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Community Voice: Streets, lights, and the lack of gentrification

The following is a guest post from Joseph Russell (@thegreengrass):  There’s been a lot of talk about gentrification lately. NPR ran a piece in January about its benefits to neighborhood residents. Solomon Jones published an article on AxisPhilly about its alienation of longtime residents in suddenly hot neighborhoods. Whatever your thoughts about it are, it’s a … Continue reading Community Voice: Streets, lights, and the lack of gentrification…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Community Voice.

Camden Chatter: Pride

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden Ph.D. Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Share it!

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Camden Chatter.

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.