Meredith Elementary School, located at 5th & Fitzwater Streets, is protesting the new budget handed down by the School District of Philadelphia. This coming Monday, April 29, 2013, at 8am, teachers, staff, students, and parents will stage a "picket" in front of the school. Then at 8:30am, Principal Cindy Farlino and parents will march to City Hall where the Superintendent, Dr. William Hite, will present the bleak budget news to members of City Council. Meredith Elementary School and parent leaders are rallying support from other schools in the district encouraging them to join in Monday's march to City Hall. The media is invited and encouraged to attend.

International R&b Recording Superstar Michelle Williams Stars As "sandra Isadore"

Following overwhelming success and critical acclaim from coast to coast, the smash Broadway hit and 3-Time Tony Award-Winning musical, Fela! returns to Philly. The recent engagement in Philadelphia played to capacity crowds and was celebrated by critics. Toby Zinman of the Philadelphia Inquirer proclaimed Fela! as “loud and colorful and wildly energetic…,” while Sharon Gellar of Examiner.com said Fela! “brings down the house.” So, due to intense popular demand, producers Jay-Z, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Stephen & Ruth Hendel have producers of Fela! have announced the musical’s return to Philly on March 12-17, 2013 for an Exclusive Engagement at The Merriam Theatre, 250 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02), a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., will deliver the keynote address tomorrow for the 100^thanniversary celebration of Alpha's Omicron Chapter at theUniversity of Pittsburgh.

Historic church to host District Attorney Seth Williams, Mother Dorothy Johnson-Speight, and Inquirer Columnist Annette John-Hall. Families of gun violence victims are invited to attend with an 8x10 picture of their loved one for a special memorial.

One week after a good samaritan is gunned down during a robbery inside a South Philadelphia grocery store,  Mother Bethel AME Church is taking steps to end gun violence in our city and across the country.  Mother Bethel, located at 419 South 6th Street in Society Hill, is joining more than 100 congregations nationwide this week in marking “Gun Violence Prevention Sunday.” At Mother Bethel this Sunday January 27, 2013, during the 11am worship service, there will be a special memorial for victims of gun violence . Church and community members who have lost loved ones to gun violence are invited to attend, and bring an 8x10 photograph of that person for a special prayer for healing. Then at 1pm, immediately following the 11am worship service, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams will speak along with  Dorothy Johnson-Speight from Mother’s In Charge (www.mothersincharge.org) . The discussion will be moderated by Annette John-Hall, Metro Columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.  This event is free and open to the public. All who attend will learn about the problems of gun violence in our community and what can be done to stop it. Those in attendance who have lost loved ones to gun violence will have the opportunity to remember those victims and consider what response God calls us to do as people of faith.