The goal of all services at Broad Street Ministry is not telling people “what to do,” but to provide healing for some of the most resilient people of Philadelphia.
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‘I’m Not Giving Them What They Want’: One Tenant’s Fight Against Landlord Retaliation
by Maddie Rose.All photos by the author. Tenants are evicted every day in Philadelphia, even during court closures. They are … More
Hiding in Housing
by Noah Cote. Featured image by Roberto Catarinicchia on Unsplash. Across the country, many tenants are facing a crisis. Since … More
Housing as a Human Right and Lessons in Empathy
by Kerri HughesFeatured Photo by Maddie Rose depicts the camp in mid-July 2020 Housing insecurity is something many of us … More
No Evictions Now, or Ever: Philly Tenants Union Blockades Eviction Court Reopening
by Maddie Rose.All photos by the author. Hundreds of people marched on September 3rd to block the reopening of Philly’s Landlord-Tenant … More
First Days of Camp JTD: Philly Homeless Build Their Own Hope
By Quinn McGarrigle Featured Image by Maddie Rose Author’s Note: The complete version of this article was originally published on … More
Coming Together in a Crisis
By: Matteo MacDermant The COVID-19 crisis dropped like a bomb upon our fragile society, leaving vast sectors of the economy … More
The Other Lockdown
By Quinn McGarrigle “The Coronavirus came to the United States in January 2020. As it began to spread across the … More
Ableism, COVID-19, and Eugenics
By Noah Strauss The coroner’s initial report of George Floyd’s murder by the Minneapolis Police Department is full of lies, … More