Scouting Outing: Whitaker Center offers one-stop workshops for Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts
On select Sundays, Meghan Weible often brings her Girl Scouts to Whitaker Center in downtown Harrisburg. Weible, of Biglerville, is… Read More
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Poetry Buzz: A Columbia couple builds art, community through the power of verse
For Glinda Johnson-Medland, poetry is more than just words. For her, it’s a chance for everyone to “breathe” in today’s… Read More
TheBurg Nonprofit Focus: Greenlee Partners & The MLK Leadership Development Institute
Greenlee Partners 230 State St., #1, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Why does giving back matter to your business — and how… Read More
TheBurg Nonprofit Focus: Enders & The Downbeat Foundation
ENDERS 5912 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17112 Why does giving back matter to your business — and how does supporting… Read More
New Horizons: Facility, program set to address needs of unhoused individuals, families
It takes a village to help those in need, particularly assisting the unhoused. That’s the working philosophy of Luke Drayer,… Read More
TFEC + TheBurg: Partners in Purpose: Amiracle Community offers space, services for the unhoused
Last August, on a hot summer day, Amiracle Community opened in South Harrisburg, offering space to those displaced by the… Read More
Listening for the Invisible: Director describes the foundation, essence of “Ephraim Slaughter: Freedom’s Witness”
The first thing Director Sharia Benn noticed when she encountered “Ephraim Slaughter: Freedom’s Witness” was not spectacle, but restraint. The… Read More
Creative Connections: Harrisburg’s leaders of color create community through art, culture
I am privileged to write about a special group—leaders of color, all at the top of their chosen fields. From… Read More
History, Restored: Gettysburg’s first Black history museum will highlight the area’s vibrant community
Gettysburg and American history go hand in hand, but one group of people often has been left out of the… Read More
Reading, Writing & Representation: Black authors in Harrisburg share their starts, their journeys
The Harrisburg area has many Black authors whose literary talents bring their own important perspectives to fiction and nonfiction alike.… Read More