People:Power:Place (2016-2018)
From September 2016 - June 2018, Asian Arts Initiative created People:Power:Place, a cultural plan for Chinatown North/Callowhill, engaging 700+ individuals at 20+ community events during a community-led cultural planning process that captured 20+ recommendations for neighborhood improvements from neighbors seeking equitable change in their neighborhood.
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People:Power:Place was a cultural planning process that centered the role of arts and culture in shaping how we live and work and build the Chinatown North/Callowhill neighborhood. By doing so, we advocated for a vibrant hub of cultural production in a neighborhood that places people first. The planning process was guided by a Working Group of neighbors, residents, business owners, developers, and non-profit leaders, to advocate together for a vision that would be inclusive of both “old” and “new.”
The plan was completed in collaboration with The Department of Places, a participatory architecture and design firm based in Los Angeles.
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Partners:
- Friends of the Rail Park
- Asian Americans United
- Folk Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School
- Chinese Christian Church + Center
- Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission
- Foo Kitchen
- Arts + Crafts Holdings
- Trestle Inn
- Callowhill Neighborhood Association
- Philly FixList
- Marginal Utility
- Vox Populi
- Department of Places
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HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS? A TIP ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD? Please email Senior Community Programs Manager Dave Kyu at dave@asianartsinitiative.org
This project is funded in part by the William Penn Foundation