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Community Leadership Institute | 06.03.2008
The Community Leadership Institute is calling a meeting to discuss what has been and continues to happen in our neighborhood--the forced migration of our community. Come and let's figure out a plan together because: We Chose to Stay Here!  Many of us know of friends and family who have been forced to move because they can no longer afford the mortgage, can't afford their taxes, have been forced out through eminent domain, etc.
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Rachel Goffe, Media Mobilizing Project | 04.29.2008
A community meeting with Philadelphia Mural Arts Program was held this past Monday April 21 at Songhai Cultural Center. Jane Golden, director of the Mural Arts Program, and other program staff and artists were there to listen to the concerns of the city’s residents at large. The meeting was well attended, with residents from all over the city including Norris Square, Center City, Brewerytown, West Philly, and others. Listen to the Audio Interview with Bonita Cummings from Strawberry Mansion Community Concern on the meeting with Mural Arts: Part I | Part II   MAP Director Jane Golden and AABRA's Al Alston check in after the meeting.  Members of the Haddington Residents Association attend the meeting.  AABRA's Al Alston presents cosponsors' feedback on what could be improved in MAP's work. The meeting was facilitated and framed with the intention of getting constructive criticism that Mural Arts can implement. Ms.
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Todd Wolfson, Media Mobilizing Project | 04.17.2008
Local community members and organizations join the Mural Arts Program to craft a new way of creating public art that is more reflective of its communities. Come to a groundbreaking meeting to:
Where: Songhai City Cultural Center, 3117 Master Street, Philadelphia When: Monday April 21, 2008 at 6PM See a video which explains why this meeting matters: HERE  Why: Since 1996, The Mural Arts Program has produced vibrant public art that works to aesthetically beautify our neighborhoods.
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onion | 03.02.2008
Help send the Movement for Justice in the Barrio to kick the asses of global corporate slumlords!
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