Social Issues

https://vimeo.com/18393618] Michele Holloway asked the question, “What don’t you like about the park?” to a group of 30 youth from Hunting Park on Friday night. A hand shot into the air, “Trash.” And another, “Violence.”

https://vimeo.com/18391707] Joe Ragsdale, owner of the Least We Forget Museum, brushes off the odd fact that his facility focusing on America’s ugly history of slavery seems totally out of place in Port Richmond, a Philadelphia

https://vimeo.com/18391440] Haven Youth Center in Kensington is a community youth group that supports and encourages HIV-positive youth to stay in school and be productive citizens. Haven’s mission includes providing educational, social and recreational activities to

https://vimeo.com/18392369] Vincent Poppa was returning to his nursing home on an evening stroll after stepping out for a soda. While passing by Finnegan Park in Southwest Philadelphia, he was suddenly hit in the back of

https://vimeo.com/18393815] It is often difficult for people to admit when they need help. Whether that help is financial, educational, mental or another form, people usually do not want to confess their faults and hurt their

https://vimeo.com/18393104] Phi Le sits with his friends in the warm spring sun outside the Feltonville Recreation Center. Despite the weather, he sits and watches the kids play on the playground with a glum expression. He

https://vimeo.com/18391951] “You want to know what ‘WKG’ stands for?” said Dilson Mejia, a short, dark-haired seventh grader at Fairhill School. A classmate yanked on his gray hooded sweatshirt to quiet him. “It’s nothing,” he said.

https://vimeo.com/18391657] On an unseasonably chilly Wednesday several dozen residents began gathering in Germantown’s Vernon Park at 8 a.m. After signing their names to a list and receiving hand written numbers, these men and women brought