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Camp Chloe: Demanding Housing & Dignity | Philadelphia Portal Ep. 4 youtube.com/live/rLpD8FaE0… @MAKCapitalism #Philadelphia #housing #CampChloe #Unhoused inquirer.com/news/delaware-…

The Cokie Roberts Fellowship jump-started my research for my next book. It supports women's history archival research, the kind of scholarship we really need right now. They are accepting applications for the next cycle by April 15. @archivesfdn archivesfoundation.org/cokie-roberts-…

Looking for research assistance work over the summer, before starting my PhD this fall. Happy to get involved in quantitative or qualitative work. Past research has focused on housing insecurity and social mobility. Please me know if you hear of any leads!

Yesterday, we held a press conference as we released our 2026 Philadelphia Affordability Report. This report serves as a sweeping analysis of the city's costs of living crisis. We call on city council to hold emergency hearings and protect residents from rising costs...

Camp Chloe is a homeless encampment in south philly between the Giant and the Home Depot. Its on land owned by centimillionaire Bart Blatstein who attempted an illegal eviction last week with support from the city office of homeless services.

In a recent conversation inTruthoutbetween historianElizabeth Todd-Brelandand professor of philosophyGeorge Yancy, they remind us thatschools are central to the struggle over knowledge, history, and democracy. From enslaved people risking their lives to learn to read, to today’s efforts to censor curriculum and dismantle equity programs, the fight over education has always been tied to the fight for freedom. The same forces trying to erase Black history are also working to silence and erase the histories and experiences of women and LGBTQ+ communities in our classrooms. Chicago educators know another path — the one championed byKaren Lewisand generations of teachers, students, parents, and organizers who fought to defend public education as a public good. Karen Lewis and Chicago’s multiracial education justice movement taught us that defending public schools also means defending the truth, the full history of our communities, and the freedom dreams our students carry forward. Elizabeth Todd-Breland co-authored the memoir of the late CTU President Karen Lewis — I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education. Learn more at truthout.org/articles/we-mu…

Join IPK on March 23 for a book talk with @KimberleyNYC. She will discuss her new book Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis, with @Dr_CMGreer and Domingo Morel. ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-ta…

In this edition’s featured essay, Graduate Student Brian Boyce (@UTKGeography ) reflects on the importance of diasporic place-making in the academy and the curation of the Caribbean Currents exhibit at @UTKnoxville. Read Brian’s essay here: simplebooklet.com/caribbeangeogr…

Zak Krone, a #PHLed Penn Treaty teacher (PT is on the closing list): "My students are asking why the district is waiting for them to leave before they fix the building up for Bodine. This plan is the district reinforcing a caste system for our students."

Jeanette Schwalm, a teacher at #PHLed Sayre HS, said when the district changed its plan to merge Robeson with Sayre, promises to improve Sayre shifted. “We shouldn’t have students from another school come into our building to be worthy of investment," Schwalm said.

Amanda Chandler, a teacher at #PHLed Harding MS, said the announcement that the district is closing her school and 17 others has caused "ripples of discontent," which will disadvantage the school further. "No one is going to take a job at a school that is closing," Chandler said.

Look fire safety is not something to mess with but I think we should also ask why teachers are compelled to bring in their own heaters and pest control

Hot off the press! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to Charlie McGeehan from the Academy at Palumbo on the well-deserved Educator of the Year Award from @thephilacitizen! Teacher McGeehan goes above and beyond to bring civics to life for his students. Thank you, Charlie!   thephiladelphiacitizen.org/citizen-of-the…

🔓 NEW #DebatesPaper in #UrbanStudies ✍️ @saramengato1 & A. Haase explain the urban #greening paradox as a structural tension between the universalist values of #sustainability and the neoliberal policy logics through which greening is implemented. 📖 buff.ly/xOYABSU

Farming with care: Naming, protecting, and sustaining Black farm practices in the US South - Darnella Burkett, Joe Barnes, Sarah Franzen, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space,  2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

attending #AAG next week? check out Geographers for Justice in Palestine's organized sessions and events! also available at geog4pal.org/aag

#AAG2026 starts next week! Each year, special events, timely plenaries, and sessions are held to recognize geography leaders and trailblazers. Be sure to add these must-see events to your schedule: buff.ly/sKdePNk

Join us for the BGSG Pre-Conference on March 16! If you’re arriving early for #AAG, we hope you’ll spend the day with us in community. 📌 RSVP/Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Full program: docs.google.com/document/d/1pk…

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