https://vimeo.com/20291054] A snaggle-toothed little boy, with the help of an older woman, slowly and carefully reads, “The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/20331699] In an attempt to teach students about respect and anti-bullying, James Ludlow Elementary School has partnered with the Anti-Defamation League as part of a program called “No Place For Hate.” Anti-Defamation League counselors come [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394876] Brick houses with green lawns rest next to vacant lots with overgrown weeds creeping through the chain-link fence. Pink-pedaled remnants of spring blanket the sidewalks. A group of young men smoke a blunt in the backyard [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394231] Located on 1501 Germantown Ave., the Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy is a Muslim-based school for kindergarteners through 12th graders. Members of the faculty, such as Principal Abdur Rahman, teach Muslim values each day. Rahman believes [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393044] Dr. Thomas Mills, the Frankford Alumni Association president, graduated from Frankford High School in 1948 with 477 other high school seniors. All but two of the 478 individuals were white males. Terry Tobin, the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18392467] The YES Program stands for Youth + Entrepreneurship = Success. The Enterprise Center is the facility that houses the After-School Executive Incubator Program. YES Program partnerships with seven surrounding Philadelphia Academy public schools. The [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18392424] For students, teachers, parents and the community, it was apparent that change was a must for the neighborhood’s local high school, West Philadelphia. In 2007, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s “School Report Card,” West’s [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18395006] Thick, white binders litter the carpet of Sylvia Simms otherwise tidy living room in North Philadelphia. “This is our secret weapon right here,” says Simms, 49, hoisting one of the phonebook-sized binders onto her lap and [continue reading…]
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