University City Review - 06-03-2020 Digital Edition

West Philly’s 52nd Street takes a big hit this past Sunday night

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oming out to 52nd Street the morning [Monday] after the rioting and looting was both saddening and heartwarming. It was sad to see the mess and damage to businesses, many of which are already struggling due to the effects of the pandemic crisis.

But it was great to see so many community members and volunteers come out to help clean up. The majority of the mess in the sidewalks and streets was cleaned up in a matter of hours, and we

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appreciate the tremendous effort. We know this is just the beginning though, and there is still much work to do to help our businesses and community. We also understand why people are mad and protesting, so we also know that there is much work to be done across the city and country to stop the pervasive inequality and injustice.”

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There’s No Community The Fire This Time – Violence and Mayhem Ravage Philly Communities Activist Like “Sam”, The

By Nathaniel Lee UC Review/Philadelphia Free Press Correspondent

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eaceful protests against the violent death of George Floyd, an African American male by a white police officer in Minnesota sparked outrage which later turned to violence in states across the nation, made its way to Philadelphia, last Saturday night, going forward with a vengeance.

What began as peaceful protests in Center City Philadelphia, where participants gathered to cry for justice and an end to what they believed to be the persistent and racially motivated slaughter of black men by white police officers, turned into violent clashes resulting in the burning and looting of stores and other commercial establishments, turning neighborhood business corridors that were once thriving community hubs continued on page 12

Sam is with 100-year old, the late, Mrs. Evelyn Payne.

By Jim Brown Community Contributor

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f you ever need an activist to come to your aid, I hope they’re like Mrs. “Sam” Samuel. She’s a woman who loves her community unconditionally and will serve the needs of children and seniors, what-ever way she can. She’s

known as “Sam,” in the West Philly, Mantua community she has been an advocate for many years in Mantua.

We had a phone interview with Mrs. Sam Samuel recently (5/23/20) about the valuable work she does in Mantua and why she was continued on page 9

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May 28, 2020 Dear Mercy Philadelphia Community, Earlier this year, we announced the beginning of a process to pursue a new path for Mercy Catholic Medical Center – Mercy Philadelphia Campus transitioning away from an inpatient hospital and toward one that better and more sustainably serves West Philadelphia over the long term. As part of our commitment to transparency, we are reaching out to provide another update related to those efforts.

Though before that update, it is important to take a moment to recognize the vitally important work of our healthcare heroes. We are truly and immeasurably thankful for the tireless efforts and unwavering commitment of our nurses, physicians and staff in battling the COVID-19 pandemic in the hard-hit Philadelphia region. We know you have all felt the devastating impact of this virus, and we at Mercy Philadelphia, sadly, recognize those beloved colleagues lost in recent months, whom we solemnly honor by furthering our Mission and our duties as healers.

We also thank you, the members of our community, for doing all that you can to keep yourselves and in turn our staff safe. As we begin to see the positive impact of social distancing taking hold and we begin to look positively toward services resuming, a small group of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic leaders continues to explore options for the future of the Mercy Philadelphia campus. While nothing has yet been finalized, we are getting closer, and we are hopeful that we will be in a position to share with you some important news in the coming weeks. Aligned with our initial and ongoing discussions—both with colleagues and community members—we are in close discussions with several possible partners who would enable a new, sustainable healthcare future for our neighbors.

As we have vowed since the beginning, we remain committed to a deliberate, careful and thoughtful transformation that will help ensure the community we cherish and have served for a century continues to have access to the critical services it needs and deserves. And while Mercy Philadelphia may look quite different in the future, we will hold true to this promise.

As we continue down the path of transforming Mercy Philadelphia, we are committed to keeping our colleagues and community as informed as possible when details and a decision become available. In the meantime, please join us in keeping those affected by COVID-19, and the men and women on the front lines battling the virus, in your prayers.

Sincerely,

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Chris Cullom President Mercy Catholic Medical Center

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Mayor Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw issue statements on the use of tear gas Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw Statement:

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onday] afternoon, at approximately 4:55 p.m., Philadelphia Police responded to the I-676 expressway, between the 20th and 22nd Street bridges, in order to render assistance to PA State Police. A crowd of over one hundred persons had breached the fencing and proceeded onto the roadway. While on the roadway, the crowd surrounded a State Trooper, who was alone and seated in his vehicle, and began rocking the vehicle, with the trooper having no safe means of egress.

Afterward, SWAT officers simultaneously deployed non-chemical white smoke and CS gas (tear gas). This simultaneous deployment allows the officers to use less CS gas, while maintaining a deterrent visual effect.

All deployments ceased at 5:15 p.m., and numerous arrests were made, without further incident.

The SWAT officers gave numerous orders for the crowd to disperse, to which the crowd did not comply.

“We have repeatedly assured our great communities that we will protect, preserve, and uphold every person’s constitutional right to protest.

However, we can not tolerate acts of violence and other criminal activity,” stated Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, adding, “Today’s deployment of tear gas was a means to safely diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation, and restore order, when it became increasingly clear that other measures were ineffective in accomplishing that necessary objective. We will continue to evaluate the propriety of all applications of force and make determinations as the circumstances of each unique situation dictate.”

