Philadelphia Free Press - Digital Edition - 11-04-2020

City Safari: Entering the Big Tent of the Bible thumpers

By Thom Nickels Contributing Editor

sionists who conflate description with prescription.”

Muehlenberg believes that every effort should be made to he woke virus now ensure “that no contemporary sweeping academia, political, ideological, social, sports, the corporate cultural, or theological agenda world, as well as large segis allowed to distort the origiments of the general populanal meaning of [scriptural] tion, is spiking up into its text. “Why should ancient fifteenth or sixteenth infecscripture be revised and recast this agenda is hardly new. As tious wave with no vaccine as woke? ‘Agenda’ is the word far back as 1895, 18 women in sight. This woke virus has on a serious feminist mission that comes to mind here. But even spread into the world of came together to work on and Center City Philadelphia's Community Newspaper publish ‘The Woman’s Bible’.

The driver behind the project November 4, 2020 was Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), one of the leaders (along with Susan B. Anthony), of the women’s rights movement. Stanton was also a Temperance crusader who believed that women had a right to divorce a drunken husband. She also believed that marriage was merely a civil contract and had nothing to do with God or the supernatural. One might describe her religious beliefs as ‘free form Unitarian.’ She maintained that men and women had the right and ability to determine religious truth for themselves. the Pennsylvania Association Anne Gingerich, execuThe Woman’s Bible was an of Nonprofit Organizations, tive director of PANO, said attack on religious orthodoxy

By Dave Fidlin The culmination of the poll- among others. long-term losses within huand so called ‘patriarchal The Center Square ing effort – which resulted in The largest group of survey man sources means resources privilege.’ It was more of a responses from a cross-section respondents, according to the would have to be shifted elsepolitical treatise than a Bible. aced with increased of 808 nonprofits throughout report, was human services where to meet critical needs.

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By Marc Holmes III tion on Saturday, October 24, is probably the most beautiful Contributing Writer many neighborhood residents piece of writing in all the litrelated experiences they had erature of the world.” he answer to the queswith catastrophic illness. One The Revised Standard Vertion of the actual price woman told of her two bouts we pay to refine oil with cancer and her two adult continued on page 4 may rest entirely on how close daughters dying of cancer. In you live to an oil refinery. If a National Public Radio report 100 THINGS you live in South Philadelphia, (February 20, 2018), hospiDespite everyyour answer to this question talization rates for asthma in thing going might characterize your state Point Breeze and Gray’s Ferry on, many new of health, medical issues, or were the highest in the city. attractions, resillnesses you had or the health On June 19, 2019, the site of taurants, shops of a relative or friend living in the Philadelphia Energy Solu- and hotels have the same area. Residents of the tions oil refinery in South Phil- opened in Philadelphia...

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religion and Bible translation, wreaking havoc on original texts that have been a mainstay for believers and scholars for well over a thousand years.

This woke spirit in the world of Bible translations has certain blatant earmarks and is easily detectable. Advocates for traditional translations say that if a new Bible text downplays the existence of

Hell or judgment from God, you know that that it has been tampered with and modified.

Another red flag is downplaying the deity of Jesus Christ, as is downplaying or eliminating altogether the virgin birth.

Bill Muehlenberg, a scholarly evangelical pastor and writer of a blog called ‘Culture Watch,’ calls this “twisted Scripture,’ and calls the writers of these translations “revi-

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quickly mobilized and, in a series of demonstrations, demanded a “seat at the table,” in any discussions and actions to determine the future use of the 1300 acre site.

Philly Thrive, a nonprofit operating since 2015, focusing on environmental justice issues, is at the forefront of the effort to impact the refinery site’s future use.

According to Clean Air Council Executive Director and Chief Counsel, Joseph Minott, the refinery site is a significant parcel of land, the future use of which could be beneficial to the city.

Minott says, “When the refinery closed down, it [Philadelphia] lost a good source of revenues through taxes. It’s an opportunity to substantially increase taxes, to substantially increase employment in a community that desperately needs it, and it’s thirteen hundred acres that is actually within the border of the city. So both short term and long term, this area needs to be integrat-

The parade and demonstration took place at Stinger Park on Saturday, October 24th. It was a demonstration for jobs and clean air. Both the Grays Ferry and Point Breeze communities would like to be a part of the discussion about the new refinery. Photo: Marc Holmes III

ed into the city.”

This past June, a United States Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale to Hilco Redevelopment Partners for roughly 225 million dollars. Hilco was one of four bidders for the site and was the lone bidder that proposed not using the site as a refinery.

The sale to Hilco brought to an end 154 years of oil refining in South Philadelphia. The largest source of stationary pollution in the city contributing to poor health came to an end to Philadelphia residents’ relief.

Harris Steinberg, Lindy Institute Executive Direc-

tor, says the factors that lend importance to the site compel a citywide discussion about its future use even though it’s in private ownership.

“It’s a vast piece of land that most people have no idea exists. It’s larger than center city Philadelphia, it’s strategically located between the Navy Yard, the airport, center city and University City.”

Environmental and health experts agree that the site is heavily contaminated and must undergo extensive cleanup to render it safe for future use. Mr. Minott says, “Most of the responsibility for the cleanup is actually Sunoco’s, and

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they have a subsidiary called Evergreen that is working with the EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] and DEP [Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection] and the city of Philadelphia to identify where the pollution is and at what levels.”

Mr. Minott says they are still in the early stages of ascertaining “how bad the pollution is and where it’s at.” In the interim between Sunoco’s refinery ownership and Hilco’s purchase, another company, Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), owned the refinery. According to Mr. Minott, this compounds the issue of cleanup at the site.

“We haven’t even seen any plans yet for the actual proposed cleanup... there is whatever pollution that PES created, because Sunoco is only responsible for the cleanup of the mess they created until they sold the property to PES.” Minott says a determination is necessary to quantify the amount of pollution PES created to proceed with viable cleanup plans.

Documents filed with

the bankruptcy court indicate Hilco has reached an agreement with Evergreen (Sunoco’s successor), responsible for environmental remediation of pollution attributed to Sunoco through 2012.

Recent reports indicate Hilco plans to move quickly to clean up the site and redevelop it as a mixed-use industrial facility.

According to Mr. Steinberg at the Lindy Institute, Hilco has not yet submitted a “master plan,” outlining the site’s future use. He estimates environmental remediation could take as much as thirty years or more on certain parts of the PES site. He said recent discussions with Hilco convinced him that they are interested in connecting the site to the city in a yet to be defined fashion. The Lindy Institute report contains ideas and concepts for repurposing and linking the site to the rest of the city, gleaned from a survey of stakeholders, and are discussed in their report (available online) “Visioning The Future Of The PES Refinery Com-

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Operating out of Chicago, Hilco has experience in repurposing industrial properties, most notably in Boston, New Jersey, and Baltimore.

Some observers speculate the site repurposed in Baltimore that includes distribution facilities and warehouses for industry giants Volkswagen, Amazon, and Home Depot, will be the model for the PES site. According to Mr. Minott from the Clean Air Council, Hilco Redevelopment Partners has a mixed track record.

“In some places, they’ve done a better job than others. I think in this one there are an awful lot of eyes watching and certainly in my conversations so far with Hilco I have found them to be interested in being good neighbors.”

Estimates and expectations vary about the site cleanup timeline, with neighborhood residents expecting a seven to eight-year span devoted to clean up before the site can be rendered safe.

During the bankruptcy hearings in federal court, Hilco representatives offered they could have the clean-up accomplished in two years. Joseph Minott, from the Clean Air Council, says a two-year cleanup timeline sounds ambitious. Neighborhood residents say they want Hilco to remove every bit of contaminated soil and any other pollutants before any repurposed activity is allowed. Residents are also seeking assurances that the cleanup process will not expose them to additional pollution.

