Accompanied by Dat Garcia, Viola brings a beautiful collage of Latin American music and rhythms FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Philadelphia, PA – October 14, 2019 Sofia Viola with Dat Garcia Part of Philadelphia Music Week 2019 Friday, October 18, 2019, 7:30pm Teatro Esperanza 4261 North 5th Street, Philadelphia PA 19140 Free parking available in the Bristol…
We sat down with Dr. Jon Marsh, the new CEO of Esperanza Cyber Charter School (ECCS) and talked with him about the future of cyber education and what it has done for students in the community. Marsh came to Esperanza with over 18 years of charter school leadership experience. He served 11 of those years…
Thomas Jefferson University and the Philadelphia Collaborative for Health Equity (P-CHE) announced today 12 recipients of $600,000 in grant funding in response to a first-of-its-kind community health needs assessment of North Philadelphia’s Latino community, home to some of the city’s highest rates of poor health outcomes and health risk factors.
Por Nilsa Graciani Edición Andrea Bolinaga ¿Sabes cómo mantiene su ritmo el corazón? ¿Se puede investigar el cáncer utilizando moscas? ¿Cuál es el tamaño real de un cerebro? ¿Ha ganado algún hispano el Premio Nobel de Medicina? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre un médico y un doctor en osteopatía? Si quieres obtener la respuesta a…
Rev. Roger Zepernick from the Latin American Cultural Exchange Organization (LACEO) prison ministry presented a $500 scholarship to Esperanza College last Wednesday, Oct. 2. The prisoners collected and donated their own money as a way to encourage and send a message to youth in the Hunting Park community that “education is important.” Thank you for…
The Esperanza community center in North Philadelphia’s El Centro de Oro neighborhood hosts Javier Ávila, who closes out the monthlong celebration with The Trouble with my Name, the author and performer’s one-man autobiographical story about moving between cultures and the quest to correct misconceptions about American Latinos.
The question is whether Florida can point the way toward another, broader transformation — for this city and, by extension, perhaps his own reputation. His audience here figures to be receptive, to a point. “This conversation about equitable growth, where everyone benefits,” says Luis Cortés, the CEO of Esperanza, an organization with a mission to…
By David Ortiz I can’t say I remember looking up to count the trees as a kid growing up in Hunting Park. But I do remember the asphalt burning through my sneakers while playing in the schoolyards during sweltering summer heat. It wasn’t until much later, through my work as a community planner, that I…
Tras dar inicio en septiembre a una nueva temporada, el Teatro Esperanza recibe a su primer comediante Javier Ávila el próximo sábado 12 de octubre a las 7:30 PM. Con su presentación “Trouble with my Name ” Ávila, quien es de origen puertorriqueño, atrae al público mientras cuenta la historia de su vida y lee…
Teatro Esperanza is a new home for the arts on the expanding Esperanza campus in North Philadelphia. It was the vision of founder Reverend Luis Cortes with hopes of bringing a new venue to the neighborhood that would serve the community.
