“We [tend to] just look at them as numbers, but there’s a story,” said Marla Davis Bellamy, the executive director of Philadelphia Ceasefire. Her perspective reflects Ceasefires’ commitment to developing interpersonal relationships with residents in [continue reading…]
Although a new Philadelphia law went into effect earlier this month that makes the hiring process less discriminatory for former convicts, its most prominent supporter is still seeking a full-time job and said the bill [continue reading…]
On the corner of 29th and Cumberland streets, the “7 Days Food Market and Deli” already had customers waiting at the door before 8 a.m. Owner Fareed Alhuraibi opens the store at eight every morning [continue reading…]
philadelphianeighborhoods.com was named a finalist in the prestigious Editor & Publisher awards, known as the EPPYs, in the following categories: Best College/University Journalism website Best College/University Newspaper website Best College/University Journalistic or Documentary Report –John [continue reading…]
Philadelphia Neighborhoods was a finalist in the Pacemaker Awards, generally considered the Pulitzer Prize for student journalism. Eric Pellini and Kate Privitera earned fourth place in the sports category for their story on a multi-martial [continue reading…]
Gina Michaels’ life has all the elements one might expect to find in an artist’s biography: time spent living in New York City, a connection with the natural world, fluency in French, deep spirituality, a [continue reading…]
[soundslide url=”https://smcsites.com/soundslides/uploads/fa1015_kensington_obamarallyslideshow” height=550 width=600] Click on the slide to see the next one. This past Sunday, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited Robert Fulton Elementary School in Germantown as part of the [continue reading…]
This is a two-part look at revitalization efforts in Frankford in cooperation with our partner, neastphilly.com For the residents of Frankford, neighborhood revitalization efforts are nothing new. The once-thriving historic community has fallen on hard [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33327147] When I first agreed to go on a field trip to Merrymead Farm in Lansdale with L.P. Hill Elementary School, I was concerned. The thought of helping chaperone 80 first- through third-graders was a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/33187808] Fernanda and Cesar Marroquin were not afraid of the police last month when they joined 11 other activists in an act of civil disobedience in Montgomery, Ala. While Cesar and another activist waited in [continue reading…]
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