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• 6/14/24 YouthBuild Philly Annual #GrowYB: An Unveiling to Remember Fundraiser (CBS Philly)
  
• 6/14/24 YouthBuild Philly Annual #GrowYB: An Unveiling to Remember Fundraiser (6abc)
• 5/20/24 FROM THE CONGO TO PHILADELPHIA: HOW AN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT PLANS TO USE HIS DEGREE TO GIVE BACK (The Nexus)
• 5/10/24 40 Under 40: Get to know the 2024 honorees (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• 4/24/24 Bridging Blocks: Philly’s ‘missing middle’ wage jobs make career matchmaking harder, residents say (WHYY)
• 3/7/24 Youth Build Philly Charter School helps students find career path (Fox Good Day Philadelphia)
• 2/29/24 Black excellence on display through YouthBuild Philly’s “I Can, I Will” social media campaign (CBS Philly)
• 2/28/24 Black Principals Network Announces Second Cohort of The Leadership Collaborative (Yahoo! Finance)
• 2/24/24 YouthBuild Phillly Power 99 Feature (Power 99)
• 2/23/24 ‘I Can, I Will.’ This school for nontraditional students is celebrating them for Black History Month (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 1/18/24 Building Hope in Philadelphia Neighborhoods Under Siege ( Next City)
• 1/18/24 Building Hope in Philadelphia Neighborhoods Under Siege (Mindset News)
  
• 1/10/24 KING DAY OF SERVICE IN PHILLY — WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO (Philadelphia Citizen)
• 9/28/23 Tribune celebrates, in-person, this year’s Most Influential (Philadelphia Tribune)
• 9/18/23 80 Pairs of Boots Donated to Construction Trade Class (Fox 29 Philadelphia)
• 9/18/23 Construction Class Boot Giveaway (NBC Philadelphia)
  
• 9/18/23 Boots Donated to YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School (6ABC Philly)
  
• 9/1/23 YouthBuild Philly Class of 2024 Acceptance March (Ms. Blue – CYC instructor and Iyanna – Class of 2024 student) CBS Philly
• 9/1/23 YouthBuild Philly Class of 2024 Acceptance March (Ms. Christina) CBS Philly
• 9/1/23 YouthBuild Philly Class of 2024 Acceptance March (Principal Kazmir) CBS Philly
• 9/1/23 Meet YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School’s newest CEO, Le’Yondo Dunn. (CBS Philly)
• 9/1/23 YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School welcomes students back to class (CBS Philly)
• 8/21/23 YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School’s first Black CEO brings ‘joy and optimism’ to new role (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• 7/28/23 Former Simon Gratz principal named CEO of YouthBuild Philly (Philly Tribune)
• 7/23/23 Le’Yondo Dunn interview w/Reverend Mason on the Pastor’s Office (Radio 100.7 FM)
  
• 5/22/23 CBS News Philadelphia hosts Coffee With Veterans (CBS Philly) Part Two
• 5/22/23 Coffee With Veterans at Stomping Grounds Social Justice Cafe (CBS Philly) Event Coverage
• 5/21/23 West Philadelphia coffee shop helping young people earn diplomas (CBS Philly) Full Segment
• 5/16/23 Join CBS Philadelphia for “Coffee with Veterans” – Preview
  
