North Philly Teach-In: Changing the Master Narratives
North Philly Teach-In: Changing the Master Narratives, November 10, 2018, Mount Pleasant Mansion, By Denise Valentine Philadelphia Assembled collaborator, Denise Valentine is organizing a North Philly Teach-In.
Home Sweet Home: Homestudio Lab Workshop
On Saturday, October 21st, I had the chance to attend the Homestudio-Lab workshop, “Home Sweet Home”, which took place as part of a day-long series of programs focused on gentrification and displacement.
Sharon Wiggins, 1951-2013
Sharon Wiggins was 43 at the time of this 1992 recording. She recalls her grandmother’s memory of the Ku Klux Klan. Her grandmother, who raised her, died when Wiggins was 14. Wiggins was homeless in a Pittsburgh ghetto before she committed her crime at the age of 16.
Dedication of the Memorial to Loss: Freedom in a Carceral State
On July 8, 2017, the Alumni Ex-Offenders Association (AEA) gathered with members of the Nicetown/Tioga community to dedicate the Memorial to Loss: Freedom in a Carceral State. The program was the culmination of a series of planning meetings between AEA and Philadelphia Assembled (PHLA).
Jeopardy: Mass Incarceration Edition (excerpts)
Performed by Lisa Adjei at Reconstruction Inc.’s Mass Incarceration Teach-in on June 10, 2017 at Mercy Neighborhood Ministries of Philadelphia, Inc., 1939 W. Venango Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvan
Lighting of the Bridges
Passage from the Lighting of the Bridges ceremony: “Tioga, or Teaoga as it has also been spelled in the past, is a Native American Word meaning gateway, or the meeting of two rivers. As a place, Tioga was an especially strategic location.