighbors spoke powerfully about their lived realities and asked pressing questions about the city’s housing future.

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    Budget season Q&A with Councilperson Cindy Bass

    By Rasheed Z. Ajamu • Germantown Info Hub

    Since April, the People’s Budget Office (PBO)  has reopened its standard yearly operations at its colorful repurposed shipping container in LOVE Park to engage Philly residents in questions and information […]

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    Thursday’s Juvenile Expungement Clinic marks a first for the Office of Reentry Partnerships

    By Rasheed Z. Ajamu • Germantown Info Hub

    The Office of Reentry Partnerships is launching its first-ever expungement clinic for young people this Thursday, June 12, in Germantown. Youth 14 and older can meet with attorneys, attend workshops, and even enjoy food and music in a welcoming, police-free space.

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    Protesters carry a sign at a May 2022 protest at LOVE Park after City Council released a scathing reports on the Department of Human Services’ lapses in caring for children. (Josh Childs)

    Will Philly finally fix its foster care system?

    By Steve Volk, Resolve Philly • Billy Penn

    For years, people with intimate knowledge of foster care practices at the Department of Human Services cited similar problems: random and subjective decision-making, the confusion of poverty and neglect, an unstable workforce riven by turnover — and more.

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    Meet 2025’s Germantown Hall of Fame Honorees

    By Pryce Jamison • Germantown Info Hub

    Historic Germantown’s 2025 Hall of Fame honorees have been announced: a judge, a museum director, and a nonprofit leader—all with deep connections to Northwest Philadelphia. Learn more about this year’s celebration, which honors contributions to justice, equity, and community enrichment.

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    Handout photo of Sy'vir Hill, who apparently drowned in a bathtub at age 19 months in a Harrowgate foster home.Courtesy of A.J. Thomson

    Philly toddler apparently drowned in bath as foster mother ‘at her max’ tended the microwave

    By Steve Volk, Resolve Philly • The Inquirer

    The Philadelphia police special victims unit is investigating the death of a child who apparently drowned in a bathtub when his foster mother left him unattended to go to the microwave. Records obtained by The Inquirer and Resolve Philly show that a Harrowgate foster parent left 19-month-old Sy’vir Hill and a second child unsupervised and returned to find Sy’vir submerged in the water.

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    Germantown Info Hub

    Pew’s ‘State of the City’ findings back need for Sunday’s housing town hall

    By Rasheed Z. Ajamu

    Ahead of a pivotal budget vote in City Council, POWER Interfaith is bringing residents and elected officials together for a town hall focused on housing justice. With more than half of Germantown renters cost-burdened, organizers say it’s time to connect stories to policy and demand change.

    Germantown Info Hub

    Find your nearest Germantown Little Library

    By Rasheed Z. Ajamu

    Nestled throughout Germantown are over 20 Little Libraries offering free books 24/7. These handcrafted boxes, stewarded by neighbors and groups, encourage literacy, creativity, and connection. Find your nearest one using our map and see how storytelling lives on in the community.

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