When Janaiya Reason was growing up in West Philadelphia, the closest park to her home was eight blocks away. There was no green space in between.

Now, as community engagement manager for Deeply Rooted, a community-academic collaborative at the Penn Medicine Center for Health Justice that brings nature to neighborhoods that have experienced decades of disinvestment, Reason is spearheading an effort to transform or upgrade seven spaces throughout West and Southwest Philadelphia into miniature parks and partnering with community groups as they grow green projects of their own imagining. Read more at Penn Today.