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Neighborhood Socials In South Philadelphia, Cambria Graham, Khadijah Pearson, Tytisha Harris Sep 2018

Neighborhood Socials In South Philadelphia, Cambria Graham, Khadijah Pearson, Tytisha Harris

Nexus Maximus

Our project focuses on the lack of community in the South Philadelphia area and the high crime rates that are a result of this. We propose a monthly social event to be hosted at the parks and rec centers that are being revitalized by the state. We will start a sponsorship with Amazon who now owns Whole Foods as well as Aldi’s to promote healthy eating as well as provide food for the events.

Nexus Maximus V

The 2018 Challenge: "Improving Lives Through Healthy Communities" Teams will evaluate and seek innovation that supports the health and well-being of specific local …


Success In The Streets Of Kensington, Melanie Perkins, Lindsay Wratcher, Halie Finke, Friederike Stock Sep 2018

Success In The Streets Of Kensington, Melanie Perkins, Lindsay Wratcher, Halie Finke, Friederike Stock

Nexus Maximus

The third day of Nexus Maximus was spent working on our poster and getting our final ideas together to present the pitch to our audience. We all worked side by side in one of the DEC classrooms working on putting our thoughts into bullet points and developing the graphics for the board. My group member and I went to the poster workshop and got inspired to create the board layout. We wanted to keep the board as simple as possible with easy to read graphics and bullet points so that the viewer could easily follow our process and understand what …


Philagreen: "Buy Green. Give Green. Live Green", Irene Cooper, Will Bender, Victor Wright, Chelsea Nwanne, Vannessa Njoo Sep 2018

Philagreen: "Buy Green. Give Green. Live Green", Irene Cooper, Will Bender, Victor Wright, Chelsea Nwanne, Vannessa Njoo

Nexus Maximus

We will use green roofs to reduce levels of air pollution in Philadelphia, while simultaneously working to improve the lives of low-income Philadelphians through the donation of a green roof. Our program “Live One. Give One.” prices property owners based on yearly income

Nexus Maximus V

The 2018 Challenge: "Improving Lives Through Healthy Communities" Teams will evaluate and seek innovation that supports the health and well-being of specific local community populations. The team’s project work will be supplemented with workshops on innovation, entrepreneurship, and content relevant to the theme, delivered by experts throughout the weekend.

Teams will also explore opportunities …