From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Bridging Blocks , a community conversation series hosted by WHYY and the Free Library of Philadelphia , continued this week at the Parkway Central Library, focusing on the impact of small businesses in Philadelphia. Multiple special guests attended the Nov.
7 conversation, including Bridging Blocks donors Fred and Barbara Sutherland. In attendance at the event: Small business owners WHYY donors of Bridging Blocks Fred and Barbara Sutherland, WHYY VP of News & Civic Engagement, Sarah Glover, and WHYY President and Chief Executive Officer Bill Marrazzo, Free Library of Philadelphia’s President Kelly Richards, and Chief of Adult Services and Programs Veronica Britto and Thomas Ginsburg, Pew Charitable Trust’s small business expert. (Sandra Jones/WHYY) Fred Sutherland, the former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Philadelphia-based food service corporation Aramark, joined the conversation as an observer and a participant.
He expressed Bridging Blocks being a useful tool for uniting neighbors and communities. “I think it’s important to try to bring people together,” Sutherland said of the program. “We’re so dichotomized these days, people heading a million different directions at once.
We’ve lost over time. I think a sense of community – that we really need.” Other guests included WHYY President and Chief Executive Officer Bil.
