https://vimeo.com/18394669] Wednesday nights at Hawthorne Cultural Center are particularly hectic due to the variety of programs being held simultaneously. While parents are attending Young Moms’ class, children are doing art projects or watching movies. In [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394222] It’s three o’clock on a Thursday afternoon, and the front door buzzer at the HERO Community Center is ringing off the hook. Celia Floyd, the assistant director of the center’s after-school program, is posted [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393610] Hunting Park Recreational Center stands in the middle of North Philadelphia. Being one of the lone buildings within the park’s borders, it demands to be noticed and to be regarded. Walking through its doors [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18394949] It began with an icy mist in the early morning last Wednesday. Then a layer of powder coated the ground. Soon, the cars looked like frozen marshmallows attached to wheels. The major highways had [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18393099] The small and diverse congregation of the Wyoming Avenue Baptist Church listened to Pastor Luis Centeno with rapt attention. During the songs, all the members stood up and immersed themselves in the music. They [continue reading…]
The colorfully painted walls at the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia allow the students to forget their day’s troubles and concentrate on their creativity. Before class begins students sit around sharing the [continue reading…]
At the Science Leadership Academy the students are treated like adults, according a junior at the Science Leadership Academy, Cody Nichols. The Science Leadership Academy (SLA) is a new student oriented, project-based school. The school [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391931] A loudspeaker on the sidewalk blares a heavy bass line outside a building that blends with various shops and markets on South 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. A hand-written welcome on a sheet of [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391895] Nestled under a fresh blanket of heavy snow, the streets of Philadelphia’s Fairhill section were alive with activity. Children and men played football in the street while neighbors stood on the sidelines, or sidewalks, [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18391408] It’s an unlikely scene just half a block from the Kensington and Somerset stop under the Market-Frankford line. Amid the shadows of “the El” and barely past the illicit activities of the intersection, there [continue reading…]
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