Social Issues

https://vimeo.com/18393772] “We’re about to load up the van,” says Richard Finch, head of Impact Service’s Veterans Services. “You’ll want to get a shot of that.” A re-purposed eight-passenger van pulls into the shadow of Impact

https://vimeo.com/18393781] The sounds of hammers and talkative construction workers greet you as you enter the double doors of Hancock Manor. The towering building used to house a YMCA until it was transformed into Impact Service’s

https://vimeo.com/18393122] Janice Brown still remembers what it felt like to hear the phone call that would change her life. She was told her daughter Latoya and granddaughter Rimanee were in a car accident. She fell

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

https://vimeo.com/18393490] “Look, if you’re poor, we’ll give you food stamps. But if you don’t have a place to spend them, then what’s the point?” It’s a rainy Tuesday afternoon, and Jeff Brown is on a

https://vimeo.com/18394712] The Sunday service at the Bo De Temple, located at 13th and Washington streets, include the deep sounds of gongs and melodic chanting coming from the cross-legged congregation that sit scattered on the large

https://vimeo.com/20373605] On a typical Saturday afternoon, some of the residents of 1211 Bainbridge St. are returning to the place they call home after a hard day of work in the field. The men, who can

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