The David Acosta Revolutionary Leadership Award is presented to a member of the Latino lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community who displays the same revolutionary leadership as the founder of the award, David A. Acosta. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/38749583] Multiple health centers offer a variety of care to Latino communities across Philadelphia literally tending to the body, mind and soul. These organizations offer their services in both Spanish and English. Further, these organizations [continue reading…]
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Philadelphia Neighborhoods, the online publication of the Department of Journalism’s Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, has won three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. The entries have been selected to receive Region 1 Mark of [continue reading…]
Federico Herrero is a Costa Rican artist who recently came to Philadelphia in order to display some of his latest pieces. Thirteen of Herrero’s paintings along with two of his on-site wall paintings are currently [continue reading…]
Most people associate the painting of eggs with the Easter Bunny but artist Marta Sanchez has created a new purpose for painting eggshells. Sanchez, the founder of the “Cascarones Por la Vida Art Fund,” uses [continue reading…]
Philadelphia Neighborhoods has won three Keystone Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. These include the following: –First place: Public Service/Enterprise Package for 1000 Smokers, which was done by the photo students of Dr. Edward Trayes [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/36844199] Three Philadelphia artists premiered their latest collections recently at Taller Puertorriqueno, the respected arts venue in Fairhill. This trio, connected either through cultural inspiration or choice of artistic expression, presented very different gallery collections. [continue reading…]
When Evelyne Laurent-Perrault was planning the first Arturo Schomburg Symposium, she didn’t realize the annual event would reach its 16th year. Hosted by Taller Puertorriqueno, this year’s symposium has two parts: a film screening and [continue reading…]
For the past three years, Tony Rocco, a teacher at John B. Stetson Charter School, has been running a photography program for a select number of students called The Stetson Shutterbugs. Rocco has recently started [continue reading…]
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