Odunde

On June 14th Philadelphia celebrates Odunde, African American Holiday. A day of celebrating African life and traditions. Music, Rythm and Moves, food and African creations will be out on display. Odunde Festival returns once more to the streets of Philadelphia—a living river of African culture, rhythm, color, memory, and celebration flowing through South Philadelphia at 23rd and South Street. Music […]

“A Packed Church, Empty Solutions: Philadelphia’s Housing Crisis and the Limits of Old Thinking”

Yesterday, P.O.W.E.R convened a housing affordability assembly at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church. The sanctuary was full—overflowing, really—with more than 1,000 people from across Philadelphia, representing churches, faith communities, and concerned residents gathered under one shared anxiety: a city in the grip of a housing crisis. Rising rents. Shrinking housing stock. A looming reduction in federal funding as Washington signals cuts […]