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November 12, 2020

  Doha Ibrahim served as a student representative to Philadelphia Board of Education last school year. When the quarantine began in March, students were displaced from their normal routines, including Doha Ibrahim, then a Philadelphia Student Representative. In this role, she spoke on behalf of students in the Philadelphia School District, relaying their concerns and opinions to the Philadelphia Board of Education. “When we are on the board —and I am not sugarcoating it— I felt like...

October 14, 2020

We are happy to report  that we are now working in our commercial kitchen again! Our crew  is back to cooking up an array of healthy and delicious recipes, but now we are doing this with  extra safety measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Our rules require: frequent hand washing, no more than 8 crew members in the kitchen at a time and that everyone wears a face mask. That is not the only...

August 7, 2020

by Anonymous Guest Writer, 15-year-old, South Philadelphia Prepared meals being donated to families from South Philly Barbacoa. The past few months have been full of challenges and changes. The normal is abnormal. As an only child, staying at home hasn’t been so easy. I’m social, community-oriented, and enjoy sports, so at first, finding ways to stay active at home wasn’t easy. For a while, I entertained myself with exercises trending all over social media, which weren’t bad...

August 7, 2020

Jonathan Williams (right) and Dante Franklin (left) at a cleaning job at Uncle Bobbie’s in Germantown. In light of the recent protests sparked by the unjustified deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others, young entrepreneur Jonathan Williams’ commitment to supporting his community has come into stark relief. Jonathan Williams, 23, first started his business Chestnut Hill Cleaning at the age of 16. He was having a hard time finding a job and decided...

July 1, 2020

Shaniya first heard about Rebel Ventures from her school counselor in 9th grade and started working at Rebel the summer before 10th grade through Work Ready’s Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN). Almost three years later, Shaniya is still on the Rebel team and has recently graduated from West Philadelphia High School. She will be attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the fall. In her time at Rebel, Shaniya has worked on the sales, communications, cinematography, and...