• 5/16/23 COFFEE WITH VETS (CBS Philly) Promo
• 4/28/23 After Dropping Out Of HS For His Family, Norristown Student On Track (Patch Philadelphia)
• 4/27/23 Old PECO Showroom on North Broad to be Revived for Youth Trade School (Hidden City Philadelphia)
• 4/12/23 ‘A dream come true’: YouthBuild Philly celebrates permanent home for public charter school (WHYY)
• 4/12/23 YouthBuild Philly Breaks Ground on New $25 Million School Building (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
• 4/12/23 YouthBuild Philly Holds New Building Groundbreaking Ceremony (6abc Action News)
• 4/11/23 YouthBuild Philly Incoming CEO Le’Yondo Dunn Speaks with Patty Jackson about New School Building Groundbreaking Ceremony (WDAS Radio)
• 4/10/23 YouthBuild Philly Charter School plans to break ground this week on a new 36,000-square-foot building ( Philadelphia Business Journal)
• 1/12/23 THINGS TO DO ON THE KING DAY OF SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA (The Philadelphia Citizen)
• 1/11/23 Martin Luther King Jr. Day events, volunteer opportunities in Philadelphia (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 12/15/22 Philadelphia-area projects received over $339M in RACP grants this year. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• 9/2/22 Acceptance March for Class of 2023 at YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School (CBS Philly)
• 8/19/22 YouthBuild Charter School gets new, proven leader (Philadelphia Tribune)
• 6/13/22 DEAR TEACHERS (The Philadelphia Citizen)
• 5/18/22 YouthBuild Philly sits down with WURD Radio to discuss its mission and Stomping Grounds Social Justice Café (WURD)
• 5/6/22 Students will help renovate charter school’s green building project (GRID Philly)
• 5/3/22 These Students Seek Social Justice From the ‘Grounds’ Up at Philly Coffee Shop (NBC 10)
• 3/29/22: YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School buys building on North Broad Street for new home (Philadelphia Business Journal)
• 11/12/21: The new Philadelphia café, run by a high school student, wants to change his life with coffee (Pennsylvania News Today)
• 11/12/21: Run by high school students, a new Philly café wants to change lives with coffee (The Philadelphia Tribune)
• 11/12/21: Run by high school students, a new Philly café wants to change lives with coffee (WHYY)
• 11/8/21: Stomping Grounds Café, a new coffee shop in West Philadelphia, offers life lessons to students (Philly Inquirer)
• 11/5/21: Stomping Grounds Café celebrates ‘magic’ of coffee in West Philadelphia (Generocity)
• 11/1/21: Stomping Grounds Café is a new student-led, social justice café in West Philadelphia (FOX 29)
• 10/29/21: Philadelphia area students of color miss more school due to discipline (6abc)
• 10/19/21: YouthBuild Philly Class of 2022 Acceptance March
• 1/15/21: MLK Day 2021 means virtual programming and socially distant community service
• 10/31/19: YouthBuild: Giving Students a Second Chance at Graduating High School
• 9/30/19: Local YouthBuild Charter Service Member Wins National Award
• 9/4/18: YouthBuild Acceptance Ceremony
• 7/25/18: Philadelphia youth joined youth from Brazil to create a mural
• 11/6/2017: Nonprofits Give Disconnected Youths Another Chance
• 11/6/2017: How 4 Disconnected Youths Got Help
• 8/22/17: Philly School Gives Students a Second Chance to Earn a Diploma
• 3/29/17: Here’s what Philadelphia nonprofits stand to lose if AmeriCorps is eliminated (Generocity)
• 2/27/17: Women’s Way and YouthBuild Philly have new leadership (Generocity)
• 10/10/16: This youth advocate is leaving the charter school she ‘grew with’ to build something new (Generocity)
• 8/26/16: YouthBuild Philly Holds Special Graduation Ceremony (CBS 3)
• 6/30/16: Philly Students Turned These Two Abandoned Properties into Eco-Friendly Homes (Curbed Philadelphia)
• 6/29/16: In Nicetown, A Green Building Celebration (Philadelphia Magazine)
• 6/29/16: YouthBuild Transforms Neighborhood (ABC 6)
• 5/11/16: The Highest Hanging Fruit (The Philadelphia Citizen)
• 4/29/16: SRC approves three Renaissance charters, postpones vote on non-renewals (WHYY/Newsworks/The Notebook)
• 4/13/16: For students with juvenile justice involvement, better options lead to more diplomas (The Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
• 4/5/16: A matter of degrees (The Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
• 3/16/16: Charter School Uses Coffee To Improve Lives Of Former High School Drop Outs (CBS 3)
• 12/3/15: How to go from homeless to employed (the Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 12/2/15: Once homeless and hungry, Philadelphia barista seizes chance to succeed (Philly Voice)
• 10/18/15: Next Phila. mayor must attack poverty through training programs (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 9/27/15: Reconnecting with a productive path (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 9/25/15: Creating Opportunity for the Next Generation of Thinkers (USA Today)
• 9/18/15: YouthBuild charter gets $1.1 million from feds to grow (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• 7/14/2015: Starbucks Wants to Do Something Genuinely Useful for America: Hire Young People Who Need Work (Slate.com)
• 7/13/2015: Connecting Young People With Jobs (The New York Times)
• 6/26/16: Students tell their stories: A chess expert nearly lost to the system (The Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
• 5/20/2015: More students re-engaging, but resources are scarce (The Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
• 5/20/2015: What’s Working? What’s Not? (Focus on Boosting Graduation Rates for All) (The Philadelphia Public School Notebook)
• 2/15/2015: Local, national effort to help at-risk students (The Philadelphia Tribune)
• 8/28/2014: High School Dropouts Get Reprieve at YouthBuild Philly Graduation (WHYY/Newsworks)
• 4/3/2014: TEDxPhiladelphia Presents Ideas for a Greater Philadelphia (Campus Philly Blog)
• 2/27/2014: Service Leads to New Direction (Corporation for Community & National Service Blog)
• 2/3/2014: Student’s film exposes challenges youths face (Philadelphia Tribune)
• 1/29/2014: YouthBuild students help restore John Coltrane House (PlanPhilly Eyes on the Street Blog)
• 11/26/2013: Raising the Roof: Solar Schools Initiative unleashes the potential atop our schools — and inside them (GRID Magazine)
• 9/23/2013: Teens Go Platinum: High schoolers turn a rundown property into a LEED Platinum showpiece, with help from some friends (GRID Magazine)
• 10/29/20: The YouthBuild Philly community was deeply disturbed by the arrest of teacher, friend, activist, son and advocate, Anthony Smith during the George Floyd protests in October 2020. Anthony, a beloved social studies teacher, has dedicated his life to educating, empowering and supporting the young people in his expansive and inclusive community. His responsibilities at YouthBuild Philly have not changed, and following his release from custody, he rejoined us on site and in the field. We, along with Anthony’s family and friends, are closely following his upcoming case and hope he will receive fair, just and equitable treatment.