Approximately, 5:05 p.m., SWAT Team 2 deployed FN OC spray pellets, OC spray, and bean bags in the direction of the crowd. SWAT Team 1 deployed FN OC pellets and bean bags.

As is the case for all applications of force, this incident will be investigated by the Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division. That investigation has already been initiated and will continue to unfold.

Two teams from the Philadelphia Police SWAT Unit arrived. While the SWAT officers were present, members of the crowd began throwing rocks at the officers from the north and south sides, and from the bridges above the officers. The crowd also began rushing toward the officers.

Mayor Jim Kenney Statement:

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he use of tear gas during a demonstration is something that I never wanted to witness during my time as mayor.

I’m deeply saddened that peaceful protests for such an important cause are being diminished by actions that threaten public safety.

“I want to assure the public that this was not a decision that anyone took lightly. It was made because we simply cannot condone behaviors that endanger the lives of others, like traversing an open highway. The officers on site were concerned about the safety of protestors as well as those who may be driving on the highway.

“After issuing several warnings, they made the decision to deploy tear gas to encourage the crowd to disperse.

While I regret that it

came to that, and I am disturbed by the footage that I’ve seen, I support decisions made by the Department to resolve today’s activity.

“I also support activity by people like Deputy Commissioner Melvin Singleton, who was able to peacefully disperse a crowd in Center City by kneeling with them, activity that was mirrored by officers across the City, including outside the Police Administration building.

“We will only be able to move forward if we are united together, and we must keep each other safe while supporting each other through our grief.

“I urge Philadelphians to continue peaceful protesting in ways that do not put yourselves, your fellow Philadelphians, or law enforcement officers in danger.”

Statement of Philadelphia Young Republicans’ Chairman Ross Wolfe 0n George Floyd and the Philly Riots

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hiladelphia is the birthplace of Liberty, the most fundamental right underlying our nation’s identity. No citizenry values the protection and preservation of Liberty more than us, here in Philadelphia. The murder of George Floyd deeply offended every Philadelphian’s sensibilities, as we watched his murder in horror, leading to warrant-

ed outrage and necessary activism. We, as Philadelphians – regardless of race, religion, sexual identity, or political affiliation – are united in demanding justice for George Floyd and reforms to ensure this never happens again. This was on display over the weekend as people of all backgrounds gathered for peaceful demonstrations.

Sadly, a small group is

using this tragedy for personal gain by looting stores and destroying communities. Let me be very clear: the people engaged in these crimes care nothing for the preservation and protection of Liberty nor justice for George Floyd, and their conduct is a dishonor to his legacy.

Their acts are disingenuous, self-serving, and

not at all representative of the values embodied by the peaceful protests which have occurred.

Each day their conduct is permitted to continue we become less unified, and George Floyd’s death becomes more about the resulting riots than justice and reform.

To achieve any sense of justice, Philadelphia must be unified in

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blings of the onslaught of economic shutdown and devastating social withdrawal from community, friends and family due to the corona virus health crises, we had to halt the print edition of both the University City Review and Philadelphia Free Press, and rely solely on our digital editions.

Your very generous contributions have helped sustain us through these trying times keeping the publications afloat, and reporting primarily on the sobering topics of health, loss of life, virtual performances and exhibits, and now, violence and devastation throughout many of

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However, we believe there is a glimmer of hope and restoration ahead of us because of the response of neighbors on both sides of the river to both crises.

We want to thank you, our generous and faithful readers and advertisers, for your financial

demanding these riots stop or are stopped, immediately. We do not owe these criminals any remorse, sympathy, or understanding. Just as George Floyd deserves justice, so too do the victims of these mobs’ crimes. Indeed, Democracy fails when justice is selectively applied.

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City Safari: Philadelphia sees little lockdown during its pandemic of violence, looting and destruction be before the usual suspects infiltrated the demonstrations and put video of the murder their own stamp on it? of George Floyd in The peaceful protests Minneapolis was did turn violent. Part of posted on Facebook before the reason they turned the ensuing protests and violent can be attributed riots in Philadelphia and to the unnecessary many other cities. Like national lockdown over many people, I watched covid-19. The lockdown the video barely believing contributed to feelings what I was seeing: A man of massive feelings of begging for his life, asking frustration. It laid the to be allowed to breathe as groundwork. For three a police officer (he hardly months all CNN and deserves the title) wedged the corporate media his leg against the man’s could talk about was the neck as three fellow offivirus and how everyone cers, accomplices essential- was on the verge of ly, observed the goings on death. It saturated our with relative indifference. consciousness; defined At a certain point one offi- our life, limited our cer walked away from the movements. Then scene, his body language we witnessed—and (hands on his hips) indicat- are still witnessing-ing someone who was very the quarantine of the nervous about what was healthy rather than a taking place. I didn’t finish quarantine of the sick. watching the film. Like Overnight it seemed those shocking videos of we had all become Islamist jihad beheadings prisoners and lost our in the desert, sometimes freedoms. you have to turn them off. The repression of our The street protests in freedoms in the name the beginning were of health set the ‘social’ decent demonstrations water on a high boil. although anyone The rapid pace of the familiar with protest peaceful-to-rioting culture today realizes protests reminded me of that there’s always an how an obscure virus in undercurrent of violence China so swiftly turned ready to emerge. into a global pandemic.

