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Attendees look at the Ordinarie Heroes art work and
photography on display. PHOTO: HANNAH MADEYA ’24/THE HAWK

Nonprofit empowers historically marginalized communities

Hannah Madeya September 13, 2023

“Our lens, our story” is the motto that inspired Ordinarie Heroes and St. Joe’s to collaborate and hold the “VisionarIE: Our Lens, Our Story” reception Sept. 8 at the Frances M. Maguire Art...

A clip from the media program’s “I Have a Dream” video. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TONY ROCCO

Photography Without Borders: Through the lenses of Philadelphia youth

Ryan Mulligan March 23, 2021

In the past year, young people have been at the forefront of social justice movements across the U.S., acting as catalysts for change at local and national levels. Young Philadelphians have joined the...

Resources to support the fight for racial justice in Philly

Resources to support the fight for racial justice in Philly

Devin Yingling November 3, 2020

In the aftermath of the recent killing of Walter Wallace Jr. by the Philadelphia police department and subsequent pro-tests, The Hawk compiled a list of donation-based resources in Philadelphia, and education-based...

Resources to support and educate on the Black Lives Matter movement

The Hawk Staff and Tayler Washington June 3, 2020

In light of the recent protests and demonstrations against police brutality, The Hawk has compiled a list of resources for the St. Joe’s community to utilize in fighting racial injustice: donation-based...

Backpack Girls Nation was founded in 2018. PHOTO COURTESY OF MALICKA BARRO

Graduate student’s nonprofit empowers young women in Ivory Coast

Olivia Robinson June 1, 2020

Malicka Barro, an incoming St. Joe’s graduate student in the Health Administration Program, started her nonprofit, Backpack Girls Nation, in 2018 to empower and promote education among Ivorian women...

Marzano speaks at the women's leadership panel. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Nonprofit leaders offer students advice about the workforce

Kaila Mundell-Hill March 26, 2019

A panel featuring women in leadership roles working for nonprofit organizations in the greater Philadelphia area was hosted by The Beautiful Social Research Collaborative (Beautiful Social) on March 21...

A Distributing Dignity collection box in Campion Student Center (Photo by Matt Barrett ’21).

Distributing Dignity

Tiffany Levine April 10, 2018

Women's Leadership Initiative brings necessities to women in need Joanie Balderstone’s mother once gave her a piece of advice that Balderstone used to name a nonprofit she started. “‘Just...

Founder Alisa Verratti '18 with boxes of donations to be sent to inter city foster care centers (Photo by Julia DiMarino '18).

Making a Mark

Amber Denham January 24, 2018

How a student organization became a non-profit. Even the smallest drop can create the biggest wave. That’s the mission behind the Make a Wave Foundation, a non-profit organization based out of New...

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