The People’s Emergency Center, located at 39th and Baring streets, dedicates each day to helping people and families in Philadelphia who are struggling with homelessness. It offers multiple programs including a GED program, emergency housing [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22391431] The term “crime prediction” often evokes the pop culture memory of Steven Spielberg’s 2002 science fiction film Minority Report, where the government polices its citizenry through a trio of psychic beings known as “precogs” [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22194694] Even though humans are warm blooded there is always a constant struggle to be comfortable in one’s home. In the winter everyone wears layers of clothes or bundles up in blankets and in [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22291835] The streets of Germantown are rich in history and beauty, but more recently they’ve become loaded with trash. Doley said there is an even bigger issue in Germantown, there aren’t enough trashcans in public [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22242769] For much of his life, 15-year-old Timothy Brooks was stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time. It wasn’t until he joined the Second Serve Program at the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and [continue reading…]
For nearly the past decade, local Fairhill resident Michael Payne has been distributing donated toys and supplies to neighborhood children whose families are not able to afford such gifts. His group, known as “Marshall & [continue reading…]
Campaigning with Greg Paulmier is about getting involved with community events, advocating for those who need it and trying to be in three places at once. On this day last week Greg Paulmier joined other [continue reading…]
The much-anticipated Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts kicked off Thursday, April 7. Inspired by an artistic movement in Paris in 1911, the month-long festival features over 135 citywide events and 1,500 artists in hopes [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22319683] Nicole Mattis murdered her abusive boyfriend. Cindy Livingston, 46, has been a PCP user since the age of 13. Together they are starting over at New Directions for Women Inc., an alternative to [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22180314] Early in the morning at 28th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue a school crossing guard looked perplexed when asked where the corner store was. The look on her face seemed to ask, “Where [continue reading…]
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