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11th grade student at hope charter school, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

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  • Project H.O.M.E.: Our Co-Founders on 2009-10-26

    • Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson McConnon co-founded Project
      H.O.M.E., a nationally recognized organization that provides supportive
      housing, employment, education and health care to enable chronically homeless
      and low-income persons to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. Under
      their leadership, Project H.O.M.E has grown from an emergency winter shelter
      to 447 units of housing and three businesses that provide employment to
      formerly homeless persons. Project H.O.M.E. also prevents homelessness in a
      low-income neighborhood in North Central Philadelphia. This initiative
      includes greening vacant lots, economic development, home ownership for the
      working poor, and the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology
      Labs—a 38,000 square foot, state-of-the-art center that offers
      comprehensive educational and occupational programming. To date, Project
      H.O.M.E. has leveraged over $50,000,000 in equity towards housing and
      economic development.



  • Employment: Solving the Q.N. Problem - TIME on 2009-10-26
    • Measure of Self-Respect. The decisive element, which has eluded most
      conventional job programs, was the inculcation of personal pride that
      Negroes so often lacked. "You can't train someone by just putting him
      behind a machine," Sullivan maintains. "You've got to see that he's
      properly motivated and has a measure of self-respect." The students,
      many of them migrants from the rural South, were taught the
      achievements of their own race and of other minorities. Not only were
      they told how to conduct themselves in a job interview, a basic lesson
      other such courses sometimes overlooked; they were also instructed in
      the basic urban skills—shopping wisely, handling money, attending to
      personal hygiene and grooming.
  • Paul M. Washington » The Man on 2009-10-26
    • The 1970”s also marked Father Paul’s and the Advocate’s increasing involvement in another area of inequality-the role of women in the Episcopal Church. In 1974, Father Paul participated in the ordination of the first 11 women into priesthood. Although the ordination was highly controversial, this event marked a new era for both the Episcopal Church and the Church of The Advocate. He was widely known and revered. At the request of then-Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Father Paul participated in the international peace conference in Iran that was forbidden by the U.S. government. He was honored far and wide.
  • GRIZZLIES: Allen Iverson Press Conference quotes on 2009-10-26

    • ALLEN IVERSON


      Opening Statement:

      “(My expectations are) to win. A lot of people obviously when you talk
      about the Memphis Grizzlies feel as if getting to the playoffs is enough and
      is considered a successful season. I wouldn’t have signed the contract
      if I felt that just making the playoffs is what I was coming to accomplish.
      Like Chris (Wallace) said, I think differently than how most people think. The
      only thing that matters is us, (pointing to his teammates) those guys over there,
      the coaching staff and the fans that care about the Memphis Grizzlies.”

  • Michael Vick signs two-year deal with Philadelphia Eagles - ESPN on 2009-10-23
    • "I'm a believer that as long as people go through the right process, they deserve a second chance," Eagles coach Andy Reid said. "He's got great people on his side; there isn't a finer person than Tony Dungy. He's proven he's on the right track."
  • Article: Philadelphia's big gamble: in signing Terrell Owens, the Eagles got one of... | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy on 2009-10-23

    • THE FIRST T.O. MOMENT FOR the Philadelphia Eagles arrived only minutes into the wideout's introductory news conference. Head coach Andy Reid innocuously mispronounced the first name of his prized addition, prompting the outspoken Terrell Owens to interrupt. "It's turrULL" Owens said, patting his boss on the back.



      Unaccustomed to being upstaged by one of his subjects, especially one flown in on a private jet, Reid turned the uneasiness to laughter with a compromise. "From now on," Reid said, "it's T.O."



      And so it was and is and will continue to be for Andy Reid and the Eagles. After three straight disappointments in the NFC Championship Game

  • WILL SMITH BIOGRAPHY on 2009-10-22
    • Smith was troubled by the escalating violence associated with hip-hop and the tragic deaths of Tupac and Biggie. Frankly he was unsure of his role. "That was a large part of why I didn't make a record," Smith explains. "It was like I don't even wanna rhyme. I made records in my crib. I thought that if this is what the world is going to, then I don't think there's any place in there for me." On his very first solo album, Big Willie Style, Smith boldly takes a seat at the table.
  • Phillies fans boo Dodgers pitcher off the mound.(Los Angeles Dodgers)(Philadelphia Phillies)(Brief Article)(Excerpt) | Article from Baseball Digest | HighBeam Research on 2009-10-22

    • IN GAME 3 OF THE 1977 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES BETWEEN THE Los ANGELES DODGERS AND Philadelphia Phillies, Dodgers pitcher Burt Hooton was staked to a 2-0 lead but was struggling in the bottom of the second inning at Veterans Stadium.



      With two men on base and two out, Hooton had a 1-and-2 count on Phillies hurler Karry Christenson. Hooton then reared back and fired what he believed was an inning-ending strike three. But plate umpire Harry Wendelstedt called it a ball.



      "I turned and kicked the rubber real hard," Hooton recalled. "Everbody seemed to be watching. A few fans started yelling, then more picked it up and it just started to go around

  • 1999 Philadelphia Phillies - BR Bullpen on 2009-10-22
    • The 1999 Phillies had their share of outstanding individual performances, particularly at the plate. Doug Glanville hit .325 and became the first Phillie to collect 200 hits in a season since Pete Rose in 1979. Bobby Abreu hit .335 while amassing a "quadruple-double" (double figures in doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases), the first Phillie to do so since Juan Samuel in 1987. Mike Lieberthal hit 31 homers - a franchise record for catchers - and also won a Gold Glove. Rico Brogna hit 24 home runs and knocked in 102. Rolen's injuries limited him to 112 games, but he still managed to hit 26 homers with 77 RBI. Alex Arias hit .303, including a league-leading .545 as a pinch-hitter.
  • The Murals of Philadelphia - Photo Essays - TIME on 2009-10-22



      • The Murals of Philadelphia




        'Common Threads'
        Artist: Meg Saligman
        One of the city's most famous murals, this piece is eight stories high.

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