Philadelphia Region’s ‘Just Recovery’ Report Card: No Honor Roll for COVID-19 Response

10/20/20

By Sabrina Vourvoulias & Christopher Wink, 

The good news is the Philadelphia region isn’t flunking out when it comes to a just recovery. But with these grades on our report card, we aren’t going to be making it onto the honor roll either.

The regional leaders who responded to Generocity’s recent Regional Just Recovery Self-Assessment gave their highest marks — the equivalent of a solid A — to the region’s response to the health crisis of COVID-19; the lowest mark — a C or C- — went to the response to police reforms.

Those who received the self-assessment tool included 100 leaders from large social service providers and community-based organizations; civic and government leaders; and private sector representatives. The 53 respondents of the self-assessment offered ratings, relative to expectations, in response to questions in three categories: public health, community engagement and economic resiliency, with racial equity embedded across all the questions.

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