Mr. Rodney Ray, a Philly Thrive officer continued on page 8

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Letter to the community: Community Solutions encouraged Review as social change to West Philly UNIVERSITY

Red, White, Blue, and … Green!

By Hana Graybill

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emocrat and Republican.

Liberal and Conservative. Left and Right. The United States is dominated by a bipartisan system. These two poles vehemently oppose each other, demanding that citizens choose a side. The media perpetuates this bipartisanship, almost exclusively covering these two parties. Yet, more than 60 other political parties are currently active throughout the country. Some of them, such as the Libertarian and Vermont Progressive Parties, are represented in Congress or state legislators. Others, such as the Green Party, have representatives serving at the municipal level.

The Green Party has been active internationally since 1972, but it was not officially established in the U.S. until 2001. The party now has members in more than 90 countries, and in the U.S., membership includes more than 150 elected Greens and almost 200 running in 2020. Most states have a Green Party, but whether those state parties are officially recognized or not depend on state laws.

A grassroots organization that stands for the health of the planet and future generations, the Greens base all their actions on four pillars: peace, ecology, social justice, and democracy.

These pillars relate to their 10 key values, including decentralization, respect for social justice, and feminism and gender equity. They aim to end the country’s two-party system and the control by the one percent.

Timothy Runkle has been involved with the Green Party since 2005.

In addition to working as a Senior Project Manager in the environmental consulting industry, he serves as both the Treasurer for the Green Party of Pennsylvania and the

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s a Community Activist, and Founder of A&W Community Solutions and Owner of West Phillie Produce, I have continually promoted the idea that our local corridors need to make major change in order to become a sector in West Philly that Timothy Runkle is safe and secure. I am responding to the steadco-chair of the Lancaster fast violence, police County Green Party. He just ran for Pennsylvania brutality and criminality in the community by State Treasurer as the creating a West Market Green Party candidate Street Improvement in the fast-approaching election.

Association under the I recently spoke over auspices of being a the phone with Runkle Community Scholar about his experience appointee through the working with the media Center Public Health and campaigning as a Initiatives at the Unithird-party candidate. versity of PennsylvaWe began by discussnia’s Perelman School ing whether he feels of Medicine. as though the media is I have set forth an stacked against him and agenda for building the Green Party.

“Yes and no,” he said. harmony in the commu“In one sense, you really nity that was sent to loneed to do the work in cal and state politicians. order to get the attenIt detailed the need for tion. People can’t sit and crisis counseling availcomplain that they don’t able once a month, get the spotlight if they are not out there running along with quarterly strong campaigns or do- free Mental Health First Aid Training and free ing something to get atFirst Aid/CPR Traintention.” ing. Other suggestions But even when the Greens are doing that included holding a work, the media are diffi- monthly meeting with cult to break into. Runkle the Police Advisory noted that the media Commission and the seems to have its own hosting of a Free Legal agenda, which they know Aide Clinic. Commuwill provide them with nity Solutions wants to successful stories.

“In that sense, it probably is rigged in a certain way that’s not to our benefit or to the ordinary person’s benefit,” he said.

“The media, especially the national media, is its own machine with its own functions.”

Thus, obtaining a seat at those media tables is incredibly difficult and can be quite frustrating.

As Runkle mentioned, both the Democratic and Republican parties have been established for many years. They have strong connections with the media and long

become a coordinated locator site and is seeking procurement of funding from the Department of Behavioral Health, DPW, SCOP, Truancy allocations and the scheduling of a Once a week job fair (Week 1 Veterans, Week 2 Ex-Offenders, Week 3 Juveniles, Week 4 Intellectual Disabilities).

I am seeking to establish a once a week meeting (6:30-7:30pm Community Concerns, 7:308:30pm Community Funding & Grant writing workshop) and a once a week Night Out Patrol/Town Watch. I also seek the recruitment of parents to join SAC and Home/School Associations, allowing for funding designation under Title I. Other social placement possibilities include the establishment of a Technology Center to be opened in evenings, a once a week self-defense/bullying prevention workshop for children/youth, financial literacy workshops and the recruitment of citizens to join the Youth Aide Panel in the District Attorney office.

This pioneering group would also like to have political appointments of local citizens to local, state and federal level

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commissions and advisory boards and the creation of safety zones. Other initiatives were addressed such as supporting the Million Fathers March, the procurement of funding for Peace programs in Schools, the development of resource manuals, local community workshops on doing business with the City and Sheriff Office.

A major goal of the West Market Street Improvement Association is to provide community service hours completed by welfare to work clients, school students, truancy, Youth Aide Panel delinquents, Foster Grandparents, plus the establishment of more interactive after school programming. More problem solving ideas are still needed and contributors can contact 267334-5317.

Editor: Arnett Woodall has received many honors including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from the Church of the Overcomers in Delaware County.

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part, reads. “Many have been forced to cut back continued from page 1 on their missions and limit operations. Some for changes in how the are facing permanent state’s allotment of $1.3 closure.” billion in CARES Act While a range of other funding is assigned to nonprofit sectors – innonprofits. Since the cluding arts and culture, dollars were made avail- education and health able, nonprofits have care – also reported fibeen competing with nancial challenges in the the funds alongside for- survey, the overarching profit entities. conclusion reached in To that end, a pair of the report stated smaller bills aimed at making nonprofits with budgets special considerations for under $100,000 faced nonprofits has been mak- steeper challenges than ing the rounds in both their larger counterparts. bodies of the legislative In a statement, Lisa branch. House Bill 2740 Schroeder, president and is in the hands of the CEO of the Pittsburgh Appropriations Commit- Foundation, said the tee, and Senate Bill 1254 report’s goal is to shed is under review in the light on the dire needs of Community, Economic Pennsylvania’s nonprofand Recreational Devel- its, as a whole. opment Committee.

“It is our hope that An August letter to these findings are a call lawmakers from 29 non- to arms to state and profit executives called federal office holders to on support for both bills. support dedicated relief “The public health for the sector,” Schroeder and economic crisis have said. “Our ability to remost (nonprofits) reelcover from this pandemic ing from lost revenue is very much dependent streams and exponential on the ability of nonprofincreases in demand for its to continue their misservices,” the letter, in sions.”

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es that offer no gender distinctions, Turkish and continued from page 1 Chinese, and then goes on to evaluate the treatment of women in those sion of the Bible (RSV) is respected by scholars countries.

“In fact, I think one although its translation errs on the liberal side of would be hard pressed the Protestant spectrum. to find two literate culIn Isaiah 7:14, in the RSV, tures in which woman have historically been for instance, we read that “…A young woman treated worse than that shall conceive a son and of the Turks and the Chibear a son.” The missing nese—and I say that as one who otherwise loves link here is the replacement of woman for “vir- Chinese culture, but the gin.” Muehlenberg com- way women were (and ments: “Also, contextu- to a large extent, still are) treated is not the high ally, one would have to point of Chinese civilizawonder how a young tion. “ woman being pregnant In the New Revised would be a miraculous sign. Young women are Standard Version (NRSV), the “Son of pregnant all the time.”

Man” when it refers Feminist neutral lanto Christ is not used guage in Bible translabecause it is deemed oftions was really the fensive. “Son of Man’ beginning of the ‘woke wave,’ and these transla- is offensive because it denotes two gender distions have stirred up a considerable amount of tinctions. In the NRSV, one can find inserted controversy. Muehlenwords not in the original berg brings up a good point when he says that text and omitted words from the original text feminist neutral lanthat alter singular proguage is the very thing nouns into plural. All of that creates confusion this is done to avoid the and the alteration of high secular sacrilege of original texts. To illususing words with gender trate his argument, he cites two major languag- distinctions.

Fr. John Whiteford writes in “An Orthodox Look at English Translations of the Bible” that this sort of gibberish is nothing but political correctness gone amok.

“In recent decades we have been confronted with the new phenomenon of political correctness, and this has resulted in new versions of the Bible that have attempted to neuter the English text to accommodate the concerns of radical feminists. This is silly for several reasons.