As the protests grew The two scenarios seem one could feel the linked in a strange emerging shadow way…in a way that I of Antifa and other cannot grasp.

The ugly facts of Floyd’s demonic forces gaining strength. I asked myself: murder captured the attention (and heart) of How long would it

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everyone. Even staunch defenders of the police seemed to take pause and rethink everything they thought they knew about racial injustice.

Before the violence it was a perfect moment for social change.

Like a viral fever the violence spread everywhere and did its damage. As the names of cities began to pile up—Los Angeles, New York, Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia—and the list of damages and destroyed properties grew, the more Floyd’s name seemed to recede into the background.

The violence-- even as Floyd’s own brother was calling for the rioters to

stay calm--was taking over and replacing Floyd’s murder and memory with another atrocity.

The riots, in effect, tarnished and dishonored Floyd. And they are still doing that.

I walked through Center City and surveyed the damage caused by the riots and looting. Many Center City residents had the same idea and were taking photographs of their beloved city in tatters. Expletives spray painted on the fronts and sides of old buildings like the Belgravia on Walnut Street, WFSF bank were common.

ATMs were hammered in; Wells Fargo Bank

West Philly’s 52nd Street takes a big hit

was plastered with boards. The CVS near Rittenhouse Square had just enough glass punched out of its front window so that looters could crawl inside and topple over merchandise in the aisles.

I started my walk up Chestnut Street but couldn’t turn on Walnut because police had the area blocked off. The high-rise fire from the night before was still causing complications.

Onlookers strained their necks to see the burnedout tops of buildings, many taking photos. I detoured down Locust passing Rouge which was serving food and drinks outdoors, a line

of takers waiting in line to order. Walking along Locust the scene was more normal but that changed when I was able to finally make a turn on Walnut.

I passed a clothing store with a tiny side window broken through revealing an accessible rack of expensive sneakers. Whoever broke the window wanting to snatch the sneakers had apparently been apprehended in the knick of time.

Some stores were left untouched. Barnes and Noble, for instance, didn’t have a scratch on it—looters do not like to read—and Brooks

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Violence in West Philly

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Paul Robeson High School for Human Services Family and Friends,

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Riots and Looting are not Protest ness. Now is the time to harness that anger to e are all create effective and pergrieving the manent change. Change tragic deaths occurs when we take of George Floyd, Breonna control of our lives.

Taylor and Ahmaud ArNo matter how justifibery and so many others. ably angry and hurt one We are deeply concerned is, there is no right to about the historic and destroy or deface propcontinuing mistreatment erty. Reverend Dr. Leon of African Americans.

Sullivan, the founder of We understand grief and OIC walked alongside we understand protest.

Dr. Martin Luther King Philadelphia OIC was Jr. peacefully during the born of protest. Protest has resulted in significant height of the civil rights movement to protest and on-going change in for equality. They used America. Protest, howcivil disobedience to force ever, is not violence. The concessions and create violence and looting that change. Protest works. has descended upon our Violence and looting do City is not protest. The images splashed over the not. Violence muddles national media of looting, our message and distracts burning and violence are from the power of our collective voice and our not us.

We understand the anger message.

We have and can make and feeling of hopelessDear Friends,

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a difference without violence.

Philadelphia OIC stands with you to advocate for equality and fairness for all people.

Judge Renée Cardwell Hughes President & CEO Philadelphia OIC Philadelphia OIC is a workforce development organization which works to eradicate poverty through education and job training.

he past week has been so emotionally compromising, for us as a community, for our city and this country. Not only are we in the midst of civil unrest, but also our school community is still reeling from the murder/shooting death of one of our beloved 11th graders, David Williams.

And that has been really hard to deal with, especially after the near-death shooting incident with Maliek Robbins back in December. I am personally traumatized, more so because I can’t see our students on a day-to-day basis like I wish so that I can know for sure they are ok. While my heart aches for the cavalier loss of life suffered by people of color in the world our children are growing up in, I am still blessed with amazing students, a great school staff, and a loving school community that is being celebrated throughout this great city, this state, and throughout this country.

You continue to make me believe, and I believe we will get through this terrible time, one way or another. So, please continue to have faith as we weather this storm.

The mixed emotions of this past week has also included some sunshine in the midst of this storm we are in. This week, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the Pennsylvania Principals Association, the top school leadership associations in the state/ country, will present to me the 2020 Pennsylvania Principal of the Year Award (see below).

Also, I will also be presented with a national award, the NASSP 2020 Distinguished Service to Education Award..

For the next year, I will have the privilege of representing Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in a number of state and national activities.

