ECS awarded $75,000 grant to support expansion of services
With the support of Senator Hughes, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has awarded a...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Lasting Legacy in the Philadelphia Region
MLK’s Philly Connections
Read More“A Place-Based Strategy”, by Rhena McClain, Director, St. Barnabas
There are amazing programs in Philadelphia designed to support people who are managing the impacts of poverty. Yet too often, those deeply impacted are cut off from the source that can help.
Read MoreJasmine Walker Awarded with Beverly Gail Barnes-Kelch “ECS EXEMPLARY CITIZEN AWARD”
During ECS’ annual Staff Appreciation Day, a special award was presented to Jasmine Walker, the OST (Out of School Time) Program Manager at Feltonville Intermediate.
Read MoreThe Four Candles of Advent - a Message from David Griffith
We are in the season of Advent, a four-week time of waiting for the light of the Star of Bethlehem to announce the good news of the birth of Jesus. A light that continues to shine brightly, even in the face of so much darkness across the land. In my tradition, we are asked to be Advent people. As I reflect on that challenge, I ask myself what it means to be a people of the light. It would be easy to be overwhelmed by the darkness of poverty, of violence in all its forms, of environmental destruction, authoritarianism, racism, and unbridled greed. Depending on one’s background and resources, the darkness is often seen as someone else’s problem or ignored altogether as walls of privilege, circumstances, and greed give false security from the darkness.
Read MoreThe Challenge to Serve Better
It was Christmas Day, 1949 when Jean Tinney, a 6th grader from Collingdale, Delaware County, walked several blocks to her friend Betty’s house to deliver a small gift. Betty was a classmate of Jean’s living in a home with a foster care provider – the fourth or fifth foster home Betty had known. Jean was disheartened when she found Betty not celebrating at all, but scrubbing the bathroom floor. “It’s what I have to do,” Betty told her. “It isn’t right,” Jean exclaimed to her parents when she returned home. That spring, Betty was sent to the Burd School, an orphanage for girls on Baltimore Avenue.
Read MoreLOOKING BACK ON 10 YEARS OF MEANINGFUL CHANGE AT ECS
I'm Jessica Main, Director of The ECS Fund. Starting out as a social work intern at ECS back in 2012, I have loved being part of an organization that makes meaningful change!
Read MoreECS Forum: Take Action!
Thank you to all who joined us in person and virtually for the ECS Forum on Justice and Opportunity on the benefits cliff! Our moderator and panelists did an awesome job spotlighting this issue, which is one of our Lead advocacy issues.
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