Education

Fairhill: Art and Literacy for Kids

https://vimeo.com/18393740] A dozen tiny hands shoot up in the air. Bodies shake anxiously in anticipation as their mouths emit sounds of “Ooh!” and “Memememe!” One such small body is chosen to answer. As his smile

Hunting Park

Hunting Park: Education Outside the Classroom

https://vimeo.com/18393618] Michele Holloway asked the question, “What don’t you like about the park?” to a group of 30 youth from Hunting Park on Friday night. A hand shot into the air, “Trash.” And another, “Violence.”

Economy

Nicetown-Tioga: Local Businesses

https://vimeo.com/20204248] Most people need nothing more than snacks, soda and cigarettes from their local corner grocery store. They don’t expect to find rows of fish laid out on mounds of ice, with pairs of beady

Allegheny

Allegheny: Trying to Improve Schools

https://vimeo.com/18394175] As Ronald Hinton, the president of the Allegheny West Foundation, loads boxes of surplus Easter cupcakes onto the shelves of the Tastykake outlet that is staffed by Allegheny high school students, he beams with

Port Richmond

Port Richmond: Museum About Slavery

https://vimeo.com/18391707] Joe Ragsdale, owner of the Least We Forget Museum, brushes off the odd fact that his facility focusing on America’s ugly history of slavery seems totally out of place in Port Richmond, a Philadelphia

Economy

Walnut Hill: Reality of Rough Times

https://vimeo.com/18394748] Making a critical decision to get a hair cut or pay a bill leaves many under close watch of how their money is spent. Current economic conditions are getting worse. Money has become tight