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[NEWS] In the shadow of DNC, artists gathering ideas on big philosophical questions

July 27, 2016

From Newsworks: What makes the good life? What are our truths? These are the philosophical questions that underlie many of our larger political...

[NEWS] Newall: A few blocks from the DNC, tales from the city with the highest poverty rate among major U.S. cities

July 27, 2016

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: Richard Henry and Robert Jones took a break Tuesday from their maintenance jobs and sat on a ledge outside the...

[NEWS] Sister Mary Scullion: Let DNC visitors see Philadelphia’s dark side

July 25, 2016

From Billy Penn: With the Democratic National Convention in town this week, both the Democratic Party and the City of Philadelphia will do their best...

[NEWS] Most Cities Evict Their Homeless Before Big Events. Philly Is Trying Something New.

July 25, 2016

From ThinkProgress: This week, tens of thousands of people will converge on Philadelphia to attend the Democratic National Convention. They’ll swarm a...

Volunteer to Register Voters in 2016

July 21, 2016

Join Vote For Homes in our ongoing nonpartisan effort to register voters by learning about how to support the voting rights of people who are low...

[NEWS] Mary Scullion: While in Philly for convention, get to know the poor

July 17, 2016

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: When thousands of politicos, media, and other visitors descend on Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention...

DNC Events Relevant to Poverty and Homelessness

July 17, 2016

Below are some events related to issues of poverty during the week of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. We will update this list as...

Restoring Dignity: The PECO/Exelon Veterans Training and Employment Program

July 14, 2016

Project HOME and PECO recently celebrated the graduation of the latest PECO/Exelon Veterans Training and Employment Program class. The video above was...

Cafe Memories

July 12, 2016

It is with great sadness but also gratitude that we wind up five remarkable years of the HOME Page Café. A fruitful partnership with the Free Library...

[NEWS] Project HOME Gives New Direction For Formerly Homeless Veterans

July 12, 2016

From CBS Philly: A dozen formerly homeless veterans celebrated Monday as they graduated from a special program designed to get them back into the...

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