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https://vimeo.com/29234084] Before she found the Germantown Restoration CDC’s food service training program, Chatel Royster was struggling. This time last year, Royster was a victim of the poor economy. After getting laid off from her job

https://vimeo.com/29228493] Wind from the Delaware River whipped through crowds of people, some dressed in traditional Mexican garb while others simply wore jeans and T-shirts.  The breeze flowed through tents and stands filled with crafts, jewelry

Every year Temple University brings together high school students from throughout the city for a special program under the guidance of Journalism Professor Maida Odom. Read a .pdf version of the paper that high school

Charlene Anderson, better known as Grandma Char, is truly a light of hope to the people around her. She encourages drug addicts to come clean, acts as a guardian to troubled children and says kind

Across from Fairhill Square Park on Fifth and Lehigh streets, Katherine Garcia sat, talking to her neighbors and keeping a close eye on the jungle gym across the street.  In the park was Garcia’s daughter, 12- year-old

Located a block away from the heart of El Centro de Oro, the Latino community between Lehigh and Indiana avenues, one will find the Lillian Marrero Branch of Philadelphia’s Free Library system. Several staff members

A valuable after-school program, Rock to the Future, is giving children and teens in the Kensington area the skills they need to flourish musically and academically. Students from 9 to 14 years old use leased

Led by People’s Emergency Center (PEC) and UC Green, a group of 12 volunteers took to 40th Street near Lancaster Avenue this weekend to spruce up the urban landscape. The group planted seven trees on