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In 2000, we started taking on our first projects. Over the next 25 years, we’ve been doing our best to do some good. As we take note of this quarter-century of service, we’ve created a year-long celebration, not just of Mighty Engine, but of the values we and our partners champion: love, equity, service and agency.
We assisted the United Negro College Fund with research analysis, writing and designing their report on the mental health of Black college students and recommendation for improving mental-health outcomes of Black college students at all colleges and universities with a particular focus on HBCUs and PBIs.
We’re looking forward to working with Philly Joy Bank on phase two of their pilot program, which offers $1,000 monthly to 250 pregnant residents from their second trimester to their baby's first birthday, aiming to reduce racial disparities in infant mortality.
We recently launched the fourth phase of Philly's "IF I CAN QUIT SMOKING, SO CAN YOU" campaign, featuring real Philadelphians to inspire their peers among: people in recovery; pregnant women and new moms; LGBTQIA+ people; those who work in places where tobacco use and exposure is high; military personnel and veterans; and Latino community members. Ads also encourage people to call PA Free Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
We were proud to help the Center for Black Educator Development craft an end-of-year report highlighting their yearly programs and progress toward rebuilding the Black teacher pipeline.
Read by 4th’s Philly ABCs—that we helped design—earned a silver Anthem Award under the Community Space category for Education, Art, and Culture. The award is given to those ideas that celebrate and unite communities around shared interests or causes.
Njemele Anderson, our partner and a veteran educator, wrote this compelling response to a recent GAO report that found that the nation’s teachers, who are mostly white even as the classrooms they lead are becoming increasingly diverse, over-discipline and more severely punish Black girls than other girls.
UNCF’s UNITE 2024, the nation’s premier gathering for Black higher education, broke attendance records, bringing together leaders from across the nation to discuss supporting even better outcomes for Black students. We were proud to help organize the event again this year and prepare the recap report.
After reaching more than 100,000 families during our summer early-childhood-literacy pilot campaign, we thought it would be a great time to kick back and have some fun with a celebration at Franklin Square. Families came out for book giveaways, sing-alongs and double-dutch challenges.
Our CEO and the CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development teamed up to craft this op-ed explaining the context and research behind the Freedom Schools Alphabet Song, and how families can use it to help grow strong readers.
Last November, we were honored to help our longtime partner, the Center for Black Educator Development, curate this transformative event, bringing together more than 1,000 remarkable Black men in the field of education. Stay tuned for a video recap and secure your spot early for #BMEC2025 as tickets sell out fast.
Powered by the United Negro College Fund, UNITE is the nation’s premier annual gathering for accelerating strategies for Black higher education and support for the institutional transformation of Black colleges and universities. UNITE 2025 is scheduled for July 20-24, 2025 in Atlanta.
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A $16 million pedestrian-friendly revamp of Market Street in Old City aims to enhance safety and accessibility ahead of Philadelphia's 250th anniversary in 2026. The project will narrow lanes, add raised bike lanes, create a pedestrian plaza, and improve intersections.
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This spring, Mighty Engine is embarking on a new project with the Health Equity and Well-Being Collective, a groundbreaking movement led by Emory Urban Health Initiative, the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and Rush University Medical Center to advance trauma healing efforts directed toward young survivors of violence and promote health equity.
