Youth Sports Initiative Inspires Hope in Camden
In an era where kids are overexposed and learning about life at a faster pace, seeing people who live and look like them doing good things, helps young people see themselves and their city in a positive and promising light.
Love Notes in Crisis IV by Tessa Micaela Landreau-Grasmuck
Love Note in Crisis IV by Tessa Micaela Landreau-Grasmuck (Post Dobbs v. Jackson or We Will Always Belong to Ourselves) at night we make ourselves crawl to a grove of oak trees and coax them into revealing the color of their aches. someone I once loved said that blood is the final liquid, and once […]
When They Came For Us by Azalea Aguilar
Azalea Aguilar. Photo submitted by the poet. When They Came For Us by Azalea Aguilar bystanders congregated took out their phones to film asked why we were being taken shouted in unison have you no shame? where is your warrant? how do you sleep at night? where are you taking them?sometimes our children stayed behind […]
Does Our Labor = Our Value? by Jhon Carlos Barrera
Jhon Carlos Barrera. Image submitted by the poet. Does Our Labor = Our Value? by Jhon Carlos Barrera Mami always said hard work will always beat out the restMami always said keep your head down and stay quiet, no llames la atenciónDon’t draw attention to yourself she saidOur silence is what we trade for our […]
Rent Is Up, Love Remains by Amari Murray
Amari Murray. Photo submitted by the poet. Rent Is Up, Love Remains by Amari Murray The landlord called ita market adjustment. We called it:Where are we supposed to go?The number on the paper climbed higher than anything we could afford. Rent went up.Groceries went up.The electric billlearned new numbers.Everything became more expensive except the thingswe […]
Haikuism: (not) wanting to die by Deborah Olatunji
Deborah Olatunji. Photo submitted by the poet. haikuism: (not) wanting to die by Deborah Olatunji it feels taboo to name it in the moment(s) but you’re sinking deeper than you swam somehow convinced enough people to recognize maybe this is not who Iam the picture of “how are you doing?” glitch between missed hangouts, forgotten […]
Poet Qadir Crosby wants more people to talk about masculinity, the military, and mental health
Qadir Crosby. Photo submitted by the poet. Deployment by Qadir Crosby As I packed my bags for the ArmyMy father said I became a man today Like merciless, mass murder makes me Any more of a man than the thing that’s between my legsMy wife asked me to return to her the same way I […]
Poet’s Press: A new poem on what gets delivered, and what gets lost, as robots take over
Alicia Cook. Photo submitted by the poet. The Last Mile by Alicia Cook Five delivery robotswait on the corner for work—autonomous prostitutesunder a blinking store sign.Their small pixel hearts blink red,but their owling eyes wink dead—sent out nightly for the lastmile no one wants to walk.One glitches and slumps off therutted edge of the cracked […]
Poet’s Press: “In It Together” – A Mother’s Meditation on Community, Culture, and Care
I hear the mother’s and fathers cries in my sleep
A collective memory
A heartbeat we all felt until it stopped
I feel their pain in my gut like I lost my son
Hold him just a little tighter and pray over him just a little more
Warning him about the rules
We don’t go unless there’s two
Someone gotta look like you
Content, Context, and Cash Flow: What Happened When We Stopped Separating Them
Content, Context, and Cash Flow: What Happened When We Stopped Separating Them Chelsea Cox sharing her approach to creating civic engagement content at Love Now Media’s Content, Context and Cash Flow event. Sixteen Philadelphia change-makers joined us at the Love Lab on Tuesday night to learn from Chelsea Cox, who has become one of Philadelphia’s […]
What Happens When You Give People Space IRL
What Happens When You Give People Space IRL Xina Eiland hosts Same Ground, exploring the 250th Anniversary of the United States at an event at Love Now Media’s Love Lab Two months ago we opened a door to a storefront on Market Street in Philadelphia and asked people to come in to experiment with love, […]