Celebrating Bethlehem's Southside Culture
When the sun finally sets behind C-Town in South Bethlehem and when the days’ work is done, where might someone go – during a pandemic – to grab a beer with a book or a friend, and watch families ride bikes on the greenway while surrounded by plants in an urban garden? The parklet at…
Like most organizations faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, New Bethany Ministries had to address the challenges of restructuring their day-to-day operations. However, because of the nature of their work, New Bethany also faced added pressure from the increasing need demonstrated by the community members that they serve. In this interview with J. Marc Rittle, the…
*Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels The field of public health deserves a lot of attention right now as this field offers us answers for how we should address the risk factors for this recent pandemic. Importantly, conceptualizing racism and racial justice as a public health issue has also gained traction. Lehigh University’s College…
Victoria Montero is the director of the Hispanic Center of the Lehigh Valley (HCLV). The Hispanic Center has been a central leader in providing Latinx community members with support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Southsider interviewed Montero to learn about the important work of HCLV in rising to the challenges presented by the pandemic. HP: To…
Featured photo by Danny Digitall. With the Covid-19 virus among us, most of the world has come to a halt. Adjustments to our daily lives had to be made. We’re advised to stay inside, wash our hands constantly, stay six feet apart from one another, and wear protective attire in the event we must associate…
After leaving Lehigh University due to the pandemic, I have been spending my quarantine in an affluent Minneapolis suburb with my partner’s family. Families ride their bikes down the sidewalks and kids play in their front yards and driveways, while keeping their distance from other passersby; older folks sit on their front lawns and chat….
I have this fear that the Sayville Theater and many others like it won’t be here on the other side of the pandemic. Capitalism uses crises to enact austerity measures and art is always one of the first industries to get the axe.
The emptiness we witnessed in the streets of South Bethlehem throughout April and May would have been unimaginable to us even a few months prior…