By, Neanta Parnell West Philadelphia knows how to party. Home to the largest Juneteenth Celebration in the nation, the West Philadelphia community came together at Malcolm X Park to share love and support on a
By Haylee Warner This past semester, Haylee Warner finished teaching a pilot program with three 7th grade classes and one 8th grade class at the Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP). Haylee shared her experience and key instructional
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.
Under a grant from PCCD, Inner Strength brought author, poet, and motivational speaker, Gregory Corbin to work with the students at one of our host schools, Bartram High School. Corbin, a graduate from Philly’s MLK
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
by Madison Wagner Meet our “Futures Lab Team”! At the start of the year, Inner Strength made the decision to embark on an intentional exploratory journey with multiple stakeholders, outside expert learning journeys, and contemplative
I’m sitting outside in the fresh air, enjoying weather that’s almost just-right and enjoying being out of the house. A house that my husband and I – a mixed race couple – bought just two
School Teachers Share Their Experience with Mindfulness Classroom teachers make it possible for Inner Strength to do our work. This collection of insights come from the school teachers’ view on what it’s like to have
A Mindful Eating Meditation In our busy lives, it can be hard to find time to practice mindfulness and to embrace the stillness and peace in each day. One way to counteract that is to
Finding Our Footing As we begin the 2021 – 2022 academic year, we always ask our students to identify how they can build on their strengths from the previous year. That way, they enter the
