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Praticò leads a January 2020 meeting of the commission. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHL YOUTH COMMISSION

PHL Youth Commission leaders strive for a better Philadelphia

Ryan Mulligan April 27, 2021

For Alfredo Praticò, a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, it was a deteriorating recreation center in his Spring Garden neighborhood. For Mia Velez, a senior at Cristo Rey Philadelphia High...

Bentley has written op-eds about youth incarceration for the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Patriot News and the Stoneleigh Foundation. PHOTO: MARK STRANDQUIST/ PEOPLES PAPER CO-OP AND PERFORMING STATISTICS

Organizer leads movement against youth incarceration

Ryan Mulligan April 13, 2021

Twenty-year-old Will Bentley wants to make sure kids don’t suffer at the hands of the criminal justice system the same way he did. At 14, Bentley found himself incarcerated at Philadelphia Industrial...

Mandel founded BSCAPE in summer 2019.

Local high schooler creates organization to fight climate change

Ryan Mulligan March 30, 2021

The summer before their junior year of high school, Lily Mandel took a trip to New Mexico to volunteer on an indigenous permaculture farm. That trip proved to be life-changing. Before their plane touched...

A clip from the media program’s “I Have a Dream” video. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TONY ROCCO

Photography Without Borders: Through the lenses of Philadelphia youth

Ryan Mulligan March 23, 2021

In the past year, young people have been at the forefront of social justice movements across the U.S., acting as catalysts for change at local and national levels. Young Philadelphians have joined the...

POPPYN members display the programs logo. PHOTOS COURTESY OF STORMY KELSEY

City’s youth tell the stories of their communities

Ryan Mulligan March 2, 2021

As a junior at Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice, Stormy Kelsey kept hearing about an organization working with kids her age in her community that focused on creating change...

Valencia Peterson and KeShan Allen (third and fourth from left respectively) stand outside of City Hall with jerseys
representing players that were victims of gun violence. PHOTO COURTESY OF VALENCIA PETERSON

Beyond the Field: violence prevention, social justice and leadership through football

Ryan Mulligan February 9, 2021

In the past year, young people have been at the forefront of social justice movements across the U.S., acting as catalysts for change at local and national levels. Young Philadelphians have joined the...

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