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Weigh It Forward, one year later
At Pride 2012, four community members took the stage for their final weigh-in of Weigh It Forward, a fundraising weight-loss journey. The scales proved their hard work — the four lost a total of 23...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Race for Controller: Alan Butkovitz
Alan Butkovitz has served as city controller of Philadelphia since 2005 and is looking to continue his tenure overseeing the city’s financial direction. Butkovitz said he has worked to create an in...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Race for Controller: Brett Mandel
Brett Mandel is looking to bring his background as a nonprofit executive to the City Controller’s office. He is challenging incumbent Alan Butkovitz in the May 21 primary for the role of the city’s...
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Marriage-equality milestones in 2012
The national landscape for marriage equality shifted by leaps and bounds in 2012. The year saw major milestones in the fight for legal recognition for same-sex couples, as well as a handful of low ...
Feb 28, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Person of the Year: Dawn Maher
by PGN Staff
Jan 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
When a life is lost to violence, family members and friends are left to grapple with the sudden shock, the hole left in their lives by the loss and its far-reaching impact on their daily realities....
Our favorite photo memories of 2012
by Scott A. Drake
Dec 27, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
Going through the hundreds (OMG!) of photos printed in the paper this year, several things came to mind. For starters, December was a great month for favorites. There was last week’s cover photo of...
World AIDS Day Supplement flip book
Nov 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
PGN presents this special informational supplement annually in honor of World AIDS Day, December 1 in coordination with Action AIDS, the Mazzoni Center, the AIDS Law Project and a number of other r...
‘Sequestration’ of federal dollars threatens local HIV services
Nov 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
By David Webber Senior Development Specialist, ActionAIDS Se • ques • tra • tion : 1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion. 2. To remove or set apart; segregate. 3. To drive the United States o...
Until it’s over
Nov 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
By Kevin J. Burns Executive Director, ActionAIDS In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, grassroots AIDS-service organizations were formed because existing systems were unwilling and, in some...
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