Added on March 11, 2016
Thomas D Reifsnyder and Joaquin Kree Jones
Anthony L. Carter Sr. , case management , certification classes , Department of Labor , Face Forward 2 , Home Based Delinquent Services , Job Readiness , Juvenile Justice Center Family Services , Kensington , Lincoln University , Mantua , Mantua Community Improvement Committee , Martin Luther King High School , mentorship , Nija Davis , North Philadelphia , promise zone , Saquan Dixon , service learning projects , Sheila Armstrong-McGee , West Philadelphia

When Saquan Dixon walks through the Mantua section of West Philadelphia, he feels a vibe much different from the Kensington neighborhood where he was raised. Neither Mantua, also known as “The Bottom,” nor his neighborhood in Kensington have sparkling reputations but the 20-year-old Dixon sees a bright spot in Philadelphia’s Promise Zone. “I’m not too familiar […]