It is with humility and a heavy heart that I share these honors with you, because no matter how exciting this is for our wonderful school community, I pray for

the opportunity soon for us to celebrate this with our students and families in-person. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you, as often as I can, for your continued support on this journey we have embarked on. As I often say, the greatest honor I have ever had professionally is to represent our outstanding staff members, students, families, community partners, and advocates of Paul Robeson High School for Human Services.

You are the main reason, my true secret weapon, as to why this small school they wanted to close in 2013, the one nobody wanted, in poverty-stricken West Philly is receiving such local, state, and national attention. And also, to our friends and those who have supported my personal leadership journey through my beginnings, my successes, and failure, you are on this email because your collegiality, leadership, kindness, and significant contributions to my professional career helped me craft my leadership voice/vision.

For that, I can never thank you enough.

I believe our school is

truly advancing educational opportunities so that our kids can truly be the “next generation” of leaders in Philadelphia. And, as our current times have shown, that mission will be much needed more than ever now. Our mission is clear, our battle awaits us, and I am honored to serve with you all. Our nurturing school community is getting the attention it so richly deserves, despite the heartbreaking sense of loss many of us are feeling during this very difficult time in our history. I ask that you please keep our students, our families, our colleagues, our city, and our country in your prayers.

If you wish to reply to me, please reach out on my cell phone 215.740.3872 or to me individually.

Humbly in service with you, Richard M. Gordon IV Principal Paul Robeson High School for Human Services 4125 Ludlow Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: 215-400-7780 Fax: 215-400-7781

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City Safari continued from page 4 Brothers’ front door had just one small spider webbed scar, not quite broken glass.

The looters must have changed their minds when they spotted all those bow ties. The expensive athletic and sneaker store next to Brooks Brothers, North Point, was a different story: it was boarded up.

I watched as armies of bike cops rode in tandem up and down the streets, but there were no looters for them to take note of.

Center City volunteers carried buckets and brooms and began the work of scrubbing away the spray-painted expletives and hollow political slogans. It was a positive sight.

I headed down East Market Street via Saint John the Evangelist Church on 13th Street, but since churches do not sell sneakers, the church and its statues were left unharmed, though that was not the case in Washington DC where the Church of the

Presidents, Saint John’s, was set on fire (and the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King spoke, vandalized).

Macy’s, which had been attacked hours before, showed no signs of a break-in (the store has been boarded up since the virus lockdown).

Along Market Street, one of Century 21’s windows had been smashed as well as the front windows of other stores.

For three days the looters ran willy-nilly throughout the city.

Police seemed to be operating with their hands tied, arresting only a few people. At the height of the drama, rather than use tear gas or rubber bullets, it seemed that the police had instituted a hands off policy. Online videos showed looters demolishing police cars and setting them on fire as officers ran away like scared rabbits. In one video, 6 or 7 police cars were destroyed as police stood by like hand wringing church ladies. Do videos lie?

The police seemed to be holding themselves

back. As I played and replayed the video, I noticed a pattern.

Every city that had been hit with looter violence is one that has a Democratic mayor. As a registered Democrat, I say this with some sadness. Progressive Democratic politics is unusually politically correct. In almost every instance, all of the Democratic mayors did as Mayor Kenney did: they adopted a watch and wait attitude, using no tear gas or effective crowd control measures (prior to the writing of this story,) for fear of alienating the mob and possibly killing someone. This would put the name of their city on the top of CCN news, a “municipal executor” no better than the officer who killed George Floyd.

All the Democratic mayors seemed to be holding back because they feared being labeled racists if they employed harsh tactics to deal with the looters.

After my walk through Center City, I headed home to my neighborhood in

Fishtown and Port Richmond to discover that my own area had been attacked. A string of stores along Aramingo Avenue had been vandalized, as were several stores in my local shopping center. My local WAWA, a stone’s throw away from my house, had all of its windows shattered. The IGA supermarket had also been hit, as well as another athletic sports wear and sneaker store near the IGA. The terrorists then moved up and down Aramingo Ave. and farther into Kensington.

Before press time, the looters attacked Jefferson Hospital’s Neuro Clinic in Center City.

During all of this, our weak mayor seemed to vascilate, afraid to protect the citizens of Philadelphia and their property from destruction by coming down hard on the looters. He seemed to be sitting back with his head in the sand, afraid to act for fear of offending the rioters.

The price of waiting to act can be disastrous.

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The businesses along Chestnut and Walnut Street, already hurting because of the lockdown, now have to deal with the aftermath of terrorism.

There’s no guarantee that these businesses are going to want to stay in Philadelphia when (and if) the smoke clears. If riots and looting are the future of big cities in America, then it would behoove these businesses to move to safer, smaller

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On June 1, when I thought that the looting and mayhem was over, there was more trouble along the Ben Franklin Bridge and in my own neighborhood.

The looters and terrorists, in the end, have accomplished nothing. They have murdered George Floyd a second time.

They have also all but guaranteed the reelection of Donald Trump this November.

