What does our Mayor need to know about kids in Philadelphia? How can Dr. King’s words help guide us today? These are the questions that children were answering as they were invited to write letters to Philadelphia’s newly elected Mayor Kenney. Philly Children’s March, along with many other families, enjoyed the Woodmere Art Museum’s “We Speak:[…]
“Can I be Rosa Parks this time?” said the little girl taking a self-issued timeout. “We’re doing something else this time,” I whispered, trying not to interrupt my daughter’s first-grade class or her teacher. “I want to be Rosa Parks,” she declared again. “Good morning, Sunflowers. What language do you want to say hello in[…]
From Newsworks: Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill hosted its first-ever Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Festival in honor of the civil rights leader whose legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality. More than 550 families came out to enjoy making crafts, hear stories and poems, view art and even dance in honor of[…]