Helping children learn to read has changed me

I wrote another piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s received a lot of positive feedback so far, which is much appreciated. I don’t write much these days and haven’t had much of a desire, but the kind messages and emails I have received over the past few days has me thinking that maybe I should…

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‘Expanding Sanctuary’ is a success story. And a record of how immigrants changed policy in Philadelphia

Kristal Sotomayor had no idea what she was walking into when she was invited to one of Juntos‘ town hall meetings. For a while, she had wanted to do a film about the South Philadelphia Latinx nonprofit. Sotomayor, a recent graduate of Bryn Mawr College admired the work that Juntos has been doing. She had…

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