Block by Block PhillyCAM

This episode includes four stories about Philadelphia’s art scene, including reports from our team of community journalists about the April 23rd primary election in Pennsylvania, a program that helps young people come up with ways to address gun violence and other challenges, an effort to open a Lesbian bar in Philly, an unusual martial arts gym in North Philadelphia, and a mother’s fight to ensure her child has the special education resources he needs.







Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.







Block by Block season 4 is produced by Khysir Carter, Oskar Castro, David Chaney Junior, Meesh Cosares, Jen Devor, Barbara Martin Ellis, Thomas Hagen, P.O.C., Sunny Morgan, Sherri Pennington, and Shanayah Wyche.







Khysir Carter and P.O.C. hosted this episode, and David Chaney Jr. was board operator for this show.







Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peter Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.

This episode includes four stories about Philadelphia’s art scene, including reports from our team of community journalists about a community of artists looking to connect performing arts professionals with health and wellness resources, Philadelphia’s Youth Poet Laureate, a long-time Philadelphia poet who co-founded a “spoken word dance party,” and Philadelphia music producer Bill Jolly.







Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.







Block by Block season 4 is produced by Khysir Carter, Oskar Castro, David Chaney Junior, Meesh Cosares, Jen Devor, Barbara Martin Ellis, Thomas Hagen, P.O.C., Sunny Morgan, Sherri Pennington, and Shanayah Wyche.







Oskar Castro and Shanayah Wyche hosted this episode, and Thomas Hagen was our board operator.







Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peter Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.

This episode includes stories from our community news reporters about one of the region’s largest hunger relief programs, a new mural in the gayborhood celebrating Philly’s ballroom scene, Philadelphia’s Colored Girls Museum, resources available for those affected by unsolved homicides, and high schoolers experimenting with an unusual way to clean up the Schuylkill River.







Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.







Block by Block season 3 is produced by Rasheed Ajamu, Kiersten Adams, Cathy Brown, Barbara Martin Ellis, Connie Komm, E. Marie Lambert, and Brett Roman Williams.







Brett Roman Williams and Kiersten Adams hosted this episode, and Rasheed Ajamu was our board operator.







Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peter Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.

This episode includes stories from our community news reporters about a Germantown activist’s advocacy against gun violence in honor of her son, this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, the role radio station WURD plays in Philadelphia’s Black community, and an artist who wants to change how people think about floral arrangements







Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.







Block by Block season 3 is produced by Rasheed Ajamu, Kiersten Adams, Cathy Brown, Barbara Martin Ellis, Connie Komm, E. Marie Lambert, and Brett Roman Williams.







Cathy Brown and Rasheed Ajamu hosted this episode, and Connie Komm was our board operator.







Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peter Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.

This episode includes stories from our community news reporters about a Youth Power Summit that brought local groups working with young people together, how different forms of grief can affect people, and a new art exhibition at the Free Library exploring aspects of the Black experience, and the stories of two people seeking answers following the unsolved murder of a loved one.







Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.







Block by Block season 3 is produced by Rasheed Ajamu, Kiersten Adams, Cathy Brown, Barbara Martin Ellis, Connie Komm, E. Marie Lambert, and Brett Roman Williams.







Barbara Martin Ellis hosted this episode, and E. Marie Lambert was our board operator.







Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peter Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.

This episode includes stories from our community news reporters about an initiative to bring attention to the 77 city blocks most affected by gun violence, a Shark Tank-style pitch contest for young entrepreneurs, a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, Day of the Dead, and next week’s election.







Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at phillycam.org/listen.







Block by Block season 3 is produced by Rasheed Ajamu, Kiersten Adams, Cathy Brown, Barbara Martin Ellis, Connie Komm, E. Marie Lambert, and Brett Roman Williams







Connie Komm and E. Marie Lambert hosted this episode, and Rasheed Ajamu was our board operator.







Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peter Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.