Philadelphia has a growing software development community. Unfortunately, the blacks and Latinos who make up 50 percent of city’s population have very little stake in it. So recently, Youngjin Yoo, a professor at Temple University working on an Urban Apps and Maps Studio, approached Knight Foundation with an idea: to use the studio as a […]
Article · November 29, 2012 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Photo Credit: Philadelphia Folklore Project At a packed house in Philadelphia’s City Hall, Knight Foundation, in partnership with The City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy and Springboard for the Arts, recently launched Community Supported Art. The idea of Community Supported Art is based on the Community Supported Agriculture model, […]
Article · July 13, 2012 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
This week in Philadelphia, just ahead of Philly Tech Week, we helped introduce a new tool to the public. It aggregates locations across the city that provide access to the Internet. The tool, called Connect Philly, helps people find free, or affordable, online access and also computer training opportunities. It allows residents to send their address via […]
Article · April 6, 2012 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, Mayor Michael A. Nutter and other leaders helped celebrate the winners of the BME Leadership Award in Philadelphia Monday night. The award is given to black men who step up to lead and engage others in their community. The honor comes with a combined $243,000 for the winners to reward […]
Article · February 29, 2012 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Fifty-five ideas for the Philadelphia arts have been chosen as finalists in the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia. 1,267 applicants answered our question: “What’s your best idea for the arts in Philadelphia?” A diverse group, including individual artists, artist collectives, community groups, jazz and classical music organizations, theater companies and educational institutions, offered a wide array […]
Article · January 10, 2012 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
(l to r) Ted Mann, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SnipSnap, William Crowder, Managing Director, Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (MEAP), DreamIt Ventures; Greg Osberg, Chief Executive Officer and Publisher, Philadelphia Media Network Inc.; Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Program Director/Philadelphia, Knight Foundation; RoseAnn Rosenthal, Chief Executive Officer and President, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania; Brendan McCorkle, Co-Founder, CloudMine and Keya Dannenbaum, Founder and […]
Article · January 5, 2012 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Today, Knight Foundation and partners announced the launch of Change By Us Philadelphia, a site that provides residents a way to take an active role in improving their city. Change By Us allows residents to share ideas for making their city better and helps to turn those ideas into projects that have real impact. The […]
Article · November 21, 2011 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
“Now I finally get it. I got it now.” — Darryl Coates “I go to court to seek justice for my daughter and this energized me to continue the fight for her, her children, and against domestic violence.” — William Spratley “This is fantastic. This is really nice. Thank you.” – Brandon Jones “Yall really […]
Article · October 31, 2011 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
BME is a new effort that seeks to highlight the stories of unsung heroes among Philadelphia and Detroit’s black men and boys. So far, over 1,000 men have stepped forward to tell their stories in writing and through video at BMEChallenge.org. In this blog post, Philadelphia Program Director Donna Frisby-Greenwood talks about why BME (pronounced […]
Article · September 27, 2011 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Ms. Pricilla is the sixth generation of her family to live in the home where she grew up. She has since raised her children there, and her grandchildren come to visit frequently. Mr. Priscilla was just one of the many people I heard speak at a recent ceremony for the Eastern North Philadelphia Sustainable Communities […]
Article · July 6, 2011 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood
DONNA FRISBY-GREEN- WOOD, PROGRAM DIREC- TOR/PHILADELPHIA When a gathering of leaders opens with them spending a day with 30 incarcerated teen boys, you know it’s not gong to be just another conference. Last week, while much of the world focused on William and Kate, 300 education leaders gathered in the City of Brotherly Love to […]
Article · May 2, 2011 by Donna Frisby-Greenwood