Guest Post

Community Voice: A Story from the Night Garden

Guest post from local Camden resident and Retreat Coordinator of the Center for Environmental Transformation, Michael Zier. Photograph by April Saul. See more of her work on her Facebook page, Camden, NJ: A Spirit Invincible. Excluding shorthand texts from a T9 phone and a never-ending stream of work emails, I don’t write much anymore.  I … Continue reading Community Voice: A Story from the Night Garden…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Community Voice, Guest Post, Local Knowledge.

Student Voice: Camden Is Called Home by Young, Visiting Service Leaders

This guest post was submitted by Rutgers-Camden student Marcus Biddle. You can find Marcus on twitter (@Biddle_Marcus):   Ten young, motivated AmeriCorps volunteers are making the ultimate commitment to leave their homes for ten months of community service in cities around the nation. Their latest stop is here in Camden for eight weeks.  Before visiting … Continue reading Student Voice: Camden Is Called Home by Young, Visiting Service Leaders…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Guest Post, Local Knowledge, Student Voice.

Student Voice: Poignant Parallels: Conceptions of a Culture of Poverty and Their Damaging Implications

Guest post by Rutgers-Camden PhD Candidate Rasheda Simpson: Throughout my short time in Camden, New Jersey I have observed poignant parallels between conceptions of it and my home, the Bronx, NY. These conceptions are often negative, demeaning, and misinformed. They range from residents being lazy and thus the cause of their own poverty to impoverished … Continue reading Student Voice: Poignant Parallels: Conceptions of a Culture of Poverty and Their Damaging Implications…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Guest Post, Student Voice.

Guest Post: Louder Than a Bomb in the City Invincible

Rutgers-Camden Creative Writing Lecturer Michael Haeflinger invites our readership to attend Camden’s inaugural Louder Than a Bomb at the Rut-Cam Student Center, from 10am-4pm March 22nd.    I have just come from the individual poetry slam finals for Louder Than a Bomb in Chicago, where I am attending the National Symposium of Louder Than a … Continue reading Guest Post: Louder Than a Bomb in the City Invincible…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Guest Post.