Posts tagged ‘Philadelphia’
The President’s House: Can it change race relations?
The President’s House is most notably the residence for George Washington during his presidency from 1790 to 1797 in Philadelphia, which was the national capital at the time. Washington was a highly profiled general in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He is widely recognized as a founding father of America. However, little education or awareness exists for another identity he possessed, a slave owner, as well as the ramifications that the times of enslavement caused for future race relations within the country.
Green Industry Partnership Benefits Workers, Community
Baker Industries of Malvern is in a partnership with ESS Energy Products Inc. of Paoli to manufacture a product that will allow underprivileged households to be more energy efficient, while it also creates green jobs for the unemployed.
Continue Reading January 20, 2010 at 1:06 am Leave a comment
King Day of Service events planned in region
The Martin Luther King Day of Service first began in Philadelphia as a day to celebrate the life of a man who served to bring freedom and justice to the nation. Martin Luther King Jr., who would have turned 81 today, will be honored Monday throughout the country as hundred of thousands of Americans will participate in volunteer projects.
Continue Reading January 15, 2010 at 12:14 pm Leave a comment
