Living in Allentown: Sherri Brokopp Binder
“For us, the most important thing is for people to feel safe, for people to feel supported and connected because it’s through those relationships that they can start to heal. We all have things we need to heal from.”
Ben Torres
Promise Neighborhoods Everything I do is for my kids. My kids are my reason. Our kids in the world are the future. I say that because when I was growing up, I wasn’t anyone’s reason. I grew up in Jersey City. It was a really rough neighborhood. Fights, shootings, killings, stabbings, and all that stuff […]
Blake Henry
Ripple housing director I grew up in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and went to college at Fuller Theological Seminary where I received my Master of Arts degree. I worked as a group pastor at a Church in Arizona for a few years before I moved to the Lehigh Valley in 2019. Once I was settled in […]
Living in Allentown: Missy Wise
“We are all in the same community. So, I think bringing awareness to what we’re doing, bringing awareness to what is trauma and how impactful trauma is, how important relationships can be, and just giving people dignity and respect.”
Living in Allentown: Andrene Brown
I lived in New York City for most of my life after coming to the United States from Jamaica. I moved to Allentown in order to be closer to my dad. I instantly fell in love with the city and it was a nice change in pace from where I came from.
Living in Allentown: Angela Bon Clomer
“I was asked the other day if I could have any superpower what it would be, mine would be to end homelessness.”
Finding hope for LGBTQIA+ youth
While roughly 7% of youth in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+ they comprise 40% of unhoused youth. Why LGBTQ+ experience higher rates of homelssness often comes down to acceptance at home.
The hidden homeless
“It’s not always the drama that you see on TV, sometimes it’s just as simple as you thought you were coming here to get a good job. You started off at a job, things look right. And then all of a sudden things change.”
Is the NIZ improving Allentown?
The Neighborhood Improvement Zone, or NIZ, was marketed as a revitalization of Allentown, to reshape the landscape of the city, bring new people in and create a better area for its residents.
The challenge of seeking shelter in Allentown
What happens when people in Allentown suddenly find themselves in need of housing?
