[rsc] Fwd: information from Ashley Milburn- Highway to Nowhere
- From: Hope Clark <hopeclark@xxxxxxx>
- To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:44 -0400
| Dear RSC, Below are links to Ashley Milburn's material about his project. If you have the time and are interested I recommend going through them. Below is also some history of our communication and an outline of parts of the material that grabbed me. It appears he will be attending the gathering in Chestertown in July. I presume after that we will look at setting up an RSC relationship in West Baltimore. best, Hope Begin forwarded message:
 
   Hope Thanks for delving into this as you have done. I would add a question about how cultural organizing is used as an agent for social change. It is what I used to begin to help our community address those issues listed below. It is how art and cultural organizing is at the intersection between community and forced or couched redevelopment. Yes, please distribute the material as needed. I would love to attend the workshop. Could you send me more particulars?
Ashley Milburn Cultural Activist, OSI Fellow, Fusion Partnership Member ----- Original Message ---- From: Hope Clark <hopeclark@xxxxxxx> Cc: Sheila Kerrigan <kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:09:07 PM Subject: Re: Ashley Milburn - West Baltimore and RSC Dear Ashley, Thank you for sending me access to the materials about your project. Below is material that caught my eye, that I saw the Resources for Social Change program being able to serve. We have a RSC listserve, where AR members have signed up because of their interest in the program. It is made up of trainers and non-trainers. Would it be Ok to share your work with this group? Also I am wondering if you are available Saturday July 12 to attend the RSC Gathering at the Crossroads of Art and Activism in Chestertown Md. my best regards, Hope ___________________________________________________________ How does art-making serve as a tool to envision new cultural responses to the affects created by the highway? Moreover, once evidenced, can this process become a model for other urban communities to begin their own process of self-discovery and empowerment? Community Envisioning Workshops • Seeks to examine the universality of The Highway in order to look for solutions that challenge the community to dig deep into their culture and history for answers. • How The Highway became the major signature event forcing the deconstruction of this community. Its impact on the lives of the residents who can still recall the pain associated with the highway coming through their community. • How the impact of the relocation of blacks from the Highway was felt by other communities in Baltimore. From first hand accounts by a former Jewish resident of the Reisterstown Road area, we investigate another part of the puzzle over the Highway. • A community coming to terns with the Highway being not only a deficit – but a potential asset that will define a public use of unused public spaces. • Defining how their stories will be told through Public Art along the Highway. The Highway has become a metaphorical _expression_ of the social, economic, and cultural injustice that has plagued most black urban communities across America. It frames the question for the West Baltimore communities and residents: How do I regain control of my life and of those things that are affecting it without my permission? Answering this question is an important step for them to take ownership and management for their own potentials. _________________________________________ From: milburn.ashley@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: the forth request for assistance Date: June 11, 2008 11:12:31 AM EDT (CA) To: hopeclark@xxxxxxxThank you so much for your prompt reply. Much appreciated! I was born on the Eastern Shore (Elkton).
I need to know if it is possible to have Roots conduct a workshop in the West Baltimore community that I serve in, as a cultural organizer,.when that could happen, and how much the costs would be. I have attached a few background materials to my original correspondences with Roots seeking assistance. Be low is one of our most current PR pieces.
I look forward to working with you.
Ashley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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