Kevin Bacon and his brother teamed up with Rock to the Future to dedicate the room after their mother, Philly educator Ruth Bacon.

Award-winning actor and musician Kevin Bacon and his brother and fellow musician Michael recently returned to their hometown ...

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis announced a total of 46 state grants to enhance Pennsylvania's after-school programs and reduce gun violence in communities.

City officials recently unveiled a new music space for local youth at the Juvenile Justice Services Center (PJJSC) in West ...

A passionate advocate for social justice ... youth centers in Connecticut, Detroit and Philadelphia. Shoot Hoops Not Guns is a basketball youth program to help combat gun violence throughout ...

Ruth Bacon was a mother of six, an educator and a justice advocate. She started a ... which provides free music programs for Philadelphia youth. "To extend that concept into an actual juvenile ...

This story was updated after publication to reflect Tuesday's litigation and Wednesday's joint statement from 15 attorneys ...

In 2014, Shekerdjiska-Benatova started A Book a Day, a program based in West Philadelphia that selects ... s medical center partners serve immigrant youth, she noted.) The nonprofit embarks ...

Tyrone Sims, a community youth mentor partnering with Community of Compassion’s curfew center, is confident the programs will drive change in Philadelphia communities. “Southwest and South Philly are ...

The qualities of leadership which form the Outward Bound ideal ("To serve, to strive, and not to yield") are most embodied in the OA Leader Training Program where students ... as a visionary educator, ...