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Television Academy Foundation Announces 40th College Television Awards Winners in Global Livestream

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ichina Arnold, Kelly McCreary, Drew and Jonathan Scott Among Television Stars Who Presented Top Honors In First-Ever Virtual College Television Awards Ceremony (NoHo Arts District, Calif. – May 30, 2020) – The Television Academy Foundation announced the winners of the 40th College Television Awards tonight, which recognizes and rewards excellence in student-produced programs from colleges and universities nationwide, during a global livestream. The program was the Foundation’s first-ever virtual awards ceremony in its 40-year history, created in response to restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 winners were presented awards remotely by television stars Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood), Melissa Barrera (Vida), Gabi Butler (Cheer), Jimmy Fallon (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), Grant Gustin (The Flash), Kelly

McCreary (Grey’s Anatomy), Ryan Michelle Bathe (All Rise; The First Wives Club), Mishel Prada (Vida; Riverdale), Drew and Jonathan Scott (Property Brothers: Forever Home), Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons), and Shoshannah Stern (Grey’s Anatomy; This Close). Nominees were also treated to a surprise congratulatory video featuring André Holland (The Eddy), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy), Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America), Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere), and Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere) during the show. The program was hosted by CBS’s The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation and IMDb’s on the Scene - Interviews correspondent Albert Lawrence, who is also a Television Academy Foundation alumnus. Emulating the Emmy® Awards selection process, entries for the College Television Awards were judged by Television Academy members.

Top honors and a $3,000 cash prize provided by KIA Motors America, the official automotive partner of the awards, went to winning teams in eight categories: Animation Series: Don’t Croak – Daun Kim (Ringling College of Art + Design) Comedy Series: They Won’t Last – Richard C. Bailey, Brandon Gale and Portlynn Tagavi (American Film Institute) Commercial, PSA or Promo: Miguel – Reebok – Jacob Benjamin Knudsen, Paul Monk, Pablo Isaak Perez and Bentley Rawle (Brigham Young University) Drama Series: Balloon – Christina Cha, Jeremy Merrifield and Dave Testa (American Film Institute) News: Al Día: A Border Emergency – Viviana Borroel, Jessica Cardenas, Xochilt Lagunas, Stephanie Margarita La Vau, Maricela Perez, Tania Thorne, Dominic Torres and Regina Yurrita (California State University, Fullerton) Nonfiction or Reality Series: Dirty Business – Yutao Chen and Francesca Fenzi (University of California, Berkeley) Sports: SportsDesk – Madison Riley Brown, Valerie Ferrante, Amanda Fuentes, Luis Gonzalez, David Perez and Justin Stevens (University of Miami) Variety: Thursday Nite Live – Robin Deering, Benjamin Fletcher, Caroline Cuyler Lea, Brittany McGowan, Sean McNally, Seann David Morgan, Michael O’Rourke, Sydney Pastor Poe and Joe Reiter (Hofstra University) Two special awards were also announced during the program: The Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship was virtually presented to Quinn Else and Marc Tarczali from the American Film Institute for Fort Irwin, a dramatic piece about an amputee veteran who confronts his past trauma. The $10,000 scholarship celebrates student storytellers whose work sheds light on people with disabilities and is underwritten by the Loreen Arbus Foundation.

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er Humanitarian Award, a $4,000 cash prize given to a College Television Award-winning project that best highlights a humanitarian concern, was awarded to Christina Cha, Jeremy Merrifield and Dave Testa from the American Film Institute for Balloon. This award was created over two decades ago by the late entertainment attorney Seymour Bricker.

The 40th College Television Awards show is available for VOD viewing at TelevisionAcademy.com/CTA. The Foundation also arranged exclusive online events and webinars designed to educate, mentor and enhance professional development for nominees prior to the awards show. Nominees took part in virtual panel discussions with industry leaders on topics such as “The Making of HBO’s Insecure” with executive producers Amy Aniobi and Jim Kleverweis and HBO’s Vice President of Production Natasha Foster-Owens; “The Building Blocks of Reality Television” with Endemol Shine’s nonficcontinued on page 10

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appy New Year 2020 from the University City Review in West Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Free Press in Center City!

As we enter our 32nd year of publishing free community newspapers, we are reaching out to you, our readers and advertisers, to offer our many thanks for your enduring support and interest. We are happy that we have been successful in being able to deliver free local news, as well as, feature stories and local advertising on a weekly basis for all of these years. It has truly been a great feat, along with, as we like to say, “a touch of madness.” But, above all, it’s been a labor of love of which we are proud! It is truly gratifying to have met and worked with so many wonderful people, many of whom are now good friends.

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Now, 21 years later, we are entering a period dedicated to improving our sustainability. We are preparing financially and organizationally for the future. Our goals are to increase our stable of writers, to increase our print and digital distribution, to stabilize our cash flow, and to create a Digital 32-year Community History Public Archive. We are again asking for your financial support.

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The Metropolitan Opera in NYC continues it generous gift of free HD performances each evening at 7:30 p.m. from their huge archive of recent and the occasional golden nugget from their past, on view until 6:30 p.m. the following evening.

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Mother of Mantua continued from page 1 so trustworthy with the residents that she assists during this COVID-19 period in the Mantua community. If you live in Mantua, you know who Sam is.

