EP 21: Tommy Joshua, Founder of North Philadelphia Peace Park
Contemporary Black Canvas12/31/17 • 83 min
In this episode we had the pleasure of speaking with Tommy “Junebug” Joshua, the founder & visionary behind the North Philadelphia Peace Project. Joshua is a Philadelphia native with deep roots in the rural Greensboro, NC. Strong family ties led to deeply vested communal bonds during his adolescence & well into adulthood that heavily influenced the mission of his work. Explore the history of his family, the Doggetts, the impact of industrialism on Philadelphia, & learn how both his city experience and his country roots translated into his early activism. Joshua’s recognition of the necessity of having a safe space, his fervent desire to address the socio-economic issues that plague many Black communities, and his realization that a vegetable garden and school would provide an essential nourishing space in his home community, inspired him to create the North Philadelphia Peace Park. The North Philadelphia Peace Park is a community garden with plans for a school. The North Philadelphia Peace Park generates individual and communal agency by promoting the value in returning to our roots, living off the land, and providing food in a food apartheid system. The North Philadelphia Peace Parks seeks to stress community by utilizing the motto: “what you can contribute please do; what you need please take.” For more information about the North Philadelphia Peace Park, please check out their Facebook page. Join us & tune in.
For more information, please visit:
http://phlassembled.net/m/sovereignty/index/north_philly_peace_park/
Interested in getting involved, donating, or researching some of the programs mentioned? Click these links!
- University of Pennsylvania Diverse Design Program
- Occupy Philadelphia
Tommy Joshua’s Hip-Hop Influences:
- Ice Cube: Death Certificate
- KRS-One: You Must Learn
- Public Enemy: Rebel Without a Pause
To volunteer:
Work Party every Sunday at 2216 W. Jefferson in North Philadelphia
To donate/contact:
North Philadelphia Peace Park of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia
1315 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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12/31/17 • 83 min
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