Maria Gonzalez handed out fliers enthusiastically while flashing a big smile to everyone who approached her table. Maria Gonzalez, the vice president of HACE, the Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises, sat behind a table [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30003951] The melodic sounds of festive singing accompanying thumping rhythms of barriles drums poured out onto North Fifth Street late Sunday night. The sounds were emanating from the Instituto Puertorriqueno de Musica, or the Puerto [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29461501] When I came to Fairhill to get interviews about the death of an esteemed resident, I must admit I was a little nervous. James Hall, affectionately known as “The Mayor” or “Bus,” meant a [continue reading…]
Candace Powell Kinard is motivated person who always makes sure each student’s needs are met. She has passion to work with underrepresented and low-income high school students in Fairhill to make sure they are utilizing [continue reading…]
As I sat in the Lillian Marrero branch of the free library in Fairhill, I couldn’t help but notice a girl, not much older than myself, hunched over her sketchpad with a furrowed brow, deep [continue reading…]
The building sitting on the corner of North Third and West Oxford streets looks like it houses residential apartments, but actually it is the home of Impacto Latin Newspaper. Impacto started as a small newsletter [continue reading…]
Abandoned houses are probably the biggest issue facing the community, Melissa Dunbar, a lifelong resident of Fairhill, explained while sitting comfortably on her couch. “I consider myself lucky every day that I have a roof [continue reading…]
You can go to college! That is the motto for the College Access Center located at 2603 N. Fifth St. Melisa Cales had a dream to go to college and while chatting with her friend [continue reading…]
Living in Fairhill was not something originally planned for Melissa Dunbar. Dunbar, a 36-year-old, single mother who was raised in Fairhill, never had the intention to remain a resident of the neighborhood. Despite working in [continue reading…]
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