It was very excited to finally start our workshops at the Awbury Arboretum, in partnership with The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership. TTF has recruited 10 amazing participants from the surrounding neighborhoods who are active in their communities to participate in the workshop so that they can make their voices heard on a variety of important neighborhood issues. Today was the second of four sessions and participants will be covering topics such as self care, racial tension in the neighborhood, impact/resistance to change in the neighborhood, storm water management awareness, and more…

The challenge for us will be to keep it small and manageable for this first round, because this is a group with vision and large ideas. I hope this is the first of many videos they all make… Stay tuned to see and hear their powerful stories.

Not to mention the Arboretum is a beautiful gem in the city and well worth a trip to spend a sunny afternoon in the park.