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Hot takes on top issues affecting kids–November 30, 2018

  A great way to keep up and share key PCCY news Hot off the presses, there’s a new way to get up to date on the issues facing children in the region and learn what we’re doing about them. The Fall-Winter edition of our semi-annual newsletter Childwatch is now...

Read all about what we’re thankful for–November 16, 2018

  Read all about it–Philly students come out on top! PCCY had a vision for students in Philadelphia public schools four years ago, and, as we are wont to do, we quickly found partners and allies who shared that vision. We called it Read by 4th. Steadily,...

How we’re escalating the fight for school funding–November 9, 2018

Escalate the fight for public school funding Our students are in classrooms that are underfunded and overcrowded. Teachers are paying out of pocket and picking up the slack. And public education is suffering. In the wake of the mid-term elections, PCCY urges you to...

Bid to rid homes of lead paint belongs in court–November 2, 2018

  Bid to rid homes of lead paint belongs in court Finally, the lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan has begun to subside.  The latest data reveals that 146 children under six years old in the City of Flint and its Genesee County suburbs tested positive for...