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Month: June 2018

Chinatown

Chinatown: Asian Americans United Leads Youth Engagement Projects

June 19, 2018 Moran Erin

Asian Americans United hosts and organizes a variety of civic engagement programs and events, most of which are largely facilitated by youth volunteers. But one woman, Teresa Engst, helps organize and train the young volunteers

Southwest Philadelphia

Southwest: The Rewards of Helping a Community Grow

June 18, 2018 Brianna Cicero

Donna Henry loves the feeling of helping someone in a tough situation. It’s part of why she loves working for the Southwest Community Development Corporation. She first went to the Southwest CDC for a position

Fishtown

Fishtown: Owner Vipul Patel Opened The City’s First Legal Marijuana Dispensary

June 14, 2018 Jake Gibbons

Behind tinted storefront glass and an intercom-locked door, lies Vipul Patel’s vision: spotless walls and slick flooring, flanked by flat screen displays and colored bleach-white, with a painstakingly grown ivy backdrop behind the front desk.

Business

Point Breeze: Five Ways to Enjoy Point Breeze

June 13, 2018 Tracie Thompson

Coffee shops and barber shops that double as art venues, an outdoor eatery with a sardine can hanging from the side of the restaurant, murals scattered along the sides of buildings and city views worth

Uncategorized

Arts & Entertainment: Kristen Schier Keeps The Audience Laughing And Students Learning

June 12, 2018 Bayley Carl

Kristen Schier wears a lot hats. She currently works as the improv producer at Philly Improv Theatre, the artistic director for The N Crowd, as a senior lecturer at The University of the Arts and

Arts and Entertainment

Latinx: Udini La Voz Embraces Unity Through Music

June 11, 2018 Freixys Casado

His name is Odin Palacio, but the community knows him by his artistic name, Udini La Voz. Originally from Panama, Palacio is a young local talent whose mission is to create a bicultural movement with

Education

West Philadelphia: Keith Newman Doing Right By Students At Paul Robeson High School

June 8, 2018 Serenity Bishop

The Dean of Students at Paul Robeson High School for Human Services, Keith Newman, strives each day to connect with 312 students through restorative practices. Robeson offers citywide enrollment to students from all over Philadelphia

Fishtown

Fishtown: Pastor Eric Dorsey Treats The Person, Not The Issue

June 7, 2018 Jake Gibbons

Pastor Eric Dorsey is the director of the Philadelphia Brotherhood Mission Ministries shelter project at the corner of Columbia and East Girard avenues in Fishtown. For the past four years, Dorsey has continued an endeavor

5th Street

Latinx: Seven Places You Can Find Dominican Chimis

June 5, 2018 Freixys Casado

Not to be confused with the Argentinian sauce Chimichurri, the Dominican Chimichurris is an after-party must. Originating in the Dominican Republic, the Chimi is a burger-like specialty sold out of panel trucks in corners of

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