Tag: Kensington
May. 15, 2020
Two Philly non-profits join forces to distribute food to those in need
Non-profit organizations Sunday Love Project and Sharing Excess have come together to create “Sharing Love,” a meal site offering hot meal services and grocery box…
Apr. 24, 2020
Fighting food insecurity in Philadelphia amid coronavirus pandemic
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney ordered all restaurants and bars in the city to restrict operations to pick-up and delivery March 16 to prevent the spread…
Feb. 28, 2020
Pouring into Philly’s coffee
Coffeehouses, coffee shops, roasters and coffee bars are plentiful in Philadelphia. If you asked a random selection of Philadelphians what their favorite coffee spot was,…
Nov. 15, 2019
Philadelphia: the right city to eat plenty of (w)hole foods
You cherish them. You break diets for them. You work out five days a week to enjoy them. A simple yet seemingly perfect guilty pleasure:…
Nov. 8, 2019
Kensington needs a supervised injection site – and soon
In 2017, there were more than 45,000 overdose deaths involving opioids in the United States, more than double that of 2000. The opioid epidemic has…
Feb. 15, 2019
Helping our Kensington neighbors
Drexel University famously prides itself on its commitment to civic engagement. Right from our onset as freshmen, we are continuously indoctrinated with this testament as…
Feb. 15, 2019
Alumnus photographer urges attention to Kensington crisis
The opioid epidemic continues to wreak havoc in the Philadelphia community, and Drexel University graduate and photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge has invested over ten years into…