Emily Neil

In a visit to the AL DÍA newsroom, Eileen Truax talked about misconceptions about immigrants, her book on DREAMers, and more.

This past weekend, Drexel medical students and local providers hosted a health fair for Philadelphia’s Latino community, emphasizing the importance of screenings and preventative care.

Calling for more candidates who are School District parents, or have a background in education, Mayor Kenney requested that the nominating panel for the new board of education submit additional names for consideration for appointment to the board. 

The HSI Pathways to the Professoriate program is supporting Latino students from across the country in pursuing doctoral degrees and entering the professoriate. 

The city's new partnership with iFundWomen is calling on women entrepreneurs in Philadelphia to apply to the online crowdfunding platform to raise funds and awareness for their startups and businesses.

Philly leadership speaks out in support of DREAMers, while protesters gather in D.C. on the day of the Trump administration's deadline for Congressional action on the program to condemn inaction and demand passage of the Dream Act. 

Swarthmore professor Edwin Mayorga is leading an innovative method of researching and learning along with local undergraduate students and high schoolers from neighborhoods in North and South Philadelphia.

In its second year, the Drexel Latino Medical Student Association’s health fair for the Latino community will offer free screenings and medical consultation on March 10 at Antonia Pantoja School in North Philly. 

The Walk to Stay Home ended in a peaceful demonstration, during which six of the 11 undocumented youth and allies were arrested for blocking roads by Capitol Hill. 

A new citywide strategy for workforce development launched Feb. 15. looks to fuse education and career development to better prepare city residents for employment.

The Don't Take the Risk campaign from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health tells the stories of those who have been affected by the city's opioid epidemic. 

Of the 27 candidates submitted by the education nominating panel for Mayor Kenney's consideration to appoint to the nine-seat School Board, two are bilingual. 

A panel at the Community College of Philadelphia and one Cabrini University class’s trip to D.C. are a few examples of the role of local higher education and college students in DACA advocacy. 

Rev. Bonnie Camarda and Nelson Diaz are among the city's leaders who mourned the passing of world-renowned evangelical preacher Billy Graham on Wednesday. 

With an annual symposium dedicated to the legacy of Afro-Latino pioneer and scholar Arturo A. Schomburg, along with an emphasis on Afro-Latino studies in school education programs, Taller Puertorriqueño paves the way toward a better understanding of an identity and culture often invisible in educational programs and curricula.

Journalist and author Eileen Truax visited the AL DÍA newsroom on Wednesday to talk about DACA, immigration, her book about DREAMers, and more. 

11 undocumented youth and allies held a rally in Philadelphia as part of their 250-mile trek to Washington, D.C., to demand that Congress pass a clean Dream Act. 

Following one of the ten deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history at Florida high school last week, students and teachers across the country are questioning the safety of their schools.