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September 2008,Vol
September 2008,Vol. 37, No. 9 Manager’s Corner Students From Phila. University Design Hopes for a Greener Philadelphia New Fund to Assist by Glenn Bergman, General Manager and Build Green Wash Station at Farm Home Delivery Our new mayor is serious about making PHOTO BY Philadelphia a green city in the future. That Recipients D is my opinion after spending a day in a 12- AVID by Tanya Rotenberg Z passenger van with Mark Allen Hughes, the ELOV Weavers Way Co-op is announcing the mayor’s director of the Office of Sustain- creation of a fund whose purpose is to help ability, and Terry Gillen, the head of the alleviate the financial burden of some of its Redevelopment Authority and one of the members. This exciting development is the mayor’s main policy advisors. The day was brainchild of member and home delivery spent discussing local food production recipient Margaret Stineman. (farms) and the positive economic, commu- Margaret feels so grateful to be able to ng nity, and social impact urban farming can enjoy “these beautiful foods,” despite the g have on our city. fact that she is unable to personally shop at The day was organized by Joan Riley, the Co-op. In appreciation of the help Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (PHS), Weavers Way has given to her, she would and Dominic Vitiello, an Assistant Profes- like to make sure that members in need of sor from Penn Planning at the University of temporary or continuing financial assis- Pennsylvania (and a Co-op member) after a tance will receive it and, like her, be able to meeting we had at Weavers Way Farm in enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of the Co- May. -
Reimagining Reading: Creating a Classroom Culture That Embraces Independent Choice Reading
Published on Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education (https://urbanedjournal.gse.upenn.edu) Home > Reimagining Reading: Creating a Classroom Culture that Embraces Independent Choice Reading REIMAGINING READING: CREATING A CLASSROOM CULTURE THAT EMBRACES INDEPENDENT CHOICE READING Katie Dickerson, Olney Charter High School, Philadelphia, PA Many of us are plagued by negative memories of sustained silent reading. In some of these memories, we are the students, attempting to read a book that didn’t hold our interest or trying to read over the din of our disengaged classmates. In other memories, we are the teachers, suffering through a ten-minute classroom management nightmare, deciding which pupil behaviors to ignore and which to address. In my own classroom, when I use the term SSR—the acronym fors ustained silent reading—I sometimes get visceral reactions from even my best students. Most likely, they have had similarly scarring experiences with SSR before they reached my American Literature class. My students come to our school from many different places: other North Philadelphia middle and high schools; schools in Central America, the Caribbean, or Africa; or various schools throughout the United States. The North Philadelphia community in which we are located is a transient one, partially because of the poverty of its members and the way that affects the stability of housing, and partially because of its large immigrant population. Introduction I can certainly see the challenges this community faces when I look at our school. These challenges are evident, for example, in statistics on our student population: roughly 22% of students receive special education services, 25% are English language learners, and 83% are from families whose income is below the poverty line. -
Synopsis: Gay Pioneers Is the Story of the First Organized Annual “Homosexual” Civil Rights Demonstrations Held in Philadelp
Synopsis: Gay Pioneers is the story of the first organized annual “homosexual” civil rights demonstrations held in Philadelphia, New York and Washington, DC from 1965-69. When few would publicly identify themselves as gay, these brave pioneers challenged pervasive homophobia. On July 4, 1965, forty (40) people carried signs in front of Independence Hall supporting gay emancipation. Each year in NY, DC and Philadelphia their numbers grew. By July 4, 1969, one month after Stonewall one hundred and fifty (150) people demonstrated at Independence Hall. The annual demonstrations were consolidated in 1970 to mark the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. That led to the then largest gathering for gays and lesbians when between two to five thousand people congregated in New York’s Central Park. The 1970 demonstration encouraged activists to stage the first gay pride parade in NYC. The New York Pride Parade was emulated in large and small cities in North America and worldwide and helped catapult an international civil rights movement. Gay Pioneers is directed by PBS award-winning documentary filmmaker Glenn Holsten and produced by PBS affiliate WHYY and Equality Forum. It is about the gay and lesbian Rosa Parks. Gay Pioneers braids archival footage from these seminal demonstrations; FBI investigative files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act; gay pioneer interviews about the homophobia of that era, the protocol for the demonstrations and how those demonstrations impacted the movement and Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny and Lilli Vincenz on-camera in 2004 discussing same-sex marriage. For more information, please visit www.gaypioneers.com Glenn Holsten Producer/Director Glenn Holsten is a producer and director of documentaries and performance programs. -
Grassroots Video in Philadelphia As Alternative Communicative Practice Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Dissertations (ASC) Annenberg School for Communication 1997 Communities Through the Lens: Grassroots Video in Philadelphia as Alternative Communicative Practice Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations_asc Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Wong, Cindy Hing-Yuk, "Communities Through the Lens: Grassroots Video in Philadelphia as Alternative Communicative Practice" (1997). Dissertations (ASC). 17. http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations_asc/17 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations_asc/17 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Communities Through the Lens: Grassroots Video in Philadelphia as Alternative Communicative Practice Abstract "SAME BOAT, SAME DESTINATION ... That's what a community is, if you believe that you're in the same predicament and you are going to the same place. It's one thing if you believe that you're in the , same predicament, but you're not going to the same place. I ain't gonna to deal with that, then it isn't your community; if you do, then it is. So Community Vision is articulating what the boat is and what the vision is, where you are going." (Louis Massiah, Founder of Scribe Video Center; interview, July 15th 1996) Community/grassroots videos, community murals (Barnett 1984), ommc unity (or outlaw) short-wave radio (Urla 1995), community theater, neighborhood newspapers, and 4th World indigenous film and videomaking (Michaels 1994; Aufderheide 1995, Elder 1995) all represent communicative practices which offer alternatives to dominant mainstream mass media. In this dissertation, I examine how one of these alternative media -- community video -- takes shape in terms of its organizational processes, its textual creation and its dissemination and readership. -
Resource Guide and Calendar of Events
IN PHILADELPHIA EVERYONE IS READING CALENDAR OF EVENTS CALENDAR RESOURCE GUIDE One Book, One Philadelphia is a joint project of the Mayor’s Office and the Free Library of Philadelphia. The mission of the program is to promote reading, literacy, library usage, and community building throughout Greater Philadelphia. CONTENTS featured titles . 2 calendar of events . 4 questions for discussion . 23 musical compositions from the soloist . 26 related materials . 29 supporting philadelphia’s homeless . 34 the centerpiece of this year’s project is journalist steve lopez’s powerful memoir, the soloist . Based on the author’s remark- able friendship with nathaniel ayers—a homeless, schizophrenic, Juilliard-trained musician—this compelling narrative will inspire readers and stimulate programming around its themes of home- lessness, mental illness, the redemptive power of music, and the healing nature of friendship . Books can transform our lives, enable us to see beneath our differences, and recognize our common humanity . the mutually enriching friendship between lopez and ayers, as depicted in the soloist, promises to put a human face on the issue of homelessness for readers in philadelphia . as one critic noted: “the soloist is a beautifully written story that will forever change the way you feel when you walk down the street and pass a person who sleeps on the sidewalk ”. many of the programs described in this calendar will increase our understanding of the causes and impact of homelessness, but the experience of read- ing the soloist will touch philadelphia’s heart . We know that you will be moved and enlightened as you read one Book, one Philadelphia’s featured selection, as well as this year’s thematically related companion books and supplemental materials recommended in the enclosed resource guide .