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Nueva Esperanza: A Tie that Binds the Community

May 14, 2009 charper

“Nueva Esperanza,” directly translated, means “New Hope” in Spanish. For 20 years, Nueva Esperanza has been giving hope to the Hunting Park community in North Philadelphia. Founded in 1987, The Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia started

Hunting Park: ‘Higher’ Education that Seeks Connection

April 21, 2009 charper

On the second-floor of North Philadelphia’s, Deliverance Evangelistic Church, class is set to begin. The Center for Urban Theological Studies (CUTS), leases nine classrooms from the massive church, but typically only uses four. It’s just

Olney: Back To School

April 16, 2009

Just above the book-lined shelves within the Free Library’s Greater Olney branch, there is a classroom. Pictures dusted in glitter line the room, as chalk remnants–almost certainly from a previous day’s lesson– show on the

Hunting Park: Police and the Community

April 14, 2009 charper

The The Philadelphia municipal budget for this fiscal year listed public safety as its top priority. In his budget address, Mayor Michael Nutter announced he does not plan to lay off a single police officer