Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast Insight Pt. 2: Better Civics, LULAC National Education Service Centers, Scoop USA Media/Scoot Vizion

Insight Pt. 2: Better Civics, LULAC National Education Service Centers, Scoop USA Media/Scoot Vizion

Published: April 2, 2021, 4:03 p.m.

b'We live in a democracy but how many of us truly understand how our government works and how we can make government work for us? I speak to Jen Devor co-founder and President of Better Civics which creates free educational resources for community organizations including tool kits, creative campaigns, events and media to better explain how government works and encourage individuals to be more involved in civic engagement.
https://www.bettercivics.org/

I love talking with people who live with passion. That describes Franklin Munoz who works with LULAC National Education Service Centers (LNESC) a nonprofit with the mission of narrowing the opportunity gap for America\\u2019s youth through education and leadership programming. I speak with Munoz and two of his students Danny and Gabriel Ortega. https://www.lnesc.org/philadelphia-pa

First, I caught up with Sherry Horsey Darden, owner and publisher of the black owned media publication Scoop USA Media and Scoop Vizion \\u2013 a monthly publication that focuses on black owned businesses from an international perspective.
(https://scoopusa-pa.newsmemory.com/?editionStart=ScoopVizion
https://scoopusamedia.com/'