By Neanta Parnell On June 18th, Inner Strength will be attending the Juneteenth Parade and Festival, an event celebrating all that is Black and beautiful. Juneteenth celebrates the ending of slavery within the United States.
By Neanta Parnell Inner Strength was chosen as the nonprofit of focus for Villanova’s very first Social Impact Competition (SIC). Lance Breitstein founded the competition as a result of his desire to help others. “The
By Neanta Parnell It is truly a pleasure to work with students across the Philadelphia school district. For Jazman Dobson, Central is one of the high schools where she is beginning to see the benefits
By Neanta Parnell On a cool, Spring morning Inner Strength staff gathered to complete professional development training targeted toward reducing stress in teachers. The training was held at Pendle Hill, a Quaker owned and operated
Reflections on the this year’s teacher training by Haylee Warner Inner Strength just completed its 7th annual teacher training! The training consists of 3 parts: The Foundations of Mindfulness, Systems Perspectives in the Classroom, and an 8-day Intensive. As
by Haylee Warner On July 13th Jazman Dobson and I had the pleasure of reuniting with some students from the school year at Way Club’s summer camp. Way Club is a social club fostering the next
School District of Philadelphia Mental Health Awareness Fair On Thursday, May 26th, Inner Strength participated in the Philadelphia School District’s Mental Health Awareness Fair to share our resources with community, staff and students! We had a great booth, met a couple
Inner Strength at George Washington High School, Philadelphia Inner Strength has enjoyed bringing our teen program to thousands of high school students over the years and we love being able to share stories from those experiences. This year, George
COVID-19 changed the face of education virtually overnight. Schools, students, parents, and teachers had to adapt to make sure the educational needs of all were being safely met, to varying degrees of success. During this
Note: This month our blog post features words of wisdom from Inner Strength Founder and Executive Director Amy Edelstein, addressing the magnitude of changes occurring in our world. We are living in historic times and
