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Join Creative Philadelphia, Mayor Parker, City officials and community leaders on Thursday, September 26 at 4:00 p.m. for the project launch celebration of Healing Verse Germantown: The Streets Are Talking (HVG), an impactful new poetry and temporary public art project cultivating peace and resistance against gun violence in Germantown and throughout Philadelphia.

Led by artists/co-curators Trapeta Mayson and Yolanda Wisher, and public art coordinator Rob Blackson, HVG is supported by the City of Philadelphia through Creative Philadelphia, and a winner of a $1M Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge grant.

We invite all those who work, live, or have a connection to Germantown to join us for the project launch celebration and participate in the project components, coming soon:

10 upcoming free poetry workshops throughout Germantown, for community members of all ages who want to learn to heal through poetry creation

52 poems by community members impacted by gun violence featured on the 24/7 toll-free Healing Verse Poetry Line (1-855-POEMRX2), along with mental health resources

20 poetry public artworks featuring poems written by residents installed throughout Germantown in a temporary poetry public art exhibition

Free cultural events throughout Germantown centering themes of healing

Learn more at HealingVerseGermantown.com