For one, radical feminists are not likely to be happy with any translation of the Scriptures no matter how neutered the English in it might be. Secondly, the very idea that gender distinctions in a language are at all to blame for any grievances that feminists might have is ridiculous on the face of it.”

Many different versions of the Bible exist.

The ‘New World Translation,’ for instance, is published by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Critics have noted that this work was created by nameless “scholars” who have traded the Greek word “kyrios” (Lord) as Jehovah throughout the text except when the

narrative refers to Jesus Christ because Jehovah’s Witnesses do not believe in the Trinity or in the divinity of Christ. In the world of serious Biblical scholarship, the ‘New World Translation’ has been called heretical.

Growing up, my family had one copy of the Catholic Douay Rheims Version (DRV) with its traditional English and extra books (called Deuteroconnical books).

The extra books were included in the ancient Latin Vulgate Bible and were, for the most part, accepted as sacred and canonical. The Protestant reformers rejected the extra books because, as one scholar has noted, “The teaching in them seemed to come from Roman doctrine.” The seven extra books are Old Testament texts.

Catholics, at least when I was a child, were not Bible readers. Hearing the Gospel and Epistle every Sunday at Mass seemed to be enough scripture for a lifetime. In our minds, the Bible came to be associated with Protestantism. Reading the Bible, especially being caught reading the Bible, came with a hefty price.

You might be accused of being a Bible Thumper or a Bible Fanatic. The assumption then was that anyone who picked up a Bible and read it was a person of low intelligence.

In the summertime, my hometown of Frazer hosted several big tent Summer Vacation Bible Schools, all of them sponsored by local Protestant churches. Almost all of the Catholic grade school students in the area mocked this concept. ‘Vacation Summer Bible School’ was an awkward misnomer since there can be no ‘vacation’ in any kind of school that had you reading ‘holy roller’ stuff when you should have been down at the shore building sand castles.

No doubt, we Catholics lost a lot by not learning to appreciate reading the Bible well beyond the selfcontained world of the Gospel and Epistle readings we heard at Sunday Mass.

I recently ordered a review copy of the RSV Bible with Catholic additions that came to be

known as the “Ignatius Bible,” after Ignatius Press that publishes it.

The Ignatius Bible is the favorite of real Catholic scholars and serious students of scripture. Over the years, I’ve attempted to read other versions of the Bible with the intention of finishing the text but in every case something was lost along the way. Either boredom set in, or something about the flow of language failed to inspire my wanting to read more. Scott Hahn, Ph.D. Founder & President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology said that “The RSV, Second Catholic Edition is the most beautiful English translation of the Bible today.”

I would have to agree.

For the first time in my life, I want to keep on reading. The language literally sails across the page. There are no awkward phrases; no words at war with other words, such as you get in the DRV. First published in 2006, the Ignatius Bible comes in several additions. The Large Print Edition (14 font) comes with thicker paper, creamy page coloring, footnotes and maps of the Holy Land. The Bible I have is the Ignatius Note-Taking and Journaling Bible. It’s small, 6.25 X 7.25 with a double column text layout and a 7 point font. The font is small, and I have to squint like James Joyce (in his thick glasses and his bad eyesight) when reading it, but it’s been well worth it.

While ecumenism has been condemned by Christian traditionalists as an attempt to water down or compromise certain inflexible points of Catholic or Orthodox dogma, the Ignatius Bible, as the Introduction notes, is really a merging of the RSV with “considerations of Catholic tradition [that] have favored a particular rendering or the inclusion of a passage omitted by the RSV translators.”

The lesson here is this: Be careful what you make fun of or condemn as a child, for now it might be said that in some ways I have entered the Big Tent of the Bible thumpers. continued on page 6

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No Kids: To Be or Not to to make a full Be...A Parent decided commitment to each

By Richard Lord Contributing writer

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nis Nua is a Philadelphia theatre company that specializes in new plays from the British Isles.

In these plague-ridden times, they have – like most theatres throughout the country – been doing their best to continue a presence, a life, entirely in the virtual sphere.

Currently, they’ve been offering a series of plays online that tackle the theme of Reconceiving Family. In the latest installment, which ran over the Halloween weekend, they hosted the British theatre company Ad Infinitum, which presented a two-actor, staged reading that picked at that question of what constitutes a family. Though saddled with the regrettably bland title of No Kids, the show turned out to be worth a watch or two.

(Like many shows these days, the short YouTube run allowed for repeated viewings.)

No Kids opens with one of its two actors asking the other, “Do you want to do this?” The hesitant reply: “I don’t know.”

The play ends with the actor who served up the first question asking, “So what are we going to do?” This time, there’s no answer.

Between those two moments, we’re presented with roughly an hour of drama/psychodrama that spotlights two gay men trying to decide whether they want to venture into the realm of parenthood. As that hour of thrashing around in the murky terrain of decision-making spooled out to its end, it seemed quite fitting that no answer could be given to that last question mentioned above.

The two writersperformers of No Kids are George Mann and Nir Paldi, also co-artistic directors of Ad Infinitum.

As the reading opened, we were informed that not only are Mann and Paldi partners in various theatrical projects, they’re also real-life partners. In the next few minutes, they recounted how they first met and became a couple, then

other and were legally wed. The next step was to decide whether they wanted children – or at least a child – in their lives. Which, they discovered, was quite a long and fraught step.

In these days of severe climate change, pandemics, political upheavals in what were once thought to be countries immune to upheavals, the decision to have children is a difficult one for many.

It’s especially difficult for gay couples, and the Ad Infinitum pair spent the better part of an hour showing us how difficult it can be.

But in the early going, the show had a tentative, even half-baked, feel to it. About twelve minutes in, I took a very deep breath and started to brace myself for what I thought would be a tiresome 48 minutes of more of the same. But it was just at that point that Mann and Paldi started to spin off some more imaginative dramatic riffs, making the show more engaging than those first twelve minutes suggested.

The Mann-Paldi team covered a wide range of dilemmas many childless couples thinking of giving up that status have to deal with. They speak to an environmental consultant on the huge carbon footprint each new entry into the human family brings. They outline the series of hoops couples wishing to adopt have to leap through, which prove to be especially high, challenging hoops for gay couples. They then explore the possibilities of finding just the right surrogate mother who will give birth to the child of one of the two, then willingly hand the baby over to this nice gay couple. They also catalogue all the items a child needs as they move from infancy into toddlerhood in the catchy cadences of performance poetry.

The pair also look at what could happen if they are successful at having a child one way or another. Will their kid be bullied because his parents are two gay men? Will the kid become a bully himself?

Will they have more than

the average heap of problems raising the child in a world where homophobia is still a thriving passion. In one dark fantasy scenario, the two slide into a nasty slanging match, flinging mutual recriminations as addled parents often do. And then they leap off into an extended bright fantasy about what they could do, all the adventures awaiting them should they remain childless.

They also wrestle with the question of whether parental abuse is a hereditary trait. Both Mann and Paldi are the sons of fathers who were abusive in one way or another, and these fathers were themselves victims of abusive fathers. Would this curse seethe to the surface when they become dual fathers? This was some of the most rugged psychological terrain in a show which did not shy away from harsh terrains.

The performances were quite polished and fluent for a stage reading.

Mann and Paldi paired very well: their physical looks and their personalities are different enough to provide creative divergence, but they blend together smoothly to make for a fine alchemy as they moved through the various segments of the show.

The use of split screen worked extremely well in this online production. You got the sense that these two characters were actually in close proximity, connecting over the barely visible line of their respective panels. But I do remain puzzled as to why they needed to read from the scripts of a show they premiered in Edinburgh over two years ago and subsequently toured the UK, the USA and Hong Kong with.

Above, I used the term “riffs” to talk about the segments of this show, and that was quite apt.

