For Judi Moore, Marcela Franco and Bryan Belknap, the relationships they build and things they learn are a big reason they love working at Kensington’s libraries. Moore, the children’s librarian at McPherson…
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Wedding on East Monmouth: Kensington couple will marry outside Prevention Point to send message of hope
Wilfredo Laboy and Cristina Pintor pose for photos in the upstairs sanctuary at Prevention Point. The couple met at Prevention Point during an overdose prevention training in 2017. (Photo by Jillian Bauer-Reese)…
Awilda Ocasio: “the Mother Teresa of Kensington”
“Hello, my love!” — were the three words that sang from Awilda Ocasio’s lips when she entered a room. “She loved everyone… Everyone loved her,” said Judi Moore, the children’s librarian and…
I use my platform as a social activist to love my community
I was in elementary school when I first became aware of environments of racism. It was something I read about in books, and it was something I witnessed firsthand while growing up…
To add more love to Kensington, we can change the landscape
Twenty-six years ago, my now husband and I moved into a big, unheated loft at Front and Norris Streets. The place was about 3,000 square feet and so large that we put…
Kensington is crying out loudly for love
As a child, I always wrote. It was a way to express myself without speaking. Because I stutter, I wrote in a broken format. Poetry’s grammatical-free structure came easily to me. I…
Love: Can you tell me what it is?
For our February edition, students from the Kensington Health Sciences Academy Poetry Team wrote poems about love. Conversationby Tywan Madden I love a good conversationI love getting lost in conversation and losing track of…
I believe the future of Kensington is bright
Teacher Ava Haitz works in her classroom at Taller Puertorriqueño on February 12, 2019. (Photo by Jillian Bauer-Reese) This marks my third semester teaching art at Taller Puertorriqueño and working with kids…
We must remember that everyone suffers painful experiences
Sometime in 2014, I became aware that respect was lacking in a lot of things that we do as a society. In a reflective moment of prayer and meditation, I made an…
Fifty years after their Kensington wedding, a couple’s love remains strong on Kensington Avenue
In April, Bea and David Kelley will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple met as teenagers, growing up just a few blocks from each other — David on the 2800 block…