Arts & Culture
Fig Authentic: Arta Brito
This passage was written by Arta Brito expressing their experience of transitioning.
The Heart & Soul Issue
Spring 2022
Spring is in the air! Check out some new and familiar faces doing what they love all throughout the Lehigh Valley.
Read IssueNotice something new on our cover? Read more about our expansion from Fig Bethlehem to Fig Lehigh Valley under the Articles tab—One Community. One Voice. One Valley.
Featured in this Issue
Community Interest
The Seed Farm is Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers
Since 2010, The Seed Farm has worked to cultivate the next generation of farmers by providing training opportunities, access to land and equipment, and business start-up assistance on a 42-acre site located on Lenape land in Emmaus.
Community Interest
Color Outside the Lines
Community Action Lehigh Valley staff and community partners recently announced the launch of the Color Outside the Lines initiative, a five- to seven-year strategic plan that seeks to address racial inequities and disparities.
Arts & Culture
Start Your Collection with The Baum School of Art
Mark your calendar for The Baum School of Art’s 37th Annual Art Auction!
Arts & Culture
Discover the Heart, Art & Soul
Discover the heart, art, and soul of Bethlehem’s SouthSide Arts District and Urban Arts Trail.
Health & Wellness
Fresh Face: Strive Fitness
A family of like-minded people ready to break clients out of their physical and mental comfort zones, Justin, Ryan, and Noah are friends and business partners driven and determined to help others be the best versions of themselves.
Education & History
SHE stands for Self-Esteem, Health & Education
SHE is a school-based program that encourages girls to see the many possibilities ahead of them by developing life skills that promote self-esteem, personal wellbeing, resilience, healthy relationships, teamwork, leadership, and interest in academic success.
Community Interest
Get to Know Sixth Street Shelter
Located in Center City Allentown, Sixth Street Shelter provides safe, short-term housing for families experiencing homelessness (including those with fathers and teenage boys, multigenerational families, and those from the LGBTQ+ community) experiencing homelessness.
Education & History
Design Your Own Degree with Moravian University
With online, day, and night classes designed for working adults, there are so many ways to complete your degree at Moravian University.
Local Services
Meet our 2022 Social Mission Partner: Shanthi@Work
Make compassion part of your company culture and help your employees succeed with training from certified mindfulness experts like Maureen Wendling at Shanthi@Work.
Arts & Culture
Art Heals: The Story of Our Spring 2022 Cover
When Allentonian and Banana Factory Resident Artist, Anthony Smith approached Fig’s Lehigh Valley Director, Kate Hughes, about taking a page in the Heart & Soul Issue as a means to shed light on the mental health crisis…
Community Interest
One Community. One Voice. One Valley.
After eight years of telling the stories of the incredible people and places in Bethlehem, Fig is expanding our reach to spread the love local message across the entire Lehigh Valley!
