This week we hear about a group of demonstrators advocating for more money to renovate a well-loved North Philly library, a long-stalled plan to build a subway along Philadelphia’s Roosevelt Boulevard, the hidden history of Black animators, and a shuttle program that takes Camden residents to the nearest full-service grocery stores… in Cherry Hill.
Lawanda Horton
Lawanda Horton is a grantwriter, fundraiser, and community activist in Philadelphia. Her company Mission Incorporated helps nonprofits and small businesses strategize and access funding opportunities, and her nonprofit organization Mission Forward launches large scale community arts activism projects and other projects centered on Theatre, Entrepreneurship, and Social Justice.
Lawanda has a Masters in Nonprofit Management from New England College, a BA in Theatre for University of New York at Albany and a Political Science Degree from Syracuse.
Aside from that, Lawanda loves disaster prep, stoicism, Daoism, and Jungian philosophy, music and books.
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Why (some) Philadelphians don’t vote
There’s less than two weeks until the November 3rd election, but it’s not clear how many people in our region. While 65 percent of elible voters in Philadelphia cast ballots in the last presidential election, only 47 percent voted the last time there was a gubernatorial election, like this year. Block by Block reporter Lawanda Horton spoke to several Philadelphians to find out why they don’t vote.