Four months ago, brothers Benjamin and Robert Bynum opened up Green Soul, their third and newest restaurant. Rather than serving the Southern comfort food cooked up at their restaurant Relish, found just across the street, [continue reading…]
Where are the Hispanics at Occupy Philly? Ariel Paz, a coordinator for the demonstration, could not say. He was sure he had seen some, but could not specify if there was a strong Hispanic presence. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30459298] Salsa and samba music played in the background as people gathered on the streets. The scent of guacamole, barbeque, and tamales lingered in the air as booths set up artwork, food, flags and clothes. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30791681] The old Julia De Burgos high school building has sat abandoned for 12 years at Seventh and Lehigh streets, collecting dirt and falling apart piece by piece. Fairhill has an unusually high number of [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30757745 h=550 w=450] “We were a product of the streets, and now we are the solution,” said Louis Bryant, a member of The Brotherhood of Huntingdon Street. Roughly five years ago a group of North [continue reading…]
Jeanné Hannum is the proud mother of four children. Each of her children has gone off to do great things–her oldest daughter is a food and personnel safety manager at Wegmans, her oldest son is a [continue reading…]
Since getting out of prison several years ago, Brandon Jones has been a busy man. Working as a case worker through Philadelphia Ceasefire, Jones sees the negative grabbing the headlines in the Philadelphia area. He [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30703045] Three individuals, Meghan Weik, Tim Broderick and Kathleen Grady, all from Philadelphia, know what living in a sustainable way truly means. It’s a concept all of them follow in their daily lives. Their lifestyles [continue reading…]
A few weeks ago, Elena Flagiello saw an old student while on the street. Flagiello, a speech therapist for the School District of Philadelphia, waved her hand to say hello, but the female student didn’t [continue reading…]
Deborah Fisher taught George W. Nebinger’s first and only autistic support classroom 22 years ago. Since autism wasn’t understood as well as it is today, few doctors offered the diagnosis. There were only three children [continue reading…]
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