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Ask any entrepreneur what freedom means and you'll get a version of the same answer: the freedom to build something that is yours. In a month when we celebrate Juneteenth and Pride, The Entrepreneurship Center wants to talk about what that freedom really costs, and what it really creates, for Black and LGBTQIA+ business owners in America right now. What ownership means for us For Black Americans, entrepreneurship has never been only about commerce. It is about self-determinat

In a month built around freedom, the Office of Reentry Programs & Services wants to talk about the people for whom freedom is most fragile, and most hard-won: returning citizens. Men and women who have served their time, paid their debt, and are now doing the hardest work of all, coming home and building a life. This summer, as a new class of eager college interns and graduates enters the workforce, we want to make a case for a group of job-seekers who deserve the same consid

Community development is, at its core, about building the conditions that let people move forward. Not charity, infrastructure. The kind of permanent, physical, financial scaffolding that turns good intentions into lasting opportunity. This month, the Office of Community & Economic Development is proud to share several ways the Urban League of Greater Philadelphia is building exactly that. A Reentry House for returning citizens One of the most exciting projects on our horizon