Thanks Joel for sharing this op Ed by Michelle Wu. At your suggestion I sent
this note and a link to the story about our block party to the staff person in
charge of civic engagement.
My neighbors suggested I send Michelle this story after reading her Boston
Globe Op-Ed on May 30. We really related. Great food, multigenerational
connections, conviviality, and a brass band on May 18...how's that for a recipe
for a terrific block party. This very local and very powerful form of civic
engagement reconnected us with each other after an interminably dreary spring
and mind numbing headlines. It reminded us that we're door to door neighbors
and no matter politics, race, and religion, we can count on each other when it
counts.
We are living proof of the power of block parties to pull together the threads
in the special quilt called our neighborhood.
Thank you Michelle.
Please let me know if this reaches your message site.
https://ptatlarge.typepad.com/ptatlarge/2019/05/block-party-a-touch-of-new-orleans-on-pearl-street.htmlm
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On Jun 7, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Rayman, Paula M <Paula_Rayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for sharing a good article!
Cheers,
Paula
Paula M. Rayman, Ph.D
Professor Emerita, Sociology UMass Lowell
Research Professor UMass Boston
Founding Director, Middle East Center for Peace, Development and Culture and
Peace and Conflict Studies
Chair, National Advisory Board SEAChange, AAAS
Senior Scholar, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dugan Hall 205-L
883 Broadway St. Lowell, MA 01854
Cell: 781-223-5649
From: h2oneighbors-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <h2oneighbors-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
on behalf of Rosenberg, Joel <Joel.Rosenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 1:23:21 PM
To: h2oneighbors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [h2oneighbors] Re: Block parties and democracy--the wider meaning
Dear Francesca,
Sorry for the delay on this. I hit a snag on creating a PDF, but it’s now
ready to transmit:
Enjoy!
(All other neighbors: enjoy as well!)
All good wishes,
Joel
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On Behalf Of Francesca Bewer
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 10:53 PM
To: h2oneighbors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [h2oneighbors] Re: Block parties and democracy--the wider meaning
Thank you!! 🙂
