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The mayoral candidates stumbled through their performance at a Latino forum

They invoked Maria Quiñones Sánchez, but the former District 7 Council member thought they showed up unprepared to address the Latino community. It was a struggle for specificity at Monday’s Latino Mayoral Forum in Hunting Park, where nine of the candidates jockeying for mayor grasped at tenuous connections to Philadelphia’s Latino communities while answering questions…
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The Reverend Luis Cortés, Founder and CEO of Esperanza, calls for Federal Home Loan Banks to address the housing crisis by doubling funds for affordable housing.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. February 10, 2023 For further information, contact Jenifer Kohlhas, jkohlhas@esperanza.us. The Reverend Luis Cortés, Founder and CEO of Esperanza, calls for Federal Home Loan Banks to address the housing crisis by doubling funds for affordable housing. Washington, D.C. – Today, at a forum on the future of the Federal Home Loan Bank…
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Esperanza Arts Center Announces Its 2022-2023 Season

Philadelphia, Pa. – August 26, 2022 – Esperanza Arts Center (EAC) announces its 2022-2023 season. This year EAC presents its annual VOCES Series spotlighting the artists and traditions of the Latin Caribbean, with a rich array of family and community events throughout the year. The 2022-2023 season also marks the official launch of EAC’s new Arte en las Calles (Art in…
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Faith March Against Gun Violence

On June 9, the Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Council of Religious Leaders, brought together some 200 leaders from the region to march, cry, and advocate for stricter gun laws and increased funding for gun prevention programs. the violence. The event was called “From Shrine to Street, From Lament to Action” and…
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“Celebrating Hope for Immigrants” To Raise Vital Support for Immigration Legal Services Non-Profit in North Philadelphia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Philadelphia, PA – May 10, 2022. JOIN US for this in-person event on Thursday, May 19th, 6:00-7:30 pm. Esperanza Immigration Legal Services (EILS), a leading immigration legal services non-profit in North Philadelphia with more than a decade of service, will host its in-person fundraising event, Celebrating Hope for Immigrants: Cuentos de Esperanza, on Thursday, May 19th at 6:00 pm EST…
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The Canopy Builders: Planting trees brings people together to create healthier, safer neighborhoods

On a brisk Saturday morning in November, Victor Santiago, Elissa Goldberg, and six other people marched through Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood with saplings hefted over their shoulders and shovels and pails in hand. The diverse crew of eight was heading to the 4100 block of Fifth Street to plant honey locusts, Sargent cherries, London planes, and other trees.…
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Relief funds and pivots: How Philly’s small arts organizations are surviving COVID

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters, performance venues, galleries, and museums in 2020, and arts organizations of all sizes were rendered unable to generate earned income, public and private entities spun up emergency relief funds to help sustain them through the down time. The city of Philadelphia and philanthropic groups, such as the William…
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Rev. Luis Cortés Jr. Featured in The 2021 Philly Power 100

Rev. Luis Cortés Jr. was featured in The 2021 Philly Power 100 – As a child in New York’s Spanish Harlem, the Rev. Luis Cortés, Jr. grew up with a stable family environment within a strong Latino faith community. It was that foundation that led him to create Esperanza, America’s premiere Hispanic faith-based evangelical network.…
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Burgos announces $1 million in redevelopment funding for North Philadelphia

HARRISBURG, Dec. 6 – State Rep. Danilo Burgos, D-Phila., today announced $1 million in state grants were awarded to North Philadelphia for redevelopment projects. The funds are going to Nueva Esperanza, Inc. to build a mixed-use building to include eight to 12 new units of affordable rental housing and an approximately 5,000 SF economic incubator…
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