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Mar. 12, 2015 11:36 am
People’s Emergency Center Opens New Affordable Housing Complex in West Powelton
Reclaiming a once-vacant lot, People’s Emergency Center (PEC) has opened a new affordable housing complex, Bigham Leatherberry Wise Place, in West Powelton. PEC is a human services and community development organization focused on the West Philadelphia neighborhoods of Mantua, Mill Creek, Belmont, Saunders Park and Powelton Village. The $2.6 million project, named for two engaged local […]
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Mar. 2, 2015 11:32 am
JUMP Magazine: Project Positive: Flipping Inspiring.
This article originally appeared in JUMP Magazine here. Text by Brianna Spause. Images by Jason Melcher. Damon Holley moved to West Philadelphia when he was 14. The shy Rhode Island transplant wouldn’t even ride the train for the fear of being mugged. And now he’s dancing on one. His boisterous dance troupe, Project Positive, rolls around […]
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Feb. 27, 2015 11:30 am
What Philly’s Urban Farmers are Up to This Winter
[metaslider id=35110] Sure, freezing temperatures and icy winds can be inconvenient. For those of us fortunate enough to have a roof over our heads, winter is nothing but a few months of enduring discomfort and lethargy. But what if your business depends on warmer climates? This is the dilemma faced by Philly’s urban farms. Whereas […]
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Feb. 24, 2015 1:30 pm
Media Mobilizing Project: Untold Stories of Parents Fighting For Philly Public Schools
These videos originally appeared on Media Mobilizing Project here and here. Media Mobilizing Project reached out to parents across Philadelphia in the summer of 2014 in search of powerful untold stories. The goal of the series was to get a sense of how families have been affected by the education budget cuts in recent years as […]
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Feb. 23, 2015 12:32 pm
Leeway Foundation Looking to Fund Women and Trans Artists to Prompt Social Change
The Philadelphia-based Leeway Foundation, a grantmaking organization that supports women and trans artists using art to create social change, is seeking applicants for its upcoming art and change grant. The project-based grants of up to $2,500 are available to artists of all mediums, traditional and nontraditional, who reside in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or […]
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Feb. 5, 2015 12:34 pm
How Philly Moves returns, bringing the community together through celebration of dance and movement
For the first time since 2011, JJ Tiziou has returned to his photography project How Philly Moves. The project, started in 2008, invites any self-identified Philadelphia dancer to participate in community photo sessions. This past December, Tiziou held a community photo session at Christ Church Neighborhood House, where he photographed 123 Philadelphians. The shoot took about three and […]
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Feb. 3, 2015 12:35 pm
Clean Water Action Rallies Community Around Crude Oil Discussions
Every day trains carry around 160,000 barrels of oil through Philadelphia. Following a series of derailments in South Philadelphia and over the Schuylkill River, Clean Water Action is planning a series of 90-minute community listening meetings around crude oil by rail in various Philadelphia neighborhoods. The meetings are scheduled in areas affected by crude-by-rail transport, and the first […]
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Feb. 2, 2015 11:55 am
Overcoming Setbacks, United By Blue Pushes Environmental Agenda in Philly
On December 16, United By Blue’s Retail Director Jen Singley and one of her co-workers stepped into Public Storage, a storage facility on Columbus Boulevard. They had loaded a storage space with a few hundred organic leather and canvas bags ready to ship for the holidays. UBB usually stores the bulk of its inventory at […]
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Jan. 27, 2015 11:32 am
Upon Opening of 13th Library, WePAC Looks to Refine Model
Andrew Hamilton Elementary is an old, angular building that hugs the corner at 57th and Spruce Streets. The public school, whose student body is approximately 600, has lacked a library for the last four years. That will change next week. Before the library at Hamilton becomes the 13th one reopened and operated by the West Philadelphia […]
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Nov. 20, 2014 11:50 am
People’s Emergency Center and Public Workshop Partner to Bring Message Board to Lancaster Avenue
At the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and 42nd Street in West Philadelphia, a formerly vacant corner lot now features a picnic table and colorful message board where residents can post information about upcoming events, services, and other useful resources for the community. The table and board were designed and built by volunteers through a partnership […]