The Promise, Philadelphia’s Poverty Action Fund, Launches Philadelphia’s Largest-Ever City-Wide Record-Clearing Initiative
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/record-clearing/
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Announces Chief of Staff and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Tabitha Jenkins and Erika Joy Erb join Leadership Team to Amplify Organization’s Position, Growth and Impact within the Community
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/united-way-of-greater-philadelphia-and-southern-new-jersey-announces-chief-of-staff-and-chief-marketing-communications-officer/
Capacity Building
https://unitedforimpact.org/causes/capacity-building/
Alicia Atkinson
https://unitedforimpact.org/leadership/alicia-atkinson/
Top 5 Reasons to Attend the OpportUNITY Summit
https://unitedforimpact.org/top-5-reasons-to-register-for-the-opportunity-summit/
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Expands Leadership Team with Managing Director of Financial Empowerment
The leadership team at UWGPSNJ recently welcomed Alicia Atkinson as Managing Director, Financial Empowerment.
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/united-way-of-greater-philadelphia-and-southern-new-jersey-expands-leadership-team-with-managing-director-of-financial-empowerment/
United for Impact: A Year Like No Other
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey shares a tribute to the team’s Top 10 moments of 2020.
https://unitedforimpact.org/united-for-impact-a-year-like-no-other/
PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Funds to Aid Pandemic Recovery Efforts
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/phl-covid-19-fund-deploys-funds-to-aid-pandemic-recovery-efforts/
Reimaging Postsecondary Education in a COVID-19 World
United Way’s Dr. Nikia Owens, PHD, Managing Director of Financial Empowerment and Carniesha Kwashie, MS, Director, Job Opportunities Investment Network (JOIN), were recently published in the Social Innovation Journal on the importance of postsecondary education in COVID-19 recovery efforts.
https://unitedforimpact.org/reimaging-postsecondary-education-in-a-covid-19-world/
PHL COVID-19 Fund Reaches $10M in Funds Deployed, Continuing to Amplify Regional Community Efforts
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/phl-covid-19-fund-reaches-10m-in-funds-deployed-continuing-to-amplify-regional-community-efforts/
Mayor Jim Kenney: Our city leaders commit to fighting poverty, Philadelphia Inquirer
Op-Ed by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney: Last week brought encouraging news that as our economy and population grow, Philadelphia’s poverty rate has retreated to its lowest level since the 2008 recession, 24.5%.While the decline is progress, there is no denying it is still too high and we cannot relax our efforts. In fact, we must be bolder and pick up the pace.
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/mayor-jim-kenney-our-city-leaders-commit-to-fighting-poverty-philadelphia-inquirer/
Chris Long Donates Nearly 80K Books to Kids Through First Quarter For Literacy- NBC 29
Chris Long and six NFL players distributed nearly 80,000 books into the hands of children across the United States in 2019, as part of the Chris Long Foundation’s “First Quarter for Literacy”
https://unitedforimpact.org/news/chris-long-donates-nearly-80k-books-to-kids-through-first-quarter-for-literacy/