No Kids was something like an improvisational jazz performance testing the parameters of a persistent theme. It was enjoyable and enlightening in that regard, but for that same reason, it remains a decidedly minor piece of theatre. Lacking any discernible arc, No Kids was never able to deliver the full impact that a better structured script with a more stra-

The two writers-performers of No Kids are George Mann and Nir Paldi

tegic focus could have achieved.

Perhaps in these days of pandemic when only virtual performances are possible, we may have to content ourselves with this lesser version of theatre. While this work predated the Covid-19 scourge, the online presentation seemed to fit the limited demands of virtual theatre, nicely. It’s just too bad there was no audience for the actors to connect with as they connect on the stage in the presence of that audience. This is theatrical anemia, and we can only hope it’s not a fatal condition.

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“The translation was extraordinarily well done because to the translators what they were translating was not merely a curious collection of ancient books written by different authors in different stages

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The Slipper Defined The slipper has perTechnically, a slipper formed a variety of is defined as a shoe that functions on its journey slips on and off easily. to 2020. In Asian culThe foot, literally, slips tures there is a tradition right into and out of of removing street shoes the shoe with ease. It at the door of the home has minimal structure and placing slippers on and has a thin sole. It your feet before enteris designed predomiing. Slippers separate nantly for indoor wear, the inside and outside although one can cerworlds and are strictly tainly wear slippers for worn indoors. In 12th short trips outside.

Century Vietnam, slippers were used as a symbol of captivity. Female servants or women in harems of sultans and Ottoman Turks were given loose fitting, soft soled slippers because they would not get far if they escaped. In Middle Ages France, peasants wore felt slippers inside their sabots, a clog-like wooden shoe, to keep their feet warm.

On the flip side, slippers in the East and West often indicated status as well. One could not do much work while wearing a slipper.

In the West, slippers were adopted by high society men and women in the 15th century. Made of fine leather or silk, they often had a cork or wooden sole to protect them from the mud. By the 16th century, slippers were worn mostly by women and the most common style was a mule. Formerly called pantoufles, these open back shoes have a front closure, and are impractical for outdoor use or extended walking.

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Babouches were often decorated for weddings, feast days, and special occasions, with embroidery knots, tassels, sequins, beads and patterns. Updated versions may feature a variety of fabric uppers that can be embroidered, hand loomed, tasseled, sequined, or bejeweled for a more elaborate look.

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Museum. 26th and the Parkway. 215-763-8100 or www.philamuseum. org .An online event is the 44th Annual Contemporary Craft Show Nov. 6 to 8 with a Virtual Preview on Nov. 5. Details at www.pmacraftshow.org or 215-684-7930.  The Philadelphia Orchestra’s next Virtual Stage performance is set for Nov. 5 with conductor Erina Yashima leading a string-oriented program including “Lyric for Strings” by George Walker, the first AfricanAmerican to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, plus Dvorak’s “Serenade for Strings”. Available through 11 p.m. on Nov. 8. www.philorch.org or 215-893-1999.  During this period of limited travel opportunities and a tourism industry that continues to struggle, Carpenters’ Hall has come up with appealing show, “Places for the People: WPA Travel Posters”, a free exhibition from Nov. 6 to Dec. 20, nine handsome examples of the more than 2,000 such works of travail poster art now owned by the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Print and Picture Collection. Phila. and Penna. landmarks are among the highlights including the Betsy Ross House, Fairmount Park and Independence Hall.

320 Chestnut St. 215-9250167.  The Boyer College of Music and Dance presents a streaming performance on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. of “Altered Tastes”, an MFA Thesis Concert by choreographers Megan Bridge and Rachel DeForrest Repinz, newly re-imagined for the new setting’s alternate space and for film. Free but registration required

bill,”Petrushka Reimagined”, “Unusual Way” and “Syncopated Ladies” with songs. Ticketed, anytime as of Nov. 4 at clistudios.com/anewstage  The Seattle Symphony performs on Nov. 5 at 10:30 p.m. a selection of works by Frank Martin, Arthur Honegger and Thomas Ades. Ticketed, live.seattlesymphony.org Also, on Nov. 5, more than two/thirds of Americans are experiencing much heavier than normal stress for many long months and especially now, and the NY TIMES meditation guide is an opportunity to calm down and take it easier. nytimes.com/guides/ well/how-to-meditate  On Nov. 8 at 3 p.m., a pruned-back version of Shakespeare’s “Othello” is performed by one actor on the surface of a dining table using household objects as characters and props, part of a presentation of 36 plays by the Bard put on by Forced Entertainment in Sheffield, England. cap.ucla.edu/ calendar/slash/details/ shakespeare.  The Metropolitan Opera’s free generous

nightly streaming of their vast collection of HD live performances offers the ultimate in operatic values, voices, music and staging, 7:30 p.m. each night for a different musical delight available until 6:30 p.m. the next evening: Nov. 4, Mozart’s “Idomeneo”, Elza van den Heever, Nadine Sierra, Matthew Polenzani, James Levine conducting; Nov. 5, Rossini’s “Semiramide” with Academy of Vocal Arts soprano Angela Meade in the title role with Javier Camarena;’ Nov. 6, a golden oldie from 1984, Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” with

Leontyne Price, Leo Nucci, Giuseppe Giacomini, Levine; Nov. 7, Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette”, Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Nathan Gunn; Nov. 8, Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger” , Annette Dasch, Johan Botha, Levine; Nov. 9, a double bill of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” with Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala. and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” with Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko; Nov. 10, R. Strauss’s “Salome” with Karita Mattila and Ildiko Komlosi. metropera.org. 

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inter in Dilworth Park is up and running, following all the most effective safety procedures including masks, social distancing and more using the guidelines of the CDC., state and city governments, in a healthy open-air setting on 15th St. west of City Hall.

Among the amenities, the Greenfield Lawn’s Wintergarden boasts reindeer topiaries, seasonal plantings, twinkling lights and a new rustic arbor with ample seating. The popular Rothman Ice Rink opens on Nov. 6 for daily skating or spectating through Feb. 28 with limited capacity for safety reasons; timed tickets can be bought in advance for 90-minute sessions. Discounts for groups of ten or more.

And the cafe offers warmth, color and snacks as well as hot and cold beverages. 215-599-0776.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art winter season, with greatly enhanced safety precautions, has welcomed back one of our city’s most notable creations, Thomas Eakins’ “The Gross Clinic”, often described as the greatest American painting ever made. Other new attractions include “Art of Care” through Jan. 3, examining the ways artists of the last century have pictured acts of caregiving.  Also new and on view through next Autumn is “Expanded Painting from the 1960’s and 1970’s exploring radical innovations “testifying to a pursuit of freedom and expression” during difficult times. And now a food truck is on duty stationed outside the

at http://bit.ly/alteredtastes Details at 215-2048301.  Bartram’s Garden innovative series of workshops continues on Nov. 7 with “Elderberry Syrup”, a session on flu and cold herbal remedies. followed on Nov. 14 by a similar program, “Herbal Fomentation”. On Nov. 12, “Golden Gingko” is a Paint and Sip workshop live-streaming, and the popular Indoor and Outdoor Plant Sale is still on tap. Details on all these events at 215-729-5281.

54th St. and Lindbergh Blvd. https://bartramsgarden.org  The Museum of the American Revolution offers special blessings during Veterans Day Weekend, Nov. 11 - 15, with a virtual lecture exploring the stories of America’s veterans, pop-up talks and performances, take and make crafts and other attractions. Free admission to those currently serving in the military, veterans and Blue Star Families, courtesy of Comcast NBCUniversal. The charming cafe will also be open. 3rd and Chestnut Sts. 215253-6751 or https://www. amrevmuseum.org/.  “Intimate Glance...

