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Student Voice: It’s the Little Things

This guest post is excerpted from Rutgers student Marcus Biddle’s Camden Writes project.  For most residents at Camden’s Northgate II development, there can never be too many community events during the summer. Until recently, it had been years since residents of Northgate II experienced a community barbecue for themselves – something that made a big difference for … Continue reading Student Voice: It’s the Little Things…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Local Knowledge, Student Voice.

Community Voice: Camden, Gentrification, and Education

This guest post is by Keith Benson, a local teacher, resident, NJEA member, and Rutgers-Camden PhD candidate: On the heels of the Mayor and other city big-wigs touting the arrival of a new Philadelphia 76ers PRACTICE (“We’re talkin’ about practice!”) facility that will cost taxpayers $82 Million, and for that king’s ransom, yield a paltry … Continue reading Community Voice: Camden, Gentrification, and Education…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Community Voice, Local Knowledge.

Student Voice: “Homeless not Helpless”

This guest post is authored by Rutgers student Marcus Biddle. Read the whole article at his project, Camden Writes:  Peter Bowser has accepted his reality of living as a homeless individual in America’s most impoverish city, but he refuses to allow his situation of homelessness to put him in a state of helplessness. “I’m not … Continue reading Student Voice: “Homeless not Helpless”…

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

Guest Post: Local Knowledge from Cincinnati

This guest post is from Dr. Kristen Danley. She is a resident at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, one of the most talented writers I know, and also happens to be my sister. Enjoy. I’m standing on the sidewalk at 10 p.m., eating barbecue and listening to a roller derby girl explain how a dream helped her … Continue reading Guest Post: Local Knowledge from Cincinnati…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Guest Post, Local Knowledge.

76ers to Camden: the South Jersey Strategy

Next City pegs the price of each job coming to Camden with the Sixers practice facility at $1.6 million. New Jersey Policy Perspective’s president, Gordon MacInnes places the number at $328,000. NJ.com says that there will be $76.6 in “direct and indirect taxes”, including “spillover effects,” outstripped by the $82 million in state grants. And Tom Knoche … Continue reading 76ers to Camden: the South Jersey Strategy…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Local Knowledge.