Sam was recently featured on CBS This Morning’s, Saturday Edition called “The Dish”, a nationally news television segment which aired Saturday, May 22nd.

They talked about her community work during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that we’re all facing and her resolve to help others in crisis. She was also featured on Fox 29 with Bill Anderson and was in a feature story on WHYY. She was called the “Food Fairy” during CBS’ news as they shadowed her during one of her many food drop-offs to seniors and residents in the community.

“When CBS news was interviewing me,” said Mrs. Sam, “They contacted the (School District of Philadelphia’s) communications department to let them know that they (CBS News) would be on the premises and that they were doing a story on me and that’s when they said they would bring down a (food) freezer to Mantua.”

We asked Sam about her story. Sam doesn’t like to receive praise for the work that she does in the community but will do the things necessary to improve the quality of lives in her community.

“Well because, I hope somebody else would have a heart to help the people that couldn’t help themselves,” says Mrs. Sam. “Especially the children and the seniors. Well, I’ve helped a lot of them (parents) and all of their kids.” She serves 260 kids in Mantua.

As per the report from the CBS reporter Michelle Miller, The School District of Philadelphia made Mantua and the McMichael Elementary School one of the new distribution sites thanks to the persistence of Sam. Working with the

community activist spirit in her genes from her late grandmother Mrs. Palmore as a child, Sam has consistently supported programs in Mantua and is always a leader for residents to go to when they need some services or have a problem or issue to resolve. Here’s why Sam is so valuable to Mantua as a community advocate, and how she works with people to solve problems about providing school lunches for kids in Mantua.

“It was important that kids received their school lunches in Mantua,” explains Sam. So, I began picking up their lunches twice a week […in my car and a U-Haul truck) delivering the lunches to their homes…] now they’re doing it once a week.”

An example of Sam’s relentless work for Mantua showed when kids in Mantua couldn’t receive their lunches closer to the neighborhood in proximity to their homes. So, it became a problem and Sam tells us how she and others were able to solve the problem.

“The reason that [the lunches] came to McMichael School,” said Mrs. Sam, “Is because the Councilwoman Mrs. Jamie Gauthier talked with them and at first they stated that the McMichael School didn’t have a freezer.

Drexel talked to them and they told them the same thing that they couldn’t bring it [the lunches] ‘no’ closer because it didn’t have ‘no’ freezer. It took nine weeks for them to decide to put a freezer in the McMichael Elementary School at 35th & Fairmount Avenue.”

Sam wears a variety of hats in the community and plans activities year round for the community such as activities with seniors, Christmas Toy Drive and Giveaways, Harvest Day Festival, Easter Egg Hunts, Food Giveaways, organizing school lunch giveaways during this COVID-19

coronavirus crisis and giving out hygiene and household products to residents.

Whether it was her work with the Mantua Community Improvement Committee (MCIC) or the Mantua Civic Association (MCA), Sam has always been there for the community of Mantua in any capacity.

Residents reach out to Sam because she grew up with most of the families in the neighborhood as a kid and continue to remember to give back to others like her late grandmother.

“I’ve been a resident in Mantua for 46 years,” says Mrs. Gwen Morris of Mantua Civic Association. “And when you meet Sam, you really meet the people of Mantua. Working with her for the last couple of years, has been a real awakening for me as a longtime resident because she knows every nook and cranny, every street, every family and family history (of the residents she serves) in this community. So, it’s been really very interesting. It’s about folks in this community and nothing else.”

“We did a lot of things in partnership with Sam in Mantua,” adds Mrs. Morris. “And she was able to balance the relationship with us at MCA. Because it’s about people and not about a particular organization, she works as hard for the priority and initiatives for the Mantua Civic Association, as she had done for the Mantua Community Improvement Committee for all of those years. Because people are at the center of what she does.”

We talked with Mantua community leader and President of the Mantua Civic Association about Sam’s commitment and passion for the community service work she does in the community.

“She’s an asset,” explains DeWayne Drummond, President of the Mantua Civic Association (MCI). “To Mantua, she’s a team player and she does it looking for nothing in return but to put a smile

on people’s faces.”

“She’s a blessing,” adds Mr. Drummond. “She truly is a blessing to the Mantua community and she has been doing this for years. She does it without wanting to receive recognition and does it from her heart and I’m glad that she’s a part of our team over at the Mantua Civic Association (MCA).”

“She has a team that values her,” says Mr. Drummond. “And she also values her team.

When she talks, she always talks about the Mantua Civic Association, so it’s a love there and it’s a

civic family there. She’s definitely a part of the fold.”

We asked Mrs. Gwen Morris what it’s like to work with Sam? “It’s exhausting,” says Mrs. Gwen Morris of Mantua Civic Association. “She’s high energy, she’s direct, she’s fantastic at organizing. She can be an event planner if you asked me. She’s really good at organizing events, but I think it’s the way she interacts with people.” She is relentless and when she sets a goal, she’s gonna meet it and she has a mission that

involves people in this community.”

