Building Community with House Meetings

After our first march in January, it was clear that people in our community wanted to dig deeper and continue the conversation. Founding member Tia Reece Mathisen graciously invited interested community members to her house to share food and stories. That night a (racially, ethnically, and religious) diverse group of men and women met together.[…]

Black Lives Matter: Six Word Stories

At a local community fair last spring, the Philly Children’s March set up a booth with coloring books, balloons, information, and the opportunity to write six word stories. A six word story is just that… 6 words that strung together, tell a story. The prompt for our version was, “Black Lives Matter means….” And here’s[…]