This episode features stories on the 2022 election, a group opening a new meeting center women in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood, an organization working to end gun violence in Pennsylvania, and a Day of the Dead exhibit honoring those who have lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Block by Block is PhillyCAM’s LIVE community news radio program, featuring stories from Philadelphia’s neighborhoods as reported by PhillyCAM’s Radio News Fellows, a multigenerational cohort of burgeoning local journalists. Tune in for new episodes every other week, Wednesdays 5:30-6pm on WPPM 106.5 FM and phillycam.org/listen.

Block by Block – Season 1 is produced by Alice Hall, Brujo de la Mancha, Kris Hill, Jeff Jones, John Morrison, Maleka Fruean, Salina Singleton and us: Michelle Gilliard-Houston, and Wayne Hunter.

Brujo and Michelle co-hosted this episode, and Wayne was our board operator.

Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM and Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.