By Tom McLaughlin At the Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School in Camden, old desks from the school basement are getting renewed purpose. But these are no ordinary desks. They will poignantly remain empty, and students will use the backs, arms, and legs as canvases to spread messages of gun-violence awareness. Robin Cogan, […]
By Sam Starnes Jacob Foster transferred to Rutgers University–Camden from Camden County College two years ago because he wanted to paint his way to an art degree. “I really loved my painting classes,” says the Waterford resident who will graduate from the Rutgers–Camden College of Arts and Sciences at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden on […]
By Tom McLaughlin In early 2014, Den Sweeney visited the Community Adolescents Striving for Achievement (CASA) Camden program for the first time. A former educator who taught grades kindergarten through high school, he was excited to help the program, run under the auspices of Guadalupe Family Services, fulfill its mission of providing a safe, empowering, […]
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