Aimed at providing a means of communication for student organizations, SwoopTEXT went live on Main Campus in Fall 2011. Since its inception at Temple, student organizations have found success in utilizing the program to connect with members. The idea for SwoopText was pitched to a professor at Princeton University who liked the idea and ran…
Volunteers and lawyers help residents clear their records for a shot at better jobs and housing.
Walk down into Aminata Sy’s West Philadelphia basement, and you’ll see color splashed on the walls. There are self-portraits and large, red suns drawn in crayon, as well as maps of Africa highlighting the different countries of the continent. Sy, originally from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and later Senegal, runs…
A group of students is utilizing a class project in an effort to raise awareness about suicide, and honor the memory of a graduate who died just before the semester began. Days after he was declared missing by friends and family, Roswell Friend, a broadcast telecommunications and mass media major who graduated last spring, was…
I started writing for Global Philadelphia in early 2013 and have been writing different pieces for them since then. They were nice enough to include me in their monthly newsletter last June. Super nice of them. You can read the small write-up on me below and check out the newsletter in all of its entirety…
Students gathered at the School District’s headquarters late Thursday afternoon to participate in a “die-in” to protest the grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. They also honored the death of Laporshia Massey, a Philadelphia student who died last year after suffering an asthma attack…
U Got Munchies, a popular food truck that made its way to Main Campus last semester, is slated to open its first restaurant this semester next door to the Owl’s Nest. The restaurant, to be located at 2012 N. Broad St., will also be named U Got Munchies, but will offer more food for Temple…
For the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to assist Diana Lu of Plan Philly with a few audio stories. The project focused around WHYY’s listening post and while it still has a few small kinks here and there, it has been a success and a rewarding experience. Rewarding to be able to speak…
Antonio McCall is mentoring young boys through the same program he grew up with.
For Michael Cogbill, getting engaged in the electoral process is the best way an individual can help to eliminate community violence.