Live with the Koresh Dancers” , a weekly Wednesday 30-minute session at 12:30 p.m. gives fans of this effervescent local company a chance to see what is happening on stage and a virtual trip to see company rehearsals and works unfolding. koreshdance.org or 215-7510959.  Inis Nua Theatre Co.’s next Free Virtual Reading Series is Satinder Chohan’s “Made in India”, the story of three women, Aditi seeking to raise her daughter out of poverty, Eva desperate for a child, and Dr. Gupt fighting to keep her livelihood, whose lives intersect in an international surrogacy center in Gujarat, India. Nov. 1114 followed by a virtual casual conversation with the cast on Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Timings and access details at inisnuatheatre. org or 215-454-9776.  Streaming from near and far: NYC Ballet’s “A New Stage” presents three dances curated by principal dancer Tiler Peck who stars in two of them. On the

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[anything] about jobs but from what I understand, continued from page 2 already there’s union workers working over speaking at a neighborthere on the cleanup.” hood rally and march on According to Mr. Ray, October 24, says, “We neighborhood residents want to sit at the table are not happy with the with Hilco on the clean- potential for increased up and jobs for our com- numbers of union jobs munity. We want them and thus far none for to tell our community the residents. When the what’s going on without refinery was operating at keeping anything a sefull capacity, there were cret.” Mr. Ray says Hilco only one thousand union indicates that once repur- jobs, and neighborhood posing is complete, there residents suffered the would be a workforce of harmful effects of the nineteen thousand. The pollutants. Moreover, community is seeking Mr. Ray says the union jobs during the cleanup was resentful that the phase and is also askcommunity pressed for ing for apprenticeship the refinery to be closed. programs to prepare And now they are among neighborhood youth for the beneficiaries of the the skilled, mostly union- closing. ized, and higher-paying Ms. Jasmine Sessoms, positions when they’re senior vice president available. At the time of for corporate affairs at this interview (October Hilco, says a community 24), Mr. Ray said cleanup board advising Hilco is activity at the site has interested in the work already begun. Howof a formed partnership ever, no one from Hilco between Hilco, the Philahas reached out to him, delphia School, and the his organization, or any Philadelphia Commerce other community leadDepartments. The parters regarding the issue nership will seek to adof jobs. “We Want to be dress future needs, as exon that cleanup too. But plained by Ms. Sessoms. they haven’t reached “We’re working together out to us and told us to create meaningful ap-

prenticeship and internship programs for School District of Philadelphia students.

According to a January Philadelphia Inquirer article, Brian Abernathy, Managing Director for the city of Philadelphia, says, “I think their timeline is aggressive.” City officials are tentative in their endorsement of Hilco’s approach to the site’s repurposing since Hilco has yet to reveal their final plans.

In that same article, Mr. Abernathy says Hilco seems to be moving in a direction compatible with the objectives outlined in a report of Mayor Kenny’s Refinery Advisory Group. There is no reluctance to express satisfaction from any of the stakeholders that the refinery site’s repurposing will not involve an oil refinery. @MHolmesIII Part 2 of this story will be coming out next week.

It will cover our interview with Hilco Redevelopment Partners Executive V.P., Jeremy Grey.

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contact lists. Third parties like the Greens do not have that advantage.

“That’s a challenge and a frustration,” said Runkle of this disadvantage, “because you know right off the bat that there’s a step above you that you just won’t be able to attain when you don’t have the brand recognition.”

Locally in Pennsylvania, the Greens have some of this brand recognition thanks to both the work they do and their elected officials. Nationally, though, Runkle would like to see a lot of reform, starting with the presidential debates. He described the Commission on Presidential Debates as “an awful mess of partisan folks that have no interest in including any outside opinion.” Instead of the Commission, he would love to see control turned back over to the League of Women Voters who previously included third-party candidates.

Runkle would also like to see a change to publicly funded elections, as well as the overturning of Citizens United vs.

Federal Election Commission. He said the Supreme Court’s 2010 controversial decision “basically made money equal to free speech and allows for unlimited spending by super packs and candidate-affiliate packs.” He contends that these elements prevent candidates without loads of disposable money to fund their campaign from gaining exposure and attention.

So, without this money and the media contacts, how does the Green Party drive awareness to their platform and candidates?

The answer stems from the Greens’ grassroots approach.

“In our view, there’s really only one way to do it, and that’s to be connected to your community, in particular, frontline communities,” said Runkle.“The folks that are most disenfranchised in the political process and have the most to lose are the people that we connect with.”

Over the past few months, the Green Party has sent representatives to Philadelphia’s homeless encampment, which

was formed because of the pandemic. Yet, these representatives were not necessarily there to gain recognition or register party members.

“We understand that the community, when they are self-empowered, will move forward on actions on their own,” Runkle said. “If they see the Greens as a vehicle to do that, that’s important for our growth but more importantly for their growth.”

The Party does similar work across Pennsylvania through public advocacy groups like Pittsburghers for Public Transit and March on Harrisburg. Unfortunately, this work is often done without drawing much public attention to the Greens. Runkle admitted that they could do a better job of raising awareness about these efforts by alerting the media with more than just their monthly newsletter.

Regrettably, the media coverage that the Greens do receive tends to be negative. For instance, earlier this year, the Democratic Party sued to remove the Green Party from the ballot, which delayed printing.

“We were getting media inquiries left and right over that,” said Runkle. “The New York Times, the Washington Post, we were on CNN. And that’s the only time they really reach out to us, when it becomes a problem for the other two power parties.”

Despite all these obstacles, the Green Party continues to run candidates, some of whom do succeed in getting elected.

For example, in Philadelphia County, Green Party member Kristin Combs is serving as a Philadelphia Judge of Elections, and in Allegheny County, Jay Ting Walker is a Pittsburgh Inspector of Elections. Runkle explained that this success is thanks to good candidates, the Party’s perseverance, and hard work.

“Having the right candidate is important, and you can do that by persistence,” he said.

“Candidates kind of pop up and are motivated for a multitude of reasons.

The ones that are successful are normally the ones that have been doing the work in their communities for years.”

He recalled a successful

election year a while back when 19 out of about 25 Green candidates were elected. Though the numbers are small, the percentage is large, especially for the effort that they put in to make those wins happen. As the public witnesses these successes, he believes that “public attitude will change and get away from the dipoles and see that we have more options.”

Other successes for the Greens have happened in court when they have challenged unconstitutional election laws. In 2006, Green Senate candidate Carl Romanelli was kicked off the ballot

by Democratic candidate Bob Casey for not having enough signatures. But in addition to that expulsion, he was fined almost $80,000 to cover Casey’s court fees. The Green Party took this to the U.S. Court of Appeals, where the court ruled that levying court fees is an obstruction to seeking public office.

In 2016, Green presidential candidate Jill Stein filed for a recount of presidential votes in three states, including Pennsylvania. Quickly, though, she dropped the Pennsylvanian case because she and the Greens determined that even if a recount was awarded, the votes would not manually be recounted. Instead, the votes would be run through the computer again, just as had been done before, producing the same result. Out of that case came changes to the Pennsylvania voting system, such as verifiable paper trails on all votes and upcoming electionresult auditing.

Runkle admits that he does not know whether these cases helped the Green Party. However, he thinks they helped the public in general.

“Those two cases weren’t something that we did for ourselves,” he said.

“We did it for everybody, and it did overturn some unconstitutional election laws.”

Runkle is seeing public attitude start to change.

He mentioned that many more groups have been reaching out to the Green Party than in years past, looking for inclusion in the political process.

Again, he referenced the League of Women Voters who are trying to

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Adding to its usefulness are mini-itineraries by season as well as recommendations for young families, families with teens, dates and emptynesters, and lists of free attractions, activities near the Pennsylvania Convention Center and most Instagrammable places. It includes places in Philadelphia, the surrounding counties and South Jersey.

