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https://vimeo.com/37079659] Congreso de Latinos Unidos, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing services to the local community, is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Described by Cynthia Figueroa, the president and CEO, as a multiservice organization with Latino

The majority of Hunting Park’s residents are middle-to-low-income families with the median salary sitting around $22,000. Amid a slowly recovering economy and already low earnings, families do what they can to accumulate extra funds in

A central element of Catholicism is to help the unfortunate by giving whatever one can. Fairhill resident and construction worker Juan Ortiz, 67, understands this obligation and has found an eye-catching way to give to

https://vimeo.com/33088498] As the bell rang, Ramean Clowney shuffled through the narrow hallway in a bright blue shirt, laughing while clutching onto algebra and Italian textbooks. Before last Wednesday’s half-day dismissal, the halls reverberated with laughter

https://vimeo.com/31831654] America. The land of opportunity. The land of free. Where anyone with enough willpower can pull themselves up and make something out of nothing. We’ve all heard these sayings. Perhaps you or your parents

Art is something that is a mainstay in Fairhill. From graffiti-covered buildings to walls adorned with murals, the controversial yet strikingly beautiful expressions can be found almost anywhere. HACE, a nonprofit organization attending to the

https://vimeo.com/30819321] Juan Gomez is a first-generation American. His father is from Puerto Rico and his mother is from the Dominican Republic. He is a Latin-American artist and has been selling his works since the age

What started out as a graphic arts workshop in North Kensington in 1974, Taller Puertorriqueño now has many more things happening inside its mural-covered walls. “Everything just sort of sprouted up naturally,” said Rafael Damast,