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Hunting Park: HIV May No Longer Carry a Stigma

April 28, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18393641] Being HIV positive is no longer a death sentence. Just ask Jennifer Poole. Poole lives in Hunting Park and sees her HIV status as no big deal. “Some people let their disease carry them

Housing

Nicetown-Tioga: New Building Will Better Lives Inside and Outside its Walls

April 28, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18394190] In a conversation with Jeff Graybill, the project engineer for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, his enthusiasm about his current undertaking is nothing less than contagious. Graybill is presently leading a construction site at 22nd

Housing

Nicetown-Tioga: Welcoming Students as Neighbors, but Still Waiting

April 28, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18394190] Temple University’s brand new School of Medicine building may look shiny, fancy and full of activity on the outside, but Tioga businessman Andrei Soldatov said the inside is a whole different story. “It’s like

Featured Stories

Lawncrest and Mayfair: Neighborhoods Tackle Absentee Landlord Problem

April 28, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18393058] During their patrols with the Mayfair Town Watch, John Vearling and Len Roberts heard the same complaints from residents over and over again. The owners of this property did not shovel their sidewalk when

Crime

Guns in Philadelphia: The Views of Victims, Owners and Sellers

April 28, 2010

Sitting in the courtroom after her cousin was murdered, Rose Middleton told the shooter that she forgave him. Middleton’s cousin, Robert Selvy, was 53 when he was murdered by someone who lived just a few

Featured Stories

Ludlow: Senior Housing Creates a Community

April 27, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18395175] A van pulls up at a side door of a large concrete structure and 10 petite, mostly gray- and white-haired women, each with her hands full, emerge from behind its double doors and make

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Germantown

Northwest Philly Residents Learn and Share at the Community Café

April 19, 2010

https://vimeo.com/20487095] Residents of the neighborhoods in the Northwest section of Philadelphia came together to discuss important issues at the Community Café. About 100 people gathered at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church to enjoy coffee and

Germantown

Germantown: EducationWorks Students Take High Steps

April 18, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18391619] Sure, the phrase “community service” doesn’t sound like fun for most teens. However, at Germantown High School, about 65 high school students choose to stay after school to work together in groups on creative

Mantua

Mantua: A Puppet Theater Raises Big Issues in Bigger Ways

April 17, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18391663] “The office is a mess,” Alice Manos says with a laugh. “It doesn’t usually look like this.”  She stands off to the corner of the Spiral Q Theater office and pulls wires across the

Southwest Philadelphia

Door to Door: How Southwest is Attacking its Housing Crisis

April 17, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18391556] Every Thursday there is a reconciliation hearing at City Hall for people who are in danger of losing their homes due to foreclosure. At these reconciliation hearings, a housing counselor is available. This is

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