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Today [April 10 2015] a fence suddenly appeared around the North Philly Peace Park despite promises from everyone including City Council President Darrell Clarke that a permanent home would be found (and that construction wouldn’t start until September at the earliest). We need people to mobilize to get the word out about what is happening. We complain about gentrification and the marginalization of low income people, well, here’s a chance to actually stop it from happening.
The Peace Park has been providing fresh produce to what is essentially a food desert in the heart of North Philly. Residents in the area and the park itself are being pushed out to make way for a “revitalization project.” The Peace Park is a symbol of community and people power, and the city’s corporate interests are only too happy to destroy it. Please reach out to any media contacts you may have and ask them to contact Tommy Joshua at younghuey@gmail.com for detailed information about this situation. Or, feel free to contact the North Philly Peace Park directly through their facebook page.
You can also tweet at the executive director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, Kelvin Jeremiah @keljerry. Here is his twitter page: https://twitter.com/keljerry.
