Things Due on April 1:

• 10-15 Slideshow Presentation
• Storyboard of TV Commercial
• Speech and suggestions for an event to give the speech (when and where)

Things to Research:

• Who is in the neighborhood: ethnicities, ages, income levels, political affiliations?
• How has the neighborhood changed in the past 10 or 20 years?
• What are the most recent newsworthy events and issues the neighborhood is facing?
• What should be my stand on these issues?
• What are some local cultural details that I can use to show that I have some inside knowledge on this neighborhood?
• What are the best media options for reaching this neighborhood on a budget?

Neighborhoods

Census Tract 2: Chinatown/Center City East

Census Tract 24: Passyunk Square (Wharton/Hawthorne/Bella Vista)

Census Tract 175: Fairhill

Census Tract 87: Spruce Hill/University City

Census Tract 337: Rhawnhurst

Helpful links:

Wikipedia List of Philly Neighborhoods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_neighborhoods

Recent Immigration Report from the Fels Institute: http://www.fels.upenn.edu/Projects/FelsImmigrationReport.pdf

Philly Neighborhoods Online: http://www.phillyneighborhoods.org/

Cartographic Modeling Lab - Neighborhood Information System: http://cml.upenn.edu/nbase/

Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians: http://www.welcomingcenter.org/immigrationPA/communities.php

Google News:  http://news.google.com/

Google Blogsearch: http://blogsearch.google.com/

Technorati: http://search.technorati.com/

Outside.in citizen journalism for Philadelphia neighborhoods: http://outside.in/Philadelphia_PA

Historic Philadelphia photos: http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/