When you have the support of residents in your corner, the belief of trust will always bring community leaders and residents together to make the community much stronger and that’s what Sam creates as she unselfishly helps others. Mrs. Sam has done for them and their families in their time of need without wanting something in return and she does this year round.

Sam is truly the new “Mother of Mantua” for this generation in the Mantua community.”

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Quick hits: Pennsylvania news briefs

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By Christen Smith showrunner Anthony wide to raise awareness to provide relief to that we have a lot of with just 356 new cases The Center Square Dominici; “From Script to Pennsylvania taxpayers of COVID-19 diagnosed work to do to address about police brutality Screen” with STARZ’s Vida during the pandemic,” the ills that the protests and systemic racism statewide, bringing the series creator, executive Revenue Secretary Dan are about,” Wolf told after 46-year-old Floyd total to 72,282. Of those producer and showrunner Hassell said. “We expect cases, 67 percent have reporters on a Philadel- died during an arrest in Tanya Saracho; “A Converto receive much of this phia street corner Mon- Minneapolis on Memosince recovered. sation with FilmLA” with revenue in the next fiscal Secretary of Health day afternoon. “Racism rial Day. Video footPresident Paul Audley; year, which means we’ll Dr. Rachel Levine said is wrong. We need to age shows city police plus a session focused on have a clearer picture establish a commonofficer Derek Chauvin more than half of the (The Center Square)navigating an uncertain of the pandemic’s effect state’s 5,500 deaths have wealth that is equal kneeling on Floyd’s Pennsylvania’s revenue job market facilitated by later in the year.” neck for nearly nine occurred in nursing and and fair and decent to estimates for May came Creative Arts Agency The news comes just every Pennsylvanian.” minutes while he compersonal care homes, in 17 percent below executive Ruben Garcia. days after Gov. Tom Wolf said he met with plained that he could where the administraexpectations as the Nominees also participated Wolf signed an interim Mayor Jim Kenney not breathe.

The detion continues to focus economic shut down in “Virtual Visits” with budget plan to fund to tour some of the partment fired Chauvin testing efforts. She told lingered into a second television professionals government operations hardest hit areas of the and three other officers reporters Monday that month. from their specific fields of through Nov. 30 while sick staff members pose city, where some phar- involved in the incident The Department of interest. lawmakers wait for macies and groceries last week. Hennepin the highest risk of transRevenue said about 45 “Our sincerest appreciadelayed tax revenue stores have been holCounty investigators mission, making a unipercent of the $439.7 tion to all the stars, industo hit state coffers. The lowed out and burned. also charged Chauversal testing strategy million shortfall comes try leaders and sponsors true extent of the budget all the more important.

He called the scenes vin with third degree from delayed tax paywho helped make this deficit – anticipated to “sad” and vowed to get murder and second ments, while the rest can be as much as $5 billion year’s College Television to work in Harrisburg degree manslaughter be attributed to reduced – won’t be known until Awards virtual experience “to make Pennsylvania in connection with economic activity as a a reality for students,” said the July 15 filing deada better place.”

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“The protests are ic-induced restrictions. of the Television Academy Christen Smith absolutely called for,” “Although we are Foundation. “CongratWolf said. “What’s not Staff Reporter certainly seeing the ulations to the winners!

Christen Smith follows called for is the vioeffects of the pandemic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom lence that followed.”

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The Fire continued from page 1 into burned out shells.

Police were outnumbered, as the outraged rioters moved from one area of the city to the next, outpacing law enforcement authorities who were unable to stop the looting and burning.

“They made a tremendous statement about their decades of anger over a system that degrades Black Americans because of the color of their skin,” said Mayor Kenney about the peaceful protestors during a May 31st Press conference.

It is widely believed that the violence was not caused by the peaceful protestors, who initiated nonviolent rallies, but was the result of instigators and anarchist groups attempting to use the protests for their own ends by causing mayhem.

“That statement was important to hear and should in no way be diminished by anarchists and others who try to cause chaos in our city last night,” said Kenney.

“Those vandals in Center City did a grave disservice to the many others who chose to speak out forcefully against institutional racism and violence by the hands of the police.

In looting downtown, these individuals not only desecrated private businesses, they also desecrated the important message that was heard during the earlier peaceful protests.”

Mayor Kenney choked

back tears as he told of the heroic residents of the city who rose early the next morning to clean up the debris, broken glass and refuse left from the previous night’s mayhem.

“Despite my deep sadness, what I saw gave me great hope,” said the mayor moved by emotion.

“Residents turned out in great numbers with their brooms, shovels and trash bags, on their own to help clean up.

They devoted their time and energy on a Sunday morning in restoring their city,” he said.

An 8:00 pm curfew was instituted citywide but that did nothing to stop what would later become a night of upheaval which forced city administrators to move the curfew from 8:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

This did not stop the looting and burning of buildings in West Philadelphia and surrounding areas Sunday night when the shopping center on 52nd near Jefferson Street stores were vandalized and looted as well as those among the business corridor at 52nd and Walnut through Market streets where the cell phone cameras of observers captured the smashing of windows, burning of property, vandalism and looting of stores which outnumbered police were unable to quell.

