Honickman Learning Center Comcast Technology Labs
A Robust, Tech-Driven Learning Center In The Heart Of North Philadelphia Providing Education For Children And Adults
Opportunity is a catalyst for members of a community to soar and reach their fullest potential. Project HOME sees opportunities for education as a critical component of uplifting communities and ending and preventing chronic street homelessness.
The Honickman Learning Center Comcast Technology Labs (HLCCTL) is a four-floor mega-center loaded with the most progressive hardware and software systems for education and learning, and most advanced facility of its kind serving low-income individuals and families in Philadelphia.
Programs at HLCCTL are tailored to help the residents of the community – both children and adults – move toward greater prosperity by increasing their educational and employment opportunities through comprehensive technology and literacy instruction.
The K-8 After School, Teen, and College Access programs run daily throughout the school year and provide high-quality learning opportunities in a safe, nurturing, and academically rigorous environment where children are encouraged to achieve their fullest potential. The Adult Education and Employment program empowers adults experiencing or recovering from homelessness and those in the neighborhood to improve their earning potential, the quality of their lives, and the future of the community. With job fairs, resume support, computer classes, and certification programs, adults can access the courses they need to obtain continuing education and living-wage employment.
The Facility
he Honickman Learning Center Comcast Technology Labs (HLCCTL) has been the centerpiece of Project HOME’s revitalization strategy for the St. Elizabeth’s/Diamond Street section of North Central Philadelphia since it opened in 2004.
The four-floor mega-center is technologically loaded with the most progressive hardware and software systems for education and learning, making it the largest and most advanced facility of its kind serving low-income populations in Philadelphia. The HLCCTL runs programs which focus on the integration of technology with art, education, and enterprise.
We Can Change The World
The video below was commissioned for the 10th anniversary of the HLCCTL and captures the warmth and support that are both in abundant supply at the facility.
Additional Details
For over 10 years now, the Wilt Chamberlain Memorial Auditorium at the Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs (HLCCTL) has provided a gathering place for the Project HOME community and the wider Diamond Street neighborhood in North Philadelphia. When there is a reason to celebrate – we gather.
When we need strength – we gather. When we need to solve a problem, when we need to strategize and plan – we gather there. From receiving a nourishing snack every day, to proudly sharing their artwork, music, and films in quarterly teen exhibitions – the children and teens in the afterschool programs use the Chamberlain Auditorium every day. It is a place for the adult students to celebrate receiving their GEDs, gather for poetry readings, and attend job fairs.
When the neighborhood has needed to meet to address concerns, this beautiful space has provided a safe haven, offering a calm, well-maintained environment for assembly.
The auditorium was named for the late basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain by his sister, Barbara Chamberlain Lewis, who has generously supported the programs of the HLCCTL, with the help of trustees Stephen Cozen and Billy Cunningham, through the Wilt Chamberlain Memorial Fund. Wilt was a proud Philadelphian and believed that with educational opportunities, anyone can reach their fullest potential.
Project HOME is grateful for the ongoing, gracious support of the Chamberlain family and friends – particularly the recent major gift from the Wilt Chamberlain Memorial Fund in support of the programs at the HLCCTL.
Location Details
1936 N Judson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121
United States
