May 14, 2013
Group to Don Black Arm Bands At Student Art Show Reception To Mourn Loss of Arts In Schools PCCY calls the 2012 Exhibition: “Last Picture Show” for School District of Philadelphia Download PDF (PHILADELPHIA) May 14, 2013 – As a way to mourn...
Jan 31, 2013
Houston School students were presented with a $5,000 check by Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s Picasso Project for their arts project “RURAL LANE RECORDS.” The 7th and 8th grade students will create, perform and record original songs onto a CD in Houston’s...
Jan 29, 2013
Download PDF Picasso Project Grant Awards Ceremony: Fourteen Philadelphia K-12 Public Schools will receive up to $5,000 for Arts Projects WHO: As part of its efforts to keep the arts alive in Philadelphia schools, the Picasso Project, an arts advocacy program of...
Dec 18, 2012
One day Shelly Yanoff came into the office with pneumonia. When the region’s legendary children’s advocate stepped through the doorway of Public Citizens for Children Youth (PCCY) pale and sweating, at first, her staff stared at her in disbelief. But we should not...
Sep 5, 2012
It’s been a busy summer for the Friends of Mifflin School Committee of the East Falls Community Council. Unanimously approved by civic membership in mid-June, the volunteer-based group has partnered with the public elementary school with hopes of bolstering its...
May 10, 2012
The ceremony opened with a rendition of Bob Marley’s “One Love,” sung by a group of elementary students at Thomas Mifflin on Wednesday morning. It was a peaceful celebration of sorts at the East Falls school for the official unveiling of the quilt...