Today we completed 3 videos with the women at Orange Korner Arts community center. Join us for a community arts celebration on May 13th at 511 W. Courtland Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140. Here are the first 3 videos: Video by Brenda. Video by Liz. Video by Carol.
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This is a 7minute montage of the process and work we completed during the series of 10 after-school workshops at neighborhood libraries. Enjoy.
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I have started a series of 3 Saturday workshops at Orange Korner Arts community center with a group of 5 women. These workshops were the first attempt to address the security/safe spaces theme. I was excited about working with OKA because the converted house is a safe space where community members, youth, adults and families […]
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Well we went out with a bang today at West Oak Lane. The largest group, 18 youth showed up and 14 of them worked together to create 5 awesome videos! The average age was 15, and this really helped keep up focused, and keep their messages on point. We got lots of good documentation (to […]
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Today’s workshop was great- actually all of the workshops have been surprising and great! For such a short amount of time, I’m really impressed with the participants’ willingness to jump in and express their ideas and of course, they love using the cameras and are quick to figu. This group was 3 distinct ages and […]
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I took a detour from the libraries when I heard about this project. MIC Ta’Bon, former ex-con, currently starting an outreach and educational movement to address young people about the reality of prison life before they have to encounter it themselves. However, he has a lot of insight on the connections between capitalism, politics, poverty, […]
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Tagged: Community, Social Justice, Violence
This video was produced during the LEAP afterschool program at the Charles Santore Library. I had a great animated group of participants this week, and I look forward to going back and doing more work with my neighborhood library!
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Tagged: Education
Today was a small workshop at the Lehigh (Lillian Marrero branch) library. At first very shy, and hesitant, the 2 participant sisters, Aryam and Jemalix watched a few examples, and talked about their interest in the library. I mentioned how crucial it is for young people to express their appreciation for libraries given the mayor’s […]
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Video produced by Vrunda, Aniyia, Vrunda and Elizabeth during an hour long workshop at the Bustleton Library.
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Well this was #3 of 10 Library workshops. We were a small group today, but still some good work got done. I left the topic open to ‘ a message you want to share.’ responses varied from struggles of a single parent, difficult work of school, to knowledge is power. I’m a bit unsure where […]
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