Penn FERBS is proud to be working with West Philadelphia-based non-profit Palms Solutions Greater Philadelphia African Diaspora Partnerships. Palms Solutions aims to support African immigrants in the greater Philadelphia area and engage their host city through fostering cultural, social, and economic partnerships that put communities on a self-determined path to educational, housing, and health equity breakthroughs.
Current FERBS fellows engage with Palms tutoring program TIMBA through virtual one-on-one tutoring sessions with students in Philadelphia’s school district. Fellows are also engaged with members of the community on collaborative science projects, opening up dialogue and spaces where both our fellows and Philadelphia’s residents can learn from each other.
Palms Solutions is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization that aims to transform the lives of the African immigrants and multicultural Diaspora and their host city of Philadelphia, by fostering cultural, social, and economic partnerships, that put communities on a self-determined path to educational, and economic breakthrough. Palms Solutions represents more than 13,000 African families living primarily in West, Southwest and Northeast Philadelphia, as well as the Delaware Valley.
Learn more by visiting our page!
Jubilee School is a small K-6 school located in West Philadelphia. Jubilee describes themselves as “an environment in which children build upon their wealth of creative, intellectual, social, and physical resources as individuals, and as members of a community whose history and culture is the central starting place for their study of the world.”
Read more about Jubilee School and their commitment to providing rigorous, comprehensive, and affordable education for all students, regardless of their income, by visiting their website!