This episode features stories from our community news reporters about how SEPTA could have to dramatically cut services and raise fares if additional funding isn’t secured soon, how news reporting about gun violence can affect the community, how one North Philly muralist uses art as a form of resistance and community building, a new social group that gives Philadelphians another way to connect outside of work and home life, and a group that’s organizing Queer Arm Wrestling events at spaces throughout the city. 



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 5:30-6:00 PM on WPPM 106.5 FM and online at http://wppm.phillycam.org/.



Block by Block season 6 is produced by Sheila Lorett Emerson, David Heayn-Menendez, Crystal Herrera, Autumn McCann, Alisha Miranda, Amy Ouattara, Kejsi Ruka, Nikki Schaffer, Raihana Siddiq, Maurice Waters



Alisha Miranda and Crystal Herrera hosted this episode, and David Heayn-Menendez was board operator for the show.



Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peta Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Manager.