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Education

Spring Garden: After-School Program Helps Engage Community Youth

March 5, 2013

[vimeo 60915303] Nestled in the 1800 block of Wallace Street is the vividly colored Roberto Clemente Park and Playground. Inside the park residents have access to a basketball court, a grassy field, a jungle gym and

Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek: Community of Compassion Feeds Hungry

March 5, 2013

Located at 6148 Cedar Ave., the Community of Compassion Community Development Corp. is trying to do its part to make the neighborhood a better place to live. Some of the most important outreach programs, which

Carroll Park

Carroll Park: Neighborhoods Map Their Way to Community Transformation

March 5, 2013

[vimeo 61009342] Residents of Haddington, Morris Park, Cathedral Park and Carroll Park met last week as part of a community outreach program initiative to discuss the state of their communities. HMC2 , a local organization which

Arts and Entertainment

Northeast: Comedy Cabaret Benefits Both Veteran and New Comedians

March 5, 2013

https://vimeo.com/60853126] The Comedy Cabaret has been serving up laughs in the Northeast since the ’80s and helping aspiring comics get their feet wet. The club, located inside the Ramada Inn at 11580 Roosevelt Blvd., features shows every Friday

Lower Moyamensing

South Philadelphia: Civic Association Focuses on Building a Community

March 4, 2013

  The Lower Moyamensing Civic Association does not have its own dedicated office space. Instead, this organization utilizes the back office at the Fumo Family Branch Library, 2437 S. Broad St., for its general body

Debbie Toney
Education

Wynnefield: Campus Ministry Students Give Back Beyond St. Joe’s

March 4, 2013

[vimeo 60860535] Offering its students opportunities to serve others is a key component of education at  St. Joseph’s University, located on City Line Avenue at 56th Street in Wynnefield. One organization at St. Joe’s that offers students

Crime

North Central: Mothers Come Together to Combat Violence

March 4, 2013

The pain of losing a child is every parent’s worst nightmare particularly when senseless violence is the culprit. Eight of the 331 murders in Philadelphia during 2012 struck children ages zero-17, with another 22 homicides

Amateur Sports

Plan Philly: Hancock Basketball League Engages Children

March 4, 2013

[vimeo 60964732] A room full of proud parents and excited children—all under age 12—filled the cramped hall of the Hancock Recreation Center Saturday. The size of the room didn’t compare to the enthusiasm of the children

Featured Stories

Germantown: Senior Home Adapts to Residents’ Desires

March 3, 2013

The spirit of the renovations planned for Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley on the corner of Greene Street and West Washington Lane was spearheaded by the facility’s own residents. Beginning in early April, the $5

Amateur Sports

Manayunk: Not Everybody Excited About Bike Race

March 3, 2013

https://vimeo.com/60910374] For the past 28 years, the Manayunk bike race has brought the community together and added revenue for restaurants and businesses. The race has also become a place for public and underage drinking. Kevin

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  • People stand on a sidewalk beneath a pale gray sky. The street behind them is between two tan stone buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on their ground levels, and the multicolored glass exterior of a parking garage shines further down the street, next to some taller red brick buildings. Glass windows are visible behind the people on the sidewalk. Some of them wear raincoats or windbreakers, and some of them hold umbrellas of various colors. Two men in the right half of the image, one southeast Asian and one white, wear clerical collars. They are all waving wooden rods with thick red ribbons tied to the ends of them in the air. Most of the people present appear to be white and/or over the age of 50. One bearded, middle-aged man in a gray and black windbreaker and black pants points a camera towards the bottom right corner of the image, where a blue banner reads “GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED.” To the banner’s left, a canvas with a monarch butterfly painted on it is draped over a concrete sidewalk barrier. A blue bicycle is parked behind the man with the camera, and a black car in the street drives past the group of people.
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