Kensington Voice is a community-driven news initiative that amplifies traditionally underserved voices, illuminates the neighborhood’s complexity, challenges, and resilience, and explores existing and potential solutions to problems facing the heart of Kensington. Community engagement and service are central to our mission, so each month, community members have a say in the topics we write about and are invited to participate in our reporting process.
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Jul. 24, 2019 8:00 am
H.S. students of color set their sights on voter engagement in Kensington
During the school year, Youth United for Change focuses on education and schooling activism. But in the summer, all the organization’s resources are focused on the VOTA! project.
Jul. 22, 2019 8:00 am
These young people are making poetry in Kensington. And the community loves it.
Poets from Kensington High School, Kensington Health Sciences Academy, and Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts took to the Kimmel Center stage for the Philly Slam League Championships.
May 9, 2019 11:30 am
Roz Pichardo has reversed more than 100 overdoses. This is the emotional cost
The lifelong Kensington resident tells us in her own words.
May 8, 2019 10:32 am
The importance of engaging in self-care when faced with trauma
Kensington Voice takes a deep look at vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress, and outlines techniques for self-care as well as trauma-informed practices at Impact Services and Prevention Point Philadelphia.
Apr. 19, 2019 10:33 am
Ana Santiago wants to restore her husband’s garden. And with it, she says, the neighborhood’s respect
Impact Services says it is working on a plan to revitalize the garden, but they’ll need gardeners to help.
Apr. 16, 2019 12:24 pm
Another community garden is losing land to development
A developer recently purchased one of César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden's parcels in Kensington for $2,500.
Mar. 28, 2019 8:30 am
Remembering Awilda Ocasio, the Latinx ❤️ of Kensington
Ann Northrup’s “Heart of Kensington” mural at Kensington and Allegheny Avenues illuminates how beloved and influential Ocasio was within her community.
Mar. 19, 2019 9:21 am
Prevention Point is a huge part of this Kensington couple’s love story
Wilfredo Laboy and Cristina Pintor will be married at the the harm reduction nonprofit on June 1, and they say the celebration isn’t so much for them as it is for the people they’ve met while living and working in Kensington.
Mar. 6, 2019 9:30 am
Amid the buzz of his shears, Joshua Santiago dreams of a better Kensington
He sees a lot while he's cutting hair: People sheltering in abandoned buildings, huddling up for warmth, struggling with drug addiction. And he thinks about how the neighborhood's empty buildings could be filled with help.
Feb. 25, 2019 10:00 am
‘In Kensington, the need for social activism is huge’
Community member Rakee Starwind writes that the neighborhood benefits when residents support each other.