The book’s mix of tried-and-true attractions and hidden gems, makes it ideal for locals looking for staycations or weekend adventures, newcomers getting to know the city and, of course, for tourists. It can also be used as a unique teacher gift, house-warming gift or be placed on guest room nightstands. Businesses use the book for recruit-

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Crime Incidents as reported by the Philadelphia Police Department via opendataphilly.org. Feedback and inquiries can be sent to Dorian@Pressreview. net. This crime report does not cover the entire boundaries of each police district. It reflects only incidents in or near our circulation areas.

The Following Crimes Occurred Between Friday, October 23rd, and Thursday, October 29th.

3rd DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 3rd District, please call 215-686-3030. Reporting 3rd District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Delaware Ave. to Broad St.: Rape: 400 Dickinson St, 1800 S 11th St. Assault: 500 Gerritt St, 1300 Lombard St, 200 Mifflin St, 1000 Rodman St, 1600 S 5th St, 700 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (4 Incidents), 1600 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, 1100 Wharton St. Burglary: 1100 E Passyunk Av, 800 Independence Ct, 0 Mifflin St, 600 Queen St, 1000 S 12th St, 1500 S 12th St, 1300 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, 1500 S Front St, 100 South St, 400 South St, 500 South St, 700 South St. Robbery: 1300 Alter St, S Broad St & Ellsworth St. Theft: 500 Catharine St, 1000 E Moyamensing Av, 1200 E Moyamensing Av, 1100 Gerritt St, 700 Medina St, 0 Mifflin St (5 Incidents), 600 Reed St, 800 Reed St, 1600 S 7th St, 900 S 8th St, S 8th St & Wharton St, 800 S 9th St, 1400 S 10th St, 1100 S 11th St, 1100 S 12th St, 1600 S 12th St, 1800 S 12th St, 1100 S 13th St, 1600 S 13th St, 1100 S Christopher Columbus Blvd (2 Incidents), 1600 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, 1600 S Front St, 1600 S Jessup St, 700 S Warnock St, 100 Washington Av, 1100 Washington Av, 300 Wharton St (2 Incidents), 500 Wilder St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1300 Bainbridge St, 1300 Dickinson St, 700 E Passyunk Av, 1100 Reed St, 1500 S 12th St, 1100 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, 700 S Juniper St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 1300 Bainbridge St, 500 Gerritt St, 100 Morris St, 1700 S 5th St, 700 S Broad St, 1200 S Clarion St. 6th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 6th District, please call 215-686-3060.Reporting 6th District crimes from Spring Garden St. to Lombard St. and Front St. to Broad St.: Assault: 900 Arch St, 900 Cherry St, 300 Chestnut St, 300 Market St, 400 Market St, 1100 Market St, S 8th St & Market St, 200 N 11th St, 0 N 12th St, 100 N 13th St, 700 Race St, 1100 Ridge Av (2 Incidents), 900 Spring Garden St, 1200 Vine St. Burglary: 1112-28 Chestnut St, 1200 Chancellor St, 1100 Chestnut St, 400 N 5th St, 200 N 9th St (2 Incidents), 200 N 12th St, 1100 Pine St, 0 S 2nd St, 100 Spring Garden St. Robbery: 700 Market St, 100 N 10th St, 800 Walnut St. Theft: 0 Appletree Ct, 400 Arch St, 600 Callowhill St, 1100 Carlton St, 1100 Chestnut St (4 Incidents), 1000 Hamilton St, 1100 Ludlow St, 200 Market St, 800 Market St (2 Incidents), 1000 Market St (4 Incidents), 1100 Market St, 400 N 5th St (5 Incidents), 400 N 6th St, 200 N 9th St, 0 N 10th St, N 11th St & Market St, 300 N 13th St, 300 N Front St, 400 N Front St, 900 Pine St, 700 Race St, 0 S 2nd St, 200 S 9th St, 200 S 10th St, 0 S 12th St, 100 S 12th St, 200 S 13th St, 400 S 13th St, 300 S Broad St, 300 S Front St (2 Incidents), 100 S Independence Mall W, 1200 Sansom St, 200 Spring Garden St, 300 Spring Garden St, 800 Spring Garden St, 1000 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1200 Summer St, 200 Vine St, 1100 Vine St (2 Incidents), 1200 Walnut St (5 Incidents), 1300 Walnut St, 300 Lawrence Ct. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 100 Bread St, 1100 Chestnut St, 1200 Chestnut St, 900 Clinton St, 1300 Market St, 700 Market St, 0 N 2nd St, 400 N 6th St, N Broad St & Arch St, 1100 Race St, 0 S 2nd St, 300 S 5th St, 200 S 6th St, 200 S Broad St, 200 S Delhi St, 800 Spruce St, 1100 Vine St, 800 Walnut St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 600 Chestnut St, 400 N 5th St, 200 N 11th St, 300 N 13th St, 300 New St, 700 Race St, 1000 Race St, 100 S 10th St, 200 S 13th St, 300 S Broad St (2 Incidents), 1100 Spruce St. 9th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 9th District, please call 215-686-3090. Reporting 9th District crimes from Fairmount Ave. to Lombard St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Assault: 1400 Callowhill St, 1500 Chestnut St, 2000 Locust St, 1500 Market St, 1800 Market St, 0 N 21st St, N 22nd St & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 200 N Broad St, 200 S 15th St, 0 S 17th St, 2000 Spring Garden St, 1500 Spruce St. Burglary: 2200 Cherry St, 1500 Hamilton St, 1700 Locust St, 2100 Locust St, 200 N 22nd St, 400 N Broad St (2 Incidents), 2300 Race St, 1400 Ridge Av, 200 S 16th St, 200 S 17th St, 2300 Spruce St, 1600 Walnut St.

