“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers students on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. This article is authored by Ph.D. Candidate Rasheda Weaver. Here are her thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Please “like” the Local Knowledge Blog on Facebook!Share it!
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“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers students on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. This article is authored by Ph.D. Candidate Rasheda Weaver. Here are her thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Share it!
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This guest post is from Rutgers-Camden student Brian Gregg. Brian works in North Camden, and was at the Little League Baseball game when the New York Times also was present. He sent me this story about something that happened there that did not fit the narrative of the New York Times article and was left out of … Continue reading Student Voice: New York Times attended baseball game but missed the story…
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This guest post was authored by Stephen Paur, Jesuit Volunteer, Catholic Partnership Schools, ’13-’14. I have a series of stories coming in based off of yesterday’s post, No, Camden is not the un-Ferguson. I hope to share info from others over the next few days: I spent a year working in Camden’s Catholic schools and … Continue reading Community Voice: Camden has a Long Way to Go with New Police Force…
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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”…
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Over the past week, Gov. Christie has been in Camden twice, once to tout the new police force as a policy model, and once in support of education changes. In doing so, there has been a lot of numbers thrown around regarding the new police force, some optimistic, and some that indicate the force is … Continue reading Giving Chris Christie Credit for Camden Requires a Selective Memory…
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