Opportunity Zone
The Bridge will be headquartered at The Southbridge Neighborhood House, 1218 B Street, Wilmington, DE, 19801. In 2019, this community was designated as an Opportunity Zone by the Governor of Delaware. In a city that was once named “Murder Town, USA,” home of Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, we strive for change!
The Bridge Original Content
These are new programs coming soon to The Bridge:
- The Last Jimmy is a poignant and relevant stage play that explores mass incarceration. It boldly outlines the ills of the criminal justice system and prison industrial complex. The major theme of TLJ is the transformation of heart and mind as a result of forgiving and forgiveness. The stage play adaptation will create a mini-series.
- Box, a musical written by Phil Brown and Dice Raw, asks what would you do for freedom? Statuesque Henry "Box" Brown spent 27 hours folded into a 3’ x 2’8” x 2' wooden box, in which he mailed himself from slavery in Virginia to freedom in Philadelphia. This earned him the nickname "Box." It made its world premiere at The New Freedom Theater in Philadelphia in the winter of 2018.
- Empowerment News is a weekly news series featuring justice issues.
- On the Inside is a weekly talk show with Janelle Middleton featuring guests who discuss justice issues.
- MAP Raps is a weekly series that discusses religion and race.
- Peter Spencer which documents the founder of the Union Church of Africans in Wilmington, Delaware.
- Claire’s Gift follows a mother who gave her life every weekend to the homeless and now the next generation does the same. It provides a look at the 2020 pop up homeless program and how we can all fight homelessness.
- Faith and the Bible with Joe which is a talk show format discussing and advocating social justice issues with Rev. Joseph Archie.
- Urban Wetland is a docu-series depicting the story of The Southbridge Wilmington Wetland project which is the preservation of a wetland adjacent to Southbridge, one of the oldest African American Communities in Wilmington, DE. This wetland also shared the waterway of the first Swedish settlement in North America.
