Sawubona Lab 46208 – A Summer of Learning in Community Part IV
[Continued from Part III] 4. Re-imagining Black Wall Street. The brainchild of Januarie York, students were asked these questions as they toured a part of our community: If someone gave…
Sawubona Lab 46208 – A Summer of Learning in Community Part III
[Continued from Part II] 3. Mr. Ryder’s house. The house on the corner of 34th and Clifton is a veritable museum full of paintings, sculptures, and other forms of art…
Sawubona Lab 46208 – A Summer of Learning in Community Part II
[Continued from Part I] 2. Community Art and Limited Resources. Our artist, Jamahl Crouch, instructed the youth to draw an image on a sheet of paper which they would then…
Sawubona Lab 46208 – A Summer of Learning in Community Part I
We know that if we’re going to create sustained change, we need to start with the next generation. The Sawubona Lab 46208 was the result of a collaboration between The…
According to LISC commissioned study, Fall Creek Place and other Indianapolis neighborhoods are gentrifying
According to a study commissioned by LISC Indy, 5 census tracts have experienced displacement causing the percentage of African-Americans to drop some significantly in several neighborhoods. The study done by…
All317HipHop – Gallery Opening
Co-hosted by the Learning Tree, there will be a gallery of hip hop photography and art presented at The Athenaeum on August 4th, 2017. ALL317HIPHOP covers hip hop culture in Indianapolis. There will…
Uh Oh! Here Come the Artists
(Ruminations on Art, Race, and Gentrification) “The larger the amount of money that flows to the poor apart from relationship, the more likely the givers are to be supporting systems…
[FICTION] The Ache of Home by Maurice Broaddus
A look at Indy’s food systems and gentrification through the lens of magical realism by our staff writer, Maurice Broaddus, in the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine. Here are excerpts…
Our Neighbors on WFYI!
Our neighbors, Ro and Earl Townsend, were written about and interviewed on WFYI. Enjoy! Ro and Earl Townsend live in what some call the MLK neighborhood, northwest of downtown Indianapolis.…
4620WAIT – #Pause: My Hood Is DOPE by Januarie York
Our own renowned poet, Januarie York, reflects on life in our neighborhood. Enjoy! Recently, I sat on the back patio of my home, enjoying the sunshine and watching the butterfly…