The Elevation Project: Helping formerly incarcerated people find new pathways

On a nice day, the Chamounix Equestrian Center, home to the Work to Ride program, is filled with kids taking horseback riding lessons, as well as dozens of cats, dogs and a billie goat named Yoda. The one-of-a-kind program in the country gives kids of color a shot at mastering horses on the polo f…

 After more than 15 years of working in the health and wellness industry, Ayana Bennett quit her corporate gig to open Da Smoothie Jawn on Girard Avenue.  “I want to provide education in a space where people feel comfortable asking questions that they wouldn't feel comfortable anywhere else,” she …

On Sunday, Salim Weldon will host dozens, including those who went to Mecca with him in 2016, for an iftar meal at the Ubuntu fine art gallery in Germantown where they will break fast at sunset.  “...No matter your wealth status, we are all fasting,” he said. “So from the richest to the people tha…

Diona Murray has spent the last four years advocating for equity in birthing experiences like access to reproductive health care and resources for Black women through her nonprofit, Barren Fruit.