North Philadelphia

Recent studies show the prevalence of juvenile violence in North Philadelphia demands prevention.

The Institute for the Development of African-American Youth, Inc. (IDAAY) empowers and educates low-income, disadvantaged at-risk urban youth to succeed. James Washington has worked with the organization for four years in various capacities but now serves as the executive administrator.

A once-bustling hub of East Coast transportation grapples with a faded past and uncertain future.

There is a great presence and population of Philadelphia youth in North Philly, and despite that great percentage of the population there is a great lack in investment of advertising third spaces for after school activities and programs to occupy these young impressionable minds.

Despite being right across the street from a high school and in the heart of a neighborhood filled with generations of families, the Amos Playground Pool has not been filled in three years. The city says it is not on the ‘rebuild list’, and there are no plans to fill the pool in the future.

After Being Underfunded Since the Start of the Program, Vaux May Have a Community Backing Them.

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