A Message from Larry Ceisler
Lead Time with Kate Wilhelm | Episode 1
In this five-minute audio blog, COO and Sr. VP Kate Wilhelm reflects on the critical importance of mental health awareness as part of Ceisler Media’s leadership ethos—and discusses the keys to promoting a collaborative culture while our staff was working remotely.
Client News
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Client Highlights
10.27 Healing Partnership
This spring, a high school student completed her campaign to raise money to plant 11 trees in Schenley Park in memory of the 11 people who were killed in the synagogue shooting on Oct. 27, 2018. Maggie Feinstein, director of the 10.27 Healing Partnership was at the planting ceremony and said, “It’s an important sign of resiliency when we show care, when we show that we acknowledge the lives that were taken, and we stand in grief with the people who are most directly impacted.”
Dynegy
Dynegy announced a two-year initiative to add 100 trees to the Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School campus and surrounding North Philadelphia community, where surface temperatures are often four degrees higher than the city average. The Dynegy Trees for Growth program, in partnership with Bethune and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, will increase the tree canopy, thus mitigating extreme heat and its detrimental health effects, like asthma. As Dynegy’s Senior Director of Community Affairs Brad Watson explained, “We know cooler neighborhoods are healthier neighborhoods.”
Chester Housing Authority
Fifty-six low-income households in Chester City will soon have the opportunity tofind and lease a home in higher opportunity areas, thanks to a nearly $3.5 million grant awarded to the Chester Housing Authority from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The goal of the program, called the Mobility Demonstration, is for families to move into neighborhoods with high-performing schools and other strong community resources.
RCPA
The Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association called upon the state to give health and human service providers a one-time cash infusion of at least $750 million using federal aid—along with additional federal matching funds—to mitigate decades of chronic underfunding and address new challenges that rose during the pandemic. Richard Edley, who heads the association, explains it in this article published by WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate.
PA Voice
Ensuring racial equity is a critical concern in redistricting. PA Voice Executive Director Salewa Ogunmefun writes in this Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed and states in this Pennsylvania Capital-Star interviewthat political mapmakers must take fairness and rapidly changing demographics into account when drawing lines for the next decade.
Steamfitters Local 420
The development of Pennsylvania’s energy resources and related infrastructure has long meant good-paying jobs for steamfitters and other skilled laborers. Pipelines provide the backbone to America’s energy systems. That’s why Jim Snell, business manager of the Steamfitters Local 420, wrote this op-ed arguing that President Biden’s infrastructure plan must not overlook the contributions America’s natural gas pipelines make to the economy and energy production.
Ceisler News
Farewell, Mary
All of us at Ceisler Media bid a fond farewell to Mary Gebbia, our Administrative Manager for the last two-and-a-half years. Mary is pursuing her passion in rock climbing by taking a position at The Cliffs at Callowhill. We appreciate Mary for her good spirit, hard work and ability to keep us organized and on track during the pandemic. From left: Cynthia McCurdy, Mary Gebbia, Larry Ceisler
Introducing Corinne and Allison
Ceisler Media is proud to announce two new members of our team:
Corinne Ahrens joins our Philadelphia office as an Associate focusing on environmental projects. Corinne, a recent graduate of American University, is tech-savvy and already has amassed a strong background in writing and social media. A story she wrote on one of former Pres. Trump’s face-offs with the media was Ms. magazine’s most-read story of 2020.
Allison Cunningham joins Ceisler Media as our new Administrative Coordinator. She most recently worked as operations manager at City & State PA. A native of Satellite Beach, Fla., Allison and her husband live in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia. This follows two other hires to our Philadelphia office last month. From left: Corinne Ahrens, Allison Cunningham
Ceisler Staff Meet up for the First Time in 15 Months
With our staff fully vaccinated, Ceisler Media’s Philadelphia office gathered for the first time in 15 months at the Fitler Club’s beautiful outdoor garden. We spent the Happy Hour swapping stories, saying goodbye to Administrative Manager Mary Gebbia and meeting many new faces who’ve recently joined the team.
From left: Larry Ceisler, Kate Wilhelm
