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COVID-19 Blog Series

18 Feb

Posted at 22:30h in COVID-19 Blog Series
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I was very excited for the lock down in the beginning. I was okay with staying in for two weeks or even until the end of my sophomore year, school was draining that year.  What I didn’t know and wasn’t expecting to say inside for so long. Not only that but how my life would change over the lockdown.   You see, I’m an extrovert and I basically need people to talk to. I would try to...

30 Nov

Posted at 22:26h in COVID-19 Blog Series, Uncategorized
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 A poem by Guest Writer, Ava Szalay, 14 years old , Philadelphia “All lives can’t matter until black lives do” The words Cup Foods hang above our heads and flowers dot the street George, I among others will fight for you Words, names of others killed written in rainbow hues And fists proclaiming justice exfoliated with Minnesotan heat “All lives can’t matter until black lives do” A father, a son, a friend and now a subject to Brutality from those in blue who...

12 Nov

Posted at 21:22h in COVID-19 Blog Series
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  Doha Ibrahim served as a student representative to Philadelphia Board of Education last school year. When the quarantine began in March, students were displaced from their normal routines, including Doha Ibrahim, then a Philadelphia Student Representative. In this role, she spoke on behalf of students in the Philadelphia School District, relaying their concerns and opinions to the Philadelphia Board of Education. “When we are on the board —and I am not sugarcoating it— I felt like...

07 Aug

Posted at 15:39h in COVID-19 Blog Series
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by Anonymous Guest Writer, 15-year-old, South Philadelphia Prepared meals being donated to families from South Philly Barbacoa. The past few months have been full of challenges and changes. The normal is abnormal. As an only child, staying at home hasn’t been so easy. I’m social, community-oriented, and enjoy sports, so at first, finding ways to stay active at home wasn’t easy. For a while, I entertained myself with exercises trending all over social media, which weren’t bad...

07 Aug

Posted at 12:25h in COVID-19 Blog Series
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Jonathan Williams (right) and Dante Franklin (left) at a cleaning job at Uncle Bobbie’s in Germantown. In light of the recent protests sparked by the unjustified deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others, young entrepreneur Jonathan Williams’ commitment to supporting his community has come into stark relief. Jonathan Williams, 23, first started his business Chestnut Hill Cleaning at the age of 16. He was having a hard time finding a job and decided...