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Community Event: LAEDA’s Annual Entrepreneurship Celebration

The Latin American Economic Development Association is one of my favorite Camden organizations. It focuses on the nitty-gritty of the urban economy, helping train entrepreneurs and those looking to start small businesses and then using programs like Dine Around Friday to support local businesses. LAEDA’s annual fundraiser, Celebrating Entrepreneurship is coming up on Monday, October 20 … Continue reading Community Event: LAEDA’s Annual Entrepreneurship Celebration…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Community Event, Local Knowledge.

More on the benefits of crowd-sourcing and Patco

One of my on-going interests are the different ways citizens are reaching out to government to get small, day-to-day things done. A part of that is social media, but these types of interactions aren’t knew. So I was happy to see our good friends @Patcowatchers get some press in the Courier-Post. Here are a few … Continue reading More on the benefits of crowd-sourcing and Patco…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Local Knowledge.

Community Voice: Camden Artist Tells Different Story About Hip-Hop

This weekend I intersected with Camden hip-hop twitter. I’ve long been hopeful that I could feature short videos of Camden residents telling their stories. It turns out CMD hip-hop artist Rekk has already been collecting “CMD stories.” These are largely the stories of local hip-hop artists, and they’re expressed in a language that pushes the … Continue reading Community Voice: Camden Artist Tells Different Story About Hip-Hop…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Local Knowledge.

Guest Post: Camden County College’s Gateway to College Program Deserves Credit

This guest post came from Jason Love at Camden County College. Thanks Jason for highlighting this great program:  The Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force released its 2013-2014 Civic Engagement Report on September 8th. The Task Force is made up of Camden County College, CAMcare, Cooper University Health Care, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, … Continue reading Guest Post: Camden County College’s Gateway to College Program Deserves Credit…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Guest Post, Local Knowledge.

Camden Voices Needed in “Bizarro NJ”

There has been a flurry of activity this weekend at the state level regarding Camden education. For those who struggle to follow that scene (and transparency is one of the contentious issues), the Urban Hope Act (2012) originally allowed for “renaissance schools” in New Jersey, a model pushed by South Jersey legislators and, to this point, … Continue reading Camden Voices Needed in “Bizarro NJ”…

Posted by Stephen Danley in education, Local Knowledge.

No, Camden is not the “un-Ferguson”

It’s always good to see positive news about Camden, so I was tentatively excited to see Kate Zernike’s New York Times article “Camden Turns Around with a New Police Force.” What I saw made me nervous. The New York Times piece shared good news, but without appropriate context or history, and it was framed with … Continue reading No, Camden is not the “un-Ferguson”…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Local Knowledge.