Robbery: 2000 Market St, S 18th St & Locust St, 1500 Walnut St. Theft: 1600 Addison St, 2100 Addison St, 1800 Arch St, 1900 Arch St, 1700 Chancellor St, 1800 Cherry St, 2200 Cherry St, 1500 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1800 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 1900 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 1900 Fairmount Av, 1500 Green St, 2100 Green St, 1600 John F Kennedy Blvd, 1500 Locust St, 1900 Market St (5 Incidents), 2000 Market St, 2100 Market St, 100 N 18th St, 400 N Broad St (3 Incidents), 1600 Race St, 200 S 15th St, 100 S 18th St, 200 S 18th St, 100 S 21st St, 200 S 22nd St, 200 S 25th St, 1500 Spruce St (2 Incidents), 1500 Walnut St, 1600 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 1800 Walnut St, 2300 Walnut St, 1600 Wood St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1800 Chestnut St, 2000 Hamilton St, 1700 Market St, 600 N 19th St, 500 N 20th St, 400 N Broad St, 100 S 15th St, 200 S 16th St, N 17th St & Wallace St, 200 S 18th St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2200 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, 1500 John F Kennedy Blvd, N 15th St & Vine St, N Broad St & Vine St, 1600 North St, 2500 Pine St, 0 S 16th St, 200 S 17th St, 100 S 22nd St, 200 S Sydenham St, 1400 Spring Garden St (2 Incidents), 1900 Walnut St. 12th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 12th District, please call 215-686-1320. Reporting 12th District crimes within Southwest Philly bounded by Baltimore at 49th St. to Bartram Dr. at 60th St.: Homicide: 5800 Fernwood St. Assault: 5700 Baltimore Av, 5500 Beaumont St, 5200 Chester Av, 5300 Chester Av, 5400 Chester Av, 5500 Greenway Av, 5600 Ridgewood St, 1000 S 57th St, 1500 S 58th St, 2100 S 58th St, 1400 S Vogdes St (2 Incidents), 1300 S Wilton St, 5400 Springfield Av, 5900 Trinity St (2 Incidents), 5500 Upland St, 5600 Willows Av. Burglary: 4900 Baltimore Av, 5000 Baltimore Av, 5200 Baltimore Av (5 Incidents), 5700 Baltimore Av (6 Incidents), 5500 Chester Av, 5700 Chester Av, 700 S 52nd St, 5400 Woodland Av, 5800 Woodland Av. Robbery: 5700 Beaumont St, S 55th St & Paschall Av, 1100 S Peach St. Theft: 5900 Belmar St, 5800 Elmwood Av, Island Av & Lindbergh Blvd, 1100 S 52nd St, 1600 S 52nd St (2 Incidents), 1700 S 55th St, S 56th St & Thomas Ave, 1000 S Ithan St (2 Incidents), 5300 Thomas Av, 5900 Trinity St, 5300 Warrington Av, 5400 Willows Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4900 Baltimore Av (2 Incidents), 5800 Woodland Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 4900 Baltimore Av, 5400 Gibson Dr (2 Incidents), 5300 Glenmore Av, 5300 Greenway Av, 5300 Hadfield St, 5700 Kingsessing Av, 5500 Paschall Av, 4900 Pentridge St, 1400 S 53rd St, 1000 S 56th St, S 57th St & Elmwood Av, 2100 S 60th St, 1700 S Conestoga St, 1600 S Ithan St, 1500 S Wilton St (2 Incidents), 5800 Woodland Av. 16th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 16th District, please call 215-686-3160. Reporting 16th District crimes from Girard Ave. to Market St. and from the Schuylkill River to 52nd St.: Homicide: 4800 Westminister Av. Arson: 2900 Market St. Assault: 800 Belmont Av, 400 Busti St, 3800 Cambridge St, 3800 Folsom St, 3800 Haverford Av, 4400 Holden St (2 Incidents), 4600 Lancaster Av (2 Incidents), 2900 Market St, 3700 Melon St, 800 N 40th St, 800 N 42nd St (2 Incidents), 600 N 43rd St, 900 N 43rd St, 900 N 48th St, 900 N Fallon St, 3800 Poplar St, 4900 Reno St, 1100 Union St, 3700 Wallace St. Burglary: 20-24 N 40th St, 4000 Baring St, 1200 Belmont Av, 4800 Fairmount Av, 4000 Lancaster Av (3 Incidents), 4100 Lancaster Av, 4000 Market St, 4300 Market St, 800 N 40th St (2 Incidents), 200 N 50th St, 0 N 52nd St, 200 N 52nd St, 5100 Race St. Robbery: 3900 Brandywine St, N 40th St & Poplar St, 700 N 46th St, 900 N Fallon St. Theft: 4000 Baring St, 3600 Brandywine St, 4600 Brown St, 3600 Lancaster Av, 4000 Lancaster Av, 4300 Lancaster Av, 4600 Lancaster Av, 4800 Lancaster Av, 4000 Market St (2 Incidents), 4900 Market St, 400 N 32nd St, N 40th St & Brown St, 900 N 48th St, 0 N 52nd St, 200 N 52nd St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5100 Funston St, 5000 Haverford Av, 3900 Lancaster Av (9 Incidents), 4000 Lancaster Av, 5100 Market St (2 Incidents), 300 N 32nd St, 400 N 39th St, 400 N 41st St, 0 N 52nd St, 100 N 52nd St, N 52nd

St & Market St (2 Incidents), 600 N Creighton St, 4200 Powelton Av, 5100 Reno St, 800 Union St, Union St & Ogden St, 4700 W Girard Av, 4300 Westminster Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 3200 Lancaster Av, 0 N 39th St, 700 N 40th St, 800 N 42nd St, 100 N 50th St, 0 N 52nd St, 300 N 52nd St, 600 N Creighton St, 5100 Ogden St, 4000 Reno St. 17th DISTRICT: To report a crime to the 17th District, please call 215-686-3170. Reporting 17th District crimes from Lombard St. to Mifflin St. and Broad St. to the Schuylkill River.: Arson: S 15th St & Reed St. Assault: 3300 Graysferry St, 1900 Mountain St, S 18th St & South St (2 Incidents), 1500 S 29th St, 1600 S 29th St, 1700 S 31st St, 800 S Broad St, 1100 S Carlisle St, 1700 S Dover St, 1700 S Hicks St, 1600 S Newkirk St, 1600 South St, 1500 Tasker St, 3100 Tasker St. Burglary: 1400 Castle Av, 2400 Ellsworth St, 1700 Lombard St, 2900 Reed St. Robbery: S 28th St & Moore St, 1000 S Broad St, S Mole St & Morris St, 1500 Washington Av. Theft: 2200 Earp St, 2000 Federal St, 3200 Grays Ferry Av, 2100 Lombard St, 1400 Montrose St, 1400 Point Breeze Av, 700 S 16th St, 1500 S 17th St, 1300 S 19th St, 700 S 20th St, 1200 S 21st St, S 23rd St & Saint Albans St, 1400 S 27th St, 600 S Broad St, 1000 S Broad St (8 Incidents), 1100 S Broad St, 1300 S Chadwick St, 1700 S Douglas St, 1800 South St (3 Incidents), 2100 South St, 1700 Tasker St, 1700 Washington Av, 2500 Washington Av. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 1900 Mountain St, 1200 S 15th St, 1500 S 20th St (2 Incidents), 1700 S Broad St, 1600 S Chadwick St, 2100 South St, 2600 Tasker St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 2100 Bainbridge St, 3100 Grays Ferry Av, 2400 Manton St, 600 S 15th St, 1100 S 15th St, 1600 S 16th St, 1600 S 18th St, 1200 S 20th St, 1600 S 20th St, 1500 S 23rd St, 1500 S 30th St, 1400 S Bancroft St, 1300 S Bouvier St, 1000 S Broad St, 1100 S Broad St, 1400 S Broad St, 1300 S Corlies St, 1500 S Etting St. 18th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 18th District, please call 215-686-3180. Reporting 18th District crimes from Market St. to Woodland Ave. and 30th St. to Cobbs Creek Pkwy.: Homicide: 6200 Christian St, 5300 Irving St, 5700 Locust St (2 Incidents).

Rape: 0 S 56th St, 5800 Walnut St. Assault: 5300 Baltimore Av, 5000 Cedar Av, 5200 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 5500 Chestnut St, 5200 Delancey St, 6000 Delancey St, 6100 Locust St (2 Incidents), 5300 Market St (4 Incidents), 5300 Pine St, 5400 Pine St, 5500 Pine St (9 Incidents), 5800 Rodman St, 600 S 43rd St, S 50th St & Locust St, 0 S 52nd St, 100 S 52nd St, S 52nd St & Chestnut St, S 52nd St & Spruce St (16 Incidents), S 52nd St & Walnut St, 100 S 53rd St, S 53rd St & Market St, 0 S 54th St, S 55th St & Pine St (20 Incidents), 800 S 56th St, 200 S 57th St, S 57th St & Locust St, 200 S 60th St, S 60th St & Spruce St, 0 S 61st St, 6100 Sansom St, 5700 Spruce St, 4900 Walnut St, 5100 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 5200 Walnut St (5 Incidents), 5800 Walton Av (2 Incidents), 5900 Webster St. Burglary: 4200 Baltimore Av, 4300 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 4600 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 5200 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 5600 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 5700 Chestnut St, 6200 Chestnut St, 0 Cobbs Creek Pkwy, 6100 Delancey St, 4300 Locust St (2 Incidents), 4500 Locust St, 5200 Market St, 5900 Pine St, 5200 Rodman St, 600 S 42nd St, 100 S 43rd St, 400 S 43rd St, 200 S 45th St, 1200 S 45th St, 0 S 52nd St (7 Incidents), 100 S 52nd St (3 Incidents), 200 S 52nd St, S 52nd St & Walnut St (2 Incidents), 700 S 55th St, 0 S 60th St (4 Incidents), 100 S 60th St, 0 S Salford St, 4500 Walnut St. Robbery: 5200 Chestnut St, 5200 Locust St, 6100 Pine St, 0 S 52nd St, 5400 Sansom St, Washington Av & S 57th St. Theft: 5900 Addison St, 4200 Chestnut St, 4300 Chestnut St, 4800 Chestnut St, 5200 Chestnut St, 5600 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 3900 Delancey St, 6100 Irving St, 4000 Locust St, 5300 Locust St, 6200 Locust St, 4000 Ludlow St, 4600 Market St, 5000 Market St, 5200 Market St, 4900 Osage Av, 4000 Pine St, 4300 Pine St, S 41st St & Ludlow St, S 41st St & Walnut St, 200 S 42nd St, 400 S 46th St, S 52nd St & Chancellor St, S 52nd St & Chestnut St, 200 S 54th St, 600 S 54th St, S 54th St & Sansom St, 3500 Sansom St, 4000 Spruce St, 4100 Spruce St, 4000 Walnut St, 4600 Walnut St (2 Incidents),

