HSI NEWS
When 27-year-old Dominic Bridgeman was admitted to the emergency room on May 21, 2021, he and his family assumed that the pain he was experiencing in his back and stomach was due to Covid-19, which he had tested positive for earlier in the week. In fact, it was their first…
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Mustafa Babak and Haris Tarin attribute their motivation to start the Afghan-American Foundation (AAF) in part to a mapping study of the Afghan diaspora in the United States. It painted a vivid picture of the unique makeup, opportunities, and challenges of this community, and coupled with the lack of Afghan-American…
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The decision to start a new life after abuse is a heroic one, but unfortunately for a number of survivors, the challenges don’t stop there. Many are left with few to no belongings and struggle to get started without adequate resources. Blessed Beginnings, a nonprofit operating under HSI since June…
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For more than 300 children living in the West Bank/Palestine, the opportunity to enjoy a reprieve from the mental, emotional, and physical effects of living in an area of conflict is their time at Hope Flowers School (HFS). The K-6 school for boys and girls which is located in Bethlehem…
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Philadelphia nonprofit YEAH takes an innovative approach to supporting at-risk teens and putting a stop to community violence: they host fun, educational and culturally-relevant teen hangouts. “We live in a city with a lot of services that exist in the social service realm, but we recognize the limited to non-existent…
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When Melanie Lino, co-owner of Lit (a Bethlehem coffee roastery and bakeshop beloved by locals) looked to the Lehigh Valley for a space where Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) could connect with nature and each other, she realized that her community was lacking an important resource. So, she…
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In ancient Italian folklore, legend has it that an old woman called La Befana flies from house to house leaving toys for good children on the twelfth day of Christmas. Inspired to share this beloved tradition that she celebrated as a child, Kate West wrote a children’s book titled La…
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Humanitarian Social Innovations is thrilled to welcome Lehigh Valley Anti-Trafficking Week to our network of social entrepreneurs. Human trafficking can often seem like a tragedy that happens far from home, one that we occasionally hear about on the news but never come face-to-face with. However, the devastating truth is that…
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During years of working with nonprofit and arts organizations in the Lehigh Valley, Norberto Dominguez saw a number of flaws with the way these institutions are run — especially when it comes to including diverse voices. “When I found through a study that, in the [Lehigh] Valley and particularly in…
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As a child, Amber Phillips developed a passion for working with seniors while caring for her grandparents. Today, she channels that passion into Love Thy Elders Enrichment Services, a North Carolina-based organization that offers meaningful and fun community engagement opportunities to individuals aged 50 and above. “Love Thy Elders was…
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Allentown United Football Club
March 22, 2019-“United Premier Soccer League Announces Pennsylvania Expansion with Allentown United Football Club”
https://www.prlog.org/12760906-united-premier-soccer-league-announces-pennsylvania-expansion-with-allentown-united-football-club.html
Writing Wrongs
August 13, 2018-“Intensive 2-Day Workshop to Challenge College Students to Produce an Awareness-Raising Book on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault”
September 1, 2016 – “Student Journalists Illuminate Issue of Addiction at Easy Does It”
Bringing Up A Bookworm
July 30, 2018 – “2018 Freedom Through Literacy Award Winners Announced”
Reading Entrepreneurs’ Connection
June 4, 2018 – “Reading’s Entrepreneurs’ Connection Announces Kauffman FastTrac® Entrepreneur Training Program”
We Need Books
February 8, 2018 – “Local Nonprofit Partners with Greek Nonprofit to Aid Refugees”
MELTDOWN: Based on True Events
November 22, 2017 – “JML Films LLC has partnered with EUE/Sokolow to develop a TV limited series based on true events about the 1979 nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island.”
July 6, 2017 – “Humanitarian Social Innovations Sponsors Movie on Lasting Impact of Three Mile Island Disaster”
Bethlehem Women of Excellence
November 13, 2017 – “Organizations Collaborate to Assist Area Poor”
Overcoming Odds
May 1, 2017 – “I Am on a Mission to Revolutionize the Adoption Process”
Great Girls Scholarship
April 11, 2017 – “Humanitarian Social Innovations Partners With Scholarship Program”
OUR PROGRAMS IN THE NEWS
La Befana and Friends
"Madison native writes book to inspire small acts of kindness."
Fox 61, January 7, 2021, interview by Audrey Kuchen
Y.E.A.H. Philly
"This successful Black-led org couldn't get a loan that wasn't predatory. Philanthropy needs to step up."
Generocity, November 17, 2020, by Sarah Martinez-Helfman
Mountain Bike Afghanistan
"These Afghan Women are Defying the Patriarchy--On Bikes"
Bicycling, October 12, 2020, by Farid Noori
“Young Afghans Look to Mountain Biking as a Means to Transcend Conflict”
The Diplomat, November 5, 2019, by Ian J. Lynch
“Farid Noori, Mountain Bike Afghanistan”
iamtedking Podcast, July 2018
“Student Hopes to Represent Afghanistan at 2020 Olympics
Middlebury College Online Newsroom, May 15, 2018
“Farid Noori ’18 Looks to Blaze a Trail with Mountain Biking”
Middlebury Campus Newspaper, March 14, 2018
Bringing Up a Bookworm
“Nonprofit Kindled by Teacher’s Fervor for Early Reading”
Reading Eagle, April 27, 2018
Overcoming Odds
“He was a Russian orphan. Now he’s a podcast host changing lives.”
The American Statesman, June, 2018
Humanitarian Social Innovations
“The Business of Making a Better World”
Gettysburg: Our College’s Magazine, Winter 2016