Felicia Carter, a civil rights attorney who works for the city of Philadelphia, will be spending the next year as a non-voting member on the Healthy NewsWorks Board of Directors. Felicia said she hopes to use her legal skills to make a difference and looks forward to...
When he was in fifth grade in Arkansas in 1944, Gene Foreman encountered a typewriter for the first time, “a big Remington,” he told a group of Healthy NewsWorks staffers and board members during a recent staff workshop. “It was love at first sight,” Foreman said. He...
Healthy NewsWorks invites you to join us on Tuesday, April 28, for Healthy Conversations, a friendly, health-focused discussion led by student journalists. Healthy Conversations will bring together members of the...
Check out new kid-focused activities and videos about Making Good Decisions on the Teachers & Parents section of our website. The new materials are available on our Teachers page, expanding the free resources available to educators and families from Healthy...
Healthy NewsWorks has expanded its Family Engagement Workshops across Philadelphia, reaching families in six schools and hosting 10 sessions so far during the 2025–2026 school year. The workshops, which began during the 2024–2025 school year, are designed to...
By Karter, James Lowell Elementary School Healthy Lion | Making connections to me means that I can meet people and not make them feel left out. I have a friend whom I met in school. To stay connected, I share food with him and play outside with...
