I wanted to introduce you to a couple of education activists who also happen to be college students. People often say young people are our future, but that sells them short. The activities of Mel Katz (a student at TCNJ and running for School Board in South Brunswick) and Stephanie Rivera, a graduate student at … Continue reading College and Grad Students Leading on Education Issues…
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I have a confession to make. One of my guilty pleasures is the @PatcoWatchers twitter feed. Every morning and evening, when I do my daily walk back home (and past the Patco stop in Camden), I pull out my phone and check all the latest. Have a complaint? I get four e-mails (including the blank ones) for … Continue reading The #aPATCOlypse and Crowd Sourcing Transportation…
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One of the big themes of my work is the way that neighborhoods reinterpret Broken Windows Theory to be about fixing the windows, not punishing the window breaker. Camden City is offering neighborhoods $250 to work on these types of projects. Neat program. Here are the details from Marcus Biddle’s Camden Writes project: With at least 10 … Continue reading Student Voice: Camden City with Grants for “Broken Windows”…
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Steve Ercolani and team have been hard at work for a while now on a documentary on North Camden’s Little League and the broader Pyne Poynt neighborhood. The trailer just came out last week: Share it!
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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…
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There are some worthwhile critiques in this Jim Walsh article at the Courier-Post that address critiques of the current development paradigm in Camden. Here’s my colleague Dr. Julia Sass Rubin: Some critics question the value of corporate tax breaks, calling them a costly and ineffective way to attract or keep a business. Executives are more … Continue reading What I’m Reading: Critics of Holtec…
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