Press, 1999 - 2000

This collection contains material from 1999-2001, produced and collected by Ed Hermance and related to a series of racist and homophobic incidents in Powelton Village allegedly perpetrated by Drexel University students. The bulk of the collection is composed of documents from the Drexel-Powelton Alliance, formed in the wake of these incidents; it also includes correspondences between Hermance, his neighbors, and representatives at Drexel, as well as a limited amount of related press. These materials will be of interest to scholars of town-gown organizing, community driven collective actions, and issues of harassment linked to the Pride flag.

The collection is arranged in six folders: 1) Chronology of incidents; 2) Cards and contact information; 3) Correspondence; 4) Drexel-Powelton Alliance documents; 5) Press; and 6) Other community organization documents.