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The Philadelphia Housing Authority’s 2014 holiday card features original artwork from a young resident who won the agency’s “What My Home Means to Me” youth poster contest this past summer. Participants were asked to submit a work of art showing their home and write a short narrative describing the inspiration, vision, and importance of their…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sen. Anthony H. Williams presented his 4th annual holiday party Dec. 18 and entertained more than 250 kids and their families. Pictured left to right: CH2M HILL Representative Lauren Fahnestock, Sen. Williams, Chris Thomas, and Tim Brown. More than 250 kids and their families enjoyed an early holiday celebration last week, courtesy of…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Selma Director Ava DuVernay on set. By Kharisma McIlwaine  I have been a fan of director Ava DuVernay’s work for quite some time now.  I fell in love with her work immediately after seeing The Door, which tells a story about fashion, sisterhood, and healing without the use of any dialogue.  I was…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tom Wolf By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L.Young In 2014, Pennsylvania selected a new governor, rejected an old governor, and voted decisively to be indecisive about which party should control state government – overwhelmingly handing the executive branch to Democrats while just as overwhelmingly turning the legislature over to Republicans – thus…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Protestors gather outside the South Philadelphia Sports Complex in support of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.  (Photo Courtesy: Kendall Alexander) By Kendall Alexander There was an air of melancholy and fiery civil disobedience as gatherers rallied outside of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex this past Sunday.  Members of the POWER, Philadelphians Organized to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Council President Darrell Clarke and Founder of Ridge on The Rise Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, David Simms of Eatible Delights Catering.  (Photo: Abdul R. Sulayman) By Kiarra Solomon @By_Kiarra On Thursday, Chef David Simms, owner of Eatible Delights Catering, hosted the 4th Annual Ridge Avenue Holiday Lighting Ceremony in North Philadelphia. During this event,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Min. Rodney Muhammad Minister Rodney Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam Mosque No. 12, has been elected president of the NAACP Philadelphia Chapter, in a contest that saw his slate overwhelmingly defeat his principal opponents at every level. Also elected with Minister Muhammad were Rochelle Bilal, Secretary; Shirley Jordan, treasurer; Jennifer Whitfield…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sheriff Jewell Williams with various clergy members from around the city at the Faith Based and Community Partnership Breakfast. Sheriff Jewell Williams hosted the first Council on Faith Based and Community Partnership Breakfast of his administration recently at the Deliverance Evangelistic Church at 21st Street & Lehigh Avenue. In attendance at the breakfast…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Isaiah Thomas By Kiarra Solomon @by_kiarra If he won, he’d be the youngest person ever elected to Philadelphia’s City Council.  But Isaiah Thonas doesn’t think that’s a big deal. “My age didn’t come up when I ran in 2011, and the only reason I think it may come up now is if people…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael Brown  (AP photo) Rev. Terrence D. Griffith, the President of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia & Vicinity, and the Pastor of the First African Baptist Church of Philadelphia, released this statement on the unrest and violence in Ferguson, Missouri, after the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. “As responsible citizens we not…

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