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Resistance & Reclamation

How do we define resistance and reclamation? How does community organizing create the space for reclamation of power and what are sites of social and political contestation in Philadelphia? In this section we dive into these questions and explore conversations of the Black spatial imaginary, community mapping and storytelling.

2019, praxis, Philadelphia CommunitiesActivism beyond the ClassroomOctober 31, 20192019, Philadelphia Communities

Who Gets to Belong?

Centering the history of the MOVE bombing, the 1737 Walking purchase, the removal of Charnae Wise’ Mural and other moments of violence, and erasure , we use this section to discuss the sociopolitical factors that have allowed for the displacement of Black and Indigenous peoples to occur on this land.

2019, praxis, Philadelphia CommunitiesActivism beyond the ClassroomOctober 24, 20192019, Philadelphia Communities