“We [tend to] just look at them as numbers, but there’s a story,” said Marla Davis Bellamy, the executive director of Philadelphia Ceasefire. Her perspective reflects Ceasefires’ commitment to developing interpersonal relationships with residents in [continue reading…]
Although a new Philadelphia law went into effect earlier this month that makes the hiring process less discriminatory for former convicts, its most prominent supporter is still seeking a full-time job and said the bill [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33327147] When I first agreed to go on a field trip to Merrymead Farm in Lansdale with L.P. Hill Elementary School, I was concerned. The thought of helping chaperone 80 first- through third-graders was a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33265150] After-school programs have provided a place for students to go to either improve on homework, have a little bit of fun or simply having a safe place to go until mom or dad come [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33265075] Over the past two years Pennsylvania’s education system has been hit hard by budget cuts. The Free library was nearly shut down when the state had problems coming up with a worthwhile budget plan [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33326057] With the help of Mayor Michael Nutter at the scene, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program created a mural for the Phillyrising Collaborative at a recent community cleanup in Strawberry Mansion. “We truly believe that [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33160925] “Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime.” This phrase is well known by many. The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has given [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33189397] They don’t look like your typical farmers; they’re young, dressed in sneakers and jeans, but the students working out at the lot at 11th and York streets are doing their best at turning the [continue reading…]
Flashing dance lights, smoke machines and thumping salsa music are things not usually associated with a professional boxer, but in the world of Willie Torres, they represent just another day in the life. Torres, who [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/32758902] From the outside, the New Palladium nightclub looks much like a storefront that has yet to open for the business day. At 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 26th, the shutters covered the doors and windows, [continue reading…]
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