Get out and walk around

It’s a gorgeous 85 degrees and sunny here. Yesterday I had the pleasure of walking around some particularly leafy, green parts of South Philadelphia on the ActivisTour. Our guides Ann and Ennis had mapped out a charming hour-long stroll, stopping every few blocks to discuss a person or event involving social justice.

I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t all historic. We heard about the recent anti-casino movement: 13,000 Philadelphians voted in an alternative election in November 2006 to draw attention to the state’s ability to summarily place casinos in residential neighborhoods. We heard about skateboarders’ problem-solving with the city over local parks, and the low-cost art classes available through the Fleisher Art Memorial. We even got a folk etymology (hotly debated) of the word “sabotage.”

The tour will be offered three more times in the next week, Tuesdays Sept. 4 and 11 at 5:30, and Sat. Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. Tickets are just $10 — come on out!

posted by Sra. Bibliotecaria ⋅ tagged Philadelphia, america, design, social justice

2 responses to “Get out and walk around”

1. September 3rd, 2007 at 5:44 pm , Nicholas says:
   

   Is this really what my blog’s come to?

2. September 3rd, 2007 at 6:29 pm , Sra. Bibliotecaria says:
   

   Feel free to post a little more and push me down the page, dude.