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How love and justice don’t have to conflict

The Philadelphia Convention Center recently hosted over 150 non-profit organizations, who set up shop in an exhibition hall alongside and as a part of The Justice Conference. These organizations represent people who are acting hands-on and doing redemptive work toward justice in some of the world’s messiest places. For the young and eager activist, this

Black History Month is celebrated in many forms, but the month always begins with recognition. The annual celebration is the time the nation commemorates prolific African-Americans and their achievements. The celebration is in recognizing the struggle of ethnic minorities to become a vital part of American popular culture. For many African-American artists and entertainers, meaningful

Zero Dark Thirty depicts the events post 9/11, of the military raid on May 1, 2011 that killed the most sought after terrorist of the 21st century, Osama bin Laden. Many of us remember that fateful day in which we helplessly watched hijacked planes crash into a rural cornfield in Pennsylvania and buildings in Manhattan

Philadelphia’s Theater of Living Arts welcomed the HEAVY AND LIGHT tour to its stage on February 12. The tour, which was sponsored by the organization To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), visited 16 cities across the nation during January and February, ending in Orlando, Florida on the 18th. TWLOHA is a non-profit organization founded

Philadelphia flower show prepares for yearly event

University City District and VIX Emporium – a shop filled with locally crafted gifts of all kinds have presented the 30th Street Craft Market. Located at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, the craft market was held in the North Waiting Room located on the north side of the station. The first craft market took place

“A Winter Sort of Thing” has been a tradition at Eastern for the past five years. It is a collaboration between Eastern University theatre and Yes! And…, a theatre organization created by Eastern alumni. This year’s musical was entitled “All Hands on Deck” and was truly “decked out” with imagination and creativity. It is the

First Person Arts’ mission states that they, as an organization, “believe that everyone has a story to tell and that storytelling connects us with each other and the