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Come out for a night of community healing & celebration of West Philly’s culture and resilience! As our communities continue to face high rates of gun violence, we want to honor our lost loved ones, using art, music, and storytelling to cultivate healing in community with each other.You’ll hear from community members directly impacted by gun violence and some community leaders who are providing healing, violence interruption, and other resources for our people. There will be a handful of speakers lined up, but then we’ll pass the mic to anyone who wants to share their own stories about the impact of gun violence and how they are healing. We’ll have some poets and musical performers come up after the storytelling (stay tuned for the line up)! We’ll also have a community altar, reiki practitioner, and a collaborative art piece folks can contribute to as well.
Join us on Saturday, September 25th! We’ll be at Kingsessing Rec Center from 4-6:30pm. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. Healing is resistance ?✨
Masks required for all attendees (regardless of vaccination status)! We'll have masks and hand sanitizer available on site.
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This event is part of the Shift the Narrative Project. Shift The Narrative Project is building community narrative power to lift up non-carceral solutions to gun violence, to challenge how newspapers cover violence, police, and mass incarceration, and to center our communities’ needs in the story of what “public safety” means. This Project is a collaboration between movement and community leaders including Movement Alliance Project, Free Press, MIC Center, Amistad Law Project, Reclaim Philadelphia, Black and Brown Coalition PHL, and Youth Arts and Self-Empowerment Project (YASP).
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kingsessing Recreation Center, 4901 Kingsessing Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19143, United States