The destruction was not limited to West Philadelphia but also spread to Southwest Philadelphia and the 69th Street commercial corridor in

West Philly

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Delaware County where pharmacies, banks, and supermarkets, among other establishments, were broken into, vandalized and raided.

Residents and their representatives expressed sympathy for the peaceful protests, but were violated by the uncontrolled rage which followed.

“It was pretty sad,” said West Philadelphia resident and Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier who was both present during the initial protests and also joined in a cleanup effort on 52nd street the following day.

“But it was heartwarming that so many people came out to rebuild, that was definitely pretty touching because it’s a signal of how much 52nd street means to people in our community,” Gauthier said.

Gauthier said that the volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help clean up the mess. Some brought their own brooms, others were supplied with them and got to work putting the corridor back together.

Despite the violent turn, the focus shouldn’t be about the mess but the message.

“It still is about George Floyd. I think the people, even here in Philadelphia recognize that the story of his murder has a connection to them and has a connection to the deep racial divisions here in Philadelphia, and a long legacy of police violence, and I think people are fed up and are angry and want change,” she said.

As for the violence, Gauthier expressed her belief that the “people were at their breaking point”.

“They have had enough, and I think it’s layered upon us being in a pandemic, people having been kept in the house for so long, many people have lost their jobs, it’s sort of a perfect storm for this kind of eruption.”

Asked what message she would like to share to the people of Philadelphia, in general, and her constituents in particular, Gauthier had this to say: “I would like to say we hear you. I hear you and I think the other public officials, at least I hope the other public officials, hear you loud and clearly, too. You want things to change with respect to the way policing happens here in Philadelphia and the way we engage and invest in our neighborhoods and communities,” said Gauthier.

Gauthier also had a message for her other colleagues in public office: “I would to say to the public officials that we can’t waste this opportunity, and we need to work with people to create the change that they are so clearly and loudly demanding,” she said.

G. Roni Green who had a reputation for standing with working people as a leader in the labor movement, has shown that same willingness to do so as state representative of the 190th legislative district in West Philadelphia

which is her home.

Representative Green was up early Monday morning, joining with others as they worked to clean up the debris at 52nd and Jefferson Street.

“This is our community, this is our neighborhood and we don’t want to trash our neighborhood, we don’t want to burn down our neighborhood, and we also don’t want to forget where we are today and how this started,” said Green.

“We have to get equal justice for all so that we can begin to heal,” she said.

“As long as black and brown communities don’t have equal housing, equal wages, equal opportunities and law administered equally for all, history will repeat itself and this will happen over and over again. It cannot be justice for ya’ll anymore, it has to be justice for all.”

Green said she was out during the heat of the protests, standing between protestors and the police, and put her body on the line to prevent the escalation of violence.

“I stayed out there for 5 hours to make sure that there was no harm to anyone, so I am very, very angry and I’m hurt,” Green said during our interview.

Green acknowledged seeing a message, looking through the crisis: “I get it, I get it, I get that we need to do more and we need to do it right now, but we cannot destroy our own communities.

Black businesses were destroyed yesterday so where do the babies get milk? Where do the seniors get their food?

All of this is taking from the message,” she said growing more passionate as she spoke.

State Representative James Roebuck recalled growing up in West Philadelphia and going to 52nd street to go to the movie theaters that were there at the time. Like many others, 52nd Street, known affectionately as “the strip” was important both culturally and commercially for the residents of the area.

“It’s tragic that the anger of what happened in Minnesota turned into attacks upon the business community that’s

at the heart this area,” Roebuck said.

Roebuck joined with Congressman Dwight Evans, Senator Anthony H. Williams and Sen. Vincent Hughes and groups of volunteers to help clean up after the ransacking of the area the night before.

“I don’t think that the violence, […was appropriate at all, but…] I respect the anger generated from what happened, but destroying the community in which you live doesn’t help to make things better.”

“There was a great effort to create black business on 52nd Street and I think anger doesn’t necessarily focus as it should on the source of what you’re angry about. Sometimes the objects to get that anger [out] are those that are visible and seen as targets that are visible,” said Roebuck who described the incident as “uncontrolled anger”.

During the writing of this article, the 6:00 pm curfew has been extended throughout Philadelphia through Tuesday ending at 6:00 am and the local National Guard units have been called to join with the Philadelphia Police Department to help secure the city’s streets.

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said that the peaceful protesters were not responsible for the subsequent violence throughout the city which she says was caused by outsiders.

“Yesterday’s organized protests were peaceful and orderly,” said Outlaw during the press conference with Mayor Kenney.

“The criminal activities were not part of those protests and served absolutely no legitimate purpose,” she said.

Outlaw then thanked law enforcement officers and community partners for their “professionalism and commitment to safety and restoring order”.

Outlaw reported that, at that time, 13 police officers were injured but she was not, at the time, able to give a definitive count of the civilians injured. Four police vehicles were put ablaze and at least 9 other vehicles and structures were put on fire, and 207 arrests have been made.