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Kendra Bowden-Ponder, her husband Quan and their three children Ja’Lissa, 6, Jordyn, 1, and Kayleb, 10 months, are facing eviction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Kendra Bowden-Ponder’s boxes are packed. The mother of three born and raised in West Philadelphia is preparing to leave the community where she has spent most of her life and she needs to find somewhere else to go fast.
After a rough 2020 wherein she and her husband both lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the family’s landlord is evicting them from their Mill Creek home.
Bowden-Ponder said the stress of trying to find a new home is all-encompassing. Her three kids haven’t been sleeping through the night. She tries to soothe their anxieties by doing a lot of family activities like having “experiment night” where they cook a meal they’ve never tried before or having impromptu dance parties in the living room.