[vimeo 39653154 height=400 width=600] As the Fuego Dance Company rehearsed for its Susan G. Komen’s Latinas United for the Cure performances, dance director Hector Serrano’s voice reigned supreme. “Lets go everybody, get your butts in here,” [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39662526] A partnership between the Mann Older Adult Community Center, Taller Puertorriqueno and the Alzheimer’s Association is helping keep the minds of Fairhill’s senior community active. The collaborators are attempting to keep the aggressive Alzheimer’s [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39603492] Battalion Chief Joaquin Colon is not the average employee at the Philadelphia Fire Department. But it’s not just because of his high rank. Colon is the only Latino in the city to ever receive [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39800393] The Garden of Eden, located at 4237 Ridge Ave., is an all-natural shop providing its customers with natural skin, hair and wellness products. Todzsa Brown, the owner, said she offers a wide variety of products [continue reading…]
The inside of the Multicultural Wellness Center feels more like a well-worn home than the sterile atmosphere associated with most medical centers. Tall, brightly colored resting chairs are lined up in front of a large [continue reading…]
Every Murder Is Real founder Victoria Greene took time this week to recall the 15th anniversary of the murder of her son, Emir Greene. Greene and her eldest daughter, Chantay Love, typically take the day off, [continue reading…]
On April 6, Raices Latino Pride, an organization that promotes awareness and educates the community about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, will celebrate its anniversary. One year ago, Philadelphia did not have an umbrella [continue reading…]
Hunting Park Tires is a lot like other small businesses in the area. Family owned and operated, it caters to an array of regulars while also servicing anyone with tire troubles on East Hunting Park [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/37409533] In 2009 the Charles L. Durham Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library was on the brink of being closed after 30 years of servicing the community. Part of a $108 million budget cut by [continue reading…]
The Philadelphia City Council recently passed a redistricting map late last year, leaving at least a dozen of the city’s 66 wards divided by two or more council districts, including wards within Hunting Park that’s [continue reading…]
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