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- EIN 83-2696563
- connect@equityphilly.org
- 215.863.1313
- 426 East Allegheny Avenue Unit 5W Philadelphia PA 19134 USA
- http://www.equityphilly.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Job Training, Vocational Counseling, Youth Development Programs
Mission: The Equity Project, committed to racial equity through radical access, builds the power of our Black and Brown youth to heal from trauma, own their narrative and harness their creativity for change. We offer powerful interventions that support healing and build resilience in a safe space where youth of color can gather freely, access trusted adults, explore their creativity, receive academic support and utilize trauma-informed resources and services.
Target demographics: Black and Brown youth
Direct beneficiaries per year: 225 Black and Brown youth
Geographic areas served: Kensington, a community impacted by historic divestment, intergenerational poverty, and legacies of systemic racism, which is also at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic and has recently experienced an exponential rise in gun violence, exposing our youth to unprecedented levels of violence, human suffering, and trauma.
Programs: The Equity Project seeks to address both the immediate disparities and trauma impacting Kensington’s youth, but also, equally as important, to empower our youth to be heard and harness their creativity for change. Equity, for us, goes beyond access to resources and necessarily includes beautiful, calm green spaces with trauma-informed sensory environments that present opportunities for creative exploration, respite and play that foster safety and social equity.