Fairhill: Temple Outreach

Traveling through the streets of Fairhill, one might notice a number of banners hanging in the streets. One in particular that caught my eye was the following:



The banner reads: "People see so much pain on a daily basis that they no longer feel anything anymore. We cannot forget what we live for."

The project actually came out of Temple University's Tyler School of Art and the School of Communications and Theatre. It is directed by Professors Pepon Osorio and Karen Turner, and their aim is to highlight the youth violence in Latino North Philadelphia communities like Fairhill. To do this, they pair journalism and art students with actual families from the neighborhood. The art students tell the story of their given family through both their own and their family's artwork, and the journalists write stories about the families as well as about youth violence in the neighborhood.

To find out more about the project or to read blogs from the students involved, go to their website at inlovingmemoryofproject.com.

Danielle Harvey & Becca Lane
Group 17: Fairhill