5100 Walnut St, 5600 Walton Av, 5800 Washington Av, Walnut St & Farragut St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 4600 Cedar Av, 3900 Chestnut St, 4000 Chestnut St (2 Incidents), 4300 Chestnut St (3 Incidents), 5200 Hazel Av, 4000 Locust St, 4300 Locust St, 6100 Locust St, 5300 Ludlow St, 5800 Ludlow St, 5200 Market St, N 52nd St & Market St, 5700 Pemberton St, 5400 Pine St (3 Incidents), 200 S 40th St, 0 S 52nd St, 100 S 52nd St (2 Incidents), S 52nd St & Delancey St, S 52nd St & Spruce St, S 52nd St & Walnut St (2 Incidents), S 58th St & Spruce St, S 59th St & Locust St, 0 S 60th St, 100 S 60th St, 4000 Sansom St, 5100 Walnut St, 5200 Walnut St (2 Incidents), 5900 Walnut St, 5900 Webster St. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5300 Cedar Av, 4100 Chestnut St, 4300 Chestnut St, 6200 Chestnut St, 500 Cobbs Creek Pkwy, 5500 Delancey St (2 Incidents), 6000 Locust St, 6100 Locust St, 3300 Market St, 4600 Market St, 5200 Market St, N 56th St & Market St, 5300 Pine St, 5400 Pine St (6 Incidents), 5100 Ranstead St, 100 S 46th St (2 Incidents), 0 S 51st St, 100 S 52nd St, 200 S 52nd St, 300 S 52nd St, S 52nd St & Chestnut St, 100 S 54th St, S 55th St & Pine St, 500 S 56th St, S 58th St & Spruce St, 400 S 62nd St, 800 S Alden St, 0 S Ruby St, 3900 Walnut St, 5400 Walnut St, 5500 Walnut St, 5600 Walton Av. 19th DISTRICT: To report a crime in the 19th District, please call 215-686-3190. Reporting 19th District crimes from City Ave. to Market St. and 52nd St. to 77th St.: Homicide: 300 N 62nd St. Arson: 6000 Haverford Av. Assault: 5500 Arch St, 1800 Ashurst Rd, 7500 Brookhaven Rd, 5200 Harlan St, 6500 Haverford Av, 7200 Haverford Av, 7500 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 5600 Hunter St, 5400 Lansdowne Av, 5400 Lebanon Av, 6400 Malvern Av, 5300 Market St, 0 N 52nd St, 1500 N 54th St, 1500 N 56th St, 1500 N 57th St, 0 N 60th St, 1600 N 61st St (2 Incidents), 1100 N 66th St (2 Incidents), 1300 N Allison St, 200 N Avondale St, 0 N Dewey St, 1400 N Edgewood St, 100 N Felton St, 200 N Simpson St, 1300 N Wanamaker St (2 Incidents), 1400 N Wanamaker St, N 58th St & Arch St, 5700 Nassau Rd, 6300 Overbrook Av, 5300 Race St, 5600 Race St, 5700 Race St, 5400 Vine St, 5600 Vine St, 5800 Vine St, 6000 Vine St (2 Incidents), 5400 W Berks St, 6100 W Oxford St, 5200 W Thompson St, 7300 Woodcrest Av, 5400 Wyalusing Av, 700 Wynnewood Rd (2 Incidents).

Burglary: 5200 Arch St, 7600 City Av (2 Incidents), 7700 City Av, 5200 Haverford Av, 7500 Haverford Av, 5200 Lancaster Av, 5500 Lancaster Av, 5600 Lancaster Av (4 Incidents), 5400 Lansdowne Av, 5500 Lansdowne Av, 5900 Lansdowne Av, 1200 N 52nd St, 0 N 60th St (2 Incidents), 100 N 63rd St, 1100 N 63rd St, 5600 Vine St (3 Incidents), 5400 W Berks St, 6100 W Girard Av. Robbery: 800 Atwood Rd, 5500 Market St, 0 N 52nd St (2 Incidents), 500 N 54th St, 400 N 64th St, 1400 N Conestoga St, 200 N Edgewood St, 0 N Frazier St, S 60th St & Market St. Theft: 5300 Gainor Rd, 5900 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 6300 Haverford Av (2 Incidents), 5200 Jefferson St, 5600 Lebanon Av, 6300 Lebanon Av, 6000 Market St, 6100 Master St, 6000 Media St, 1300 N 52nd St, N 52nd St & Arch St, 2400 N 54th St, 1200 N 55th St, 1400 N 56th St, N 56th St & Vine St, 200 N 60th St, 200 N 63rd St, 1100 N 63rd St, 1900 N 63rd St, 600 N 66th St, 1900 N 76th St, 0 N Dewey St, 5200 Rexford Rd, 5500 Spring St, 5400 Upland Way, 5600 Vine St (2 Incidents), 6000 Vine St, 5200 W Thompson St. Vandalism/Criminal Mischief: 5400 Euclid St, 5600 Haverford Av, 7500 Haverford Av, 100 N 54th St, 300 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 0 N Dewey St, 0 N Frazier St, 100 N Millick St, 1700 N Peach St, 5700 Race St, S 52nd St & Market St, 5400 Sharswood St,5500 Wyalusing Av. Other Offenses (Any incident that does not fit into other definitions, and may include public drunkenness, runaways, loitering, weapons offense or missing person): 5600 Arch St, 800 Atwood Rd, 5100 Diamond St, 5200 Euclid St (2 Incidents), 5700 Filbert St, 6600 Haddington St (2 Incidents), 6600 Haverford Av, 5100 Jefferson St, 5600 Lebanon Av, 5200 Market St, 5300 Market St (4 Incidents), 0 N 52nd St, 0 N 53rd St, 0 N 58th St, 200 N 60th St, 1400 N 60th St, 1900 N 61st St, 300 N 62nd St (2 Incidents), 1600 N 62nd St, 600 N 63rd St (2 Incidents), 1200 N Allison St, 100 N Edgewood St, 0 N Millick St, 200 N Robinson St, 100 N Wanamaker St, 100 N Wilton St, 5400 Pennsgrove St, 6100 Vine St, 5400 W Berks St, 7300 Woodcrest Av.

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signment that objectively assesses the Green Party’s continued from page 8 efforts to connect with the media and the public.

The Green Party of include all candidates in Pennsylvania (GPPA) is local debates instead of an independent politijust those from the left cal party that stands in and right. Other groups opposition to the two have reached out to include the Greens in voter corporate parties. GPPA candidates promote guides. public policy based on “I think that’s a good thing,” Runkle said about the Green Party’s Four Pillars: grassroots dethese changes. “Somemocracy, nonviolence, thing to look forward to for our party and for ev- ecological wisdom, and social justice/equal operybody.”

Hana Graybill is a senior portunity. For further information about GPPA, studying communication please visit www.gpofpa. at Drexel University. She hopes to pursue a career in org. Please follow GPPA corporate social responsibil- on social media: Faceity, specifically working on book, https://www.facebook.com/gpofpa/, and community and employee engagement programs, after Twitter, https://twitter. com/GreenPartyofPA. graduating in June 2021.

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