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Creative Steps Day Camp Says No to Reinstatement Swim Club Offer
At a news conference yesterday, July 13, 2009, Creative Steps Day Camp director, Alethea Wright, surrounded by many of the parents of the children of the campers and their children, said the camp will not...
created by Karen Hatter | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
820 views | 41 recommendations | 6 comments
820 views | 41 recommendations | 6 comments
CNN Reports Swim Club Subpeonaed by Human Relations Commission
Bernice Duesler, wife of embattled Valley Swim Club president John Duesler, has stated that, on the advice of counsel, the swim club has been directed to attempt to get together with the...
created by Karen Hatter | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
317 views | 24 recommendations | 7 comments
317 views | 24 recommendations | 7 comments
Amid a Maelstrom, Swim Club Reaches Out to Creative Steps Camp
The Valley Swim Club and its president, John Duesler, after barring the Creative Steps Day Camp from the club, have reconsidered their actions. The campers are Latino and African American children... Creative Steps Campers Share Their Thoughts on Valley Swim Club
As some of the campers from Creative Steps Day Camp engaged in activities meant to fill their days with fun, their recent experience at the Valley Swim Club was not far from their minds. On June 29,...
created by Karen Hatter | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
628 views | 30 recommendations | 10 comments
628 views | 30 recommendations | 10 comments
Storybook Children's Center: 2nd Banned Day Camp Backs Pool
The shocking story of the Creative Steps Day Camp kids being dis-invited from The Valley Swim Club-Huntington Valley has people upset on both sides of the issue, and allegations of racism in the case are being hotly debated. Misreporting of facts seems to be adding fuel... Day Camp Director Overwhelmed by Offers of Support for Her Kids
This all began on June 29, 2009 when the children of the Creative Steps Day Camp, after a $1,950.00 membership fee had been paid for the campers, arrived at the Valley Swim Club to swim in the...
created by Karen Hatter | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
748 views | 54 recommendations | 37 comments
748 views | 54 recommendations | 37 comments
Valley Swim Club-Huntingdon Valley: Are Racism Allegations Fair?
The sad story of the 65 kids of Creative Steps Day Camp verses racism at The Valley Swim Club may seem like something from a near century ago, but it actually happened in 2009, when the US is being led by its first African-American president.As NowPublic editor Karen Hatter...
created by Tina Kells | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
10658 views | 37 recommendations | 178 comments
10658 views | 37 recommendations | 178 comments
Day Camp Kids Told Minorities Not Allowed in Phila., PA Pool
After paying the $1900.00 membership fee required by the Valley Swim Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a private club that advertised 'open membership', the children of the Creative Steps Day Camp, mostly...
created by Karen Hatter | 22 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
4593 views | 115 recommendations | 50 comments
4593 views | 115 recommendations | 50 comments
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