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South of Penn Community meeting for Legacy Cities
On March 23, 2023, Barrio Alegria facilitated a community conversation with South of Penn neighbors at the Berks Latino Workforce...
Barrio's Living Library
May 10, 202312 min read
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MSC: Fabiola Flores
In our continued efforts to tell our own stories and evaluate our impact, we have started using the Most Significant Change Framework. We...
Barrio's Living Library
Feb 19, 20234 min read
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MSC: Jay Fritshaffer
In our continued efforts to tell our own stories and evaluate our impact, we have started using the Most Significant Change Framework. We...
Barrio's Living Library
Feb 19, 20235 min read
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MSC: Mateo Toro
In our continued efforts to tell our own stories and evaluate our impact, we have started using the Most Significant Change Framework. We...
Barrio's Living Library
Nov 11, 20228 min read
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MSC: Yuritzkiri Sixtos-Medina
In our continued efforts to tell our own stories and evaluate our impact, we have started using the Most Significant Change Framework. We...
Barrio's Living Library
Oct 3, 20225 min read
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Jeanette Buchanon
Anchor of the South By Rubi Mora and Barrio staff In the South of Penn, if we want to alert neighbors about a program, we summon a...
Barrio's Living Library
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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MSC: Idalmi Rivera
In our continued efforts to tell our own stories and evaluate our impact, we have started using the Most Significant Change Framework. We...
Barrio's Living Library
Aug 1, 20227 min read
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MSC: Kaylee Carpinteyro
In our continued efforts to tell our own stories and evaluate our impact, we have started using the Most Significant Change Framework. We...
Barrio's Living Library
Jun 29, 20227 min read
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Logan Rea: from page to stage
Logan Rea is a gifted young writer from Reading, exploring the arts of storytelling and poetry. In this recording, Logan shares their...
Barrio's Living Library
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Sum up my pain: Two poems by Dasani Armstrong
Say my name by Dasani Armstrong I’ve been in school for quite a while and throughout my years one thing has never changed There is always...
Barrio's Living Library
Aug 17, 20213 min read
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Storytelling Through Dance Stories: Ashley Hernandez
Ashley Hernandez says that Queen Salali does not know how to play chess because for chess you have to be very logical, and she doesn't...
Barrio's Living Library
Aug 7, 20211 min read
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Where Did You Go
Where Did You Go by Nancy Sellers I can still hear your voice In Zen Buddhist chants On the answering machine In the wind whipping...
Barrio's Living Library
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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Barrio Stories 2021: Channing
Channing DuRant is very special to Barrio Alegria, just like everyone else that’s part of the family. He had no idea what STTD was going...
Barrio's Living Library
Jul 4, 20212 min read
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Black Youth & The Verdict
Black Youth & The Verdict A look toward sentencing in America’s highest-profile case of police murder. By Logan Rea Former Minneapolis...
Barrio's Living Library
Jun 23, 20214 min read
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Creating safe spaces through bad singing
I grew up in The Bronx where there was a constant mix of Rap, R&B, and Latin music playing. If you wanted to listen to your own music,...
Barrio's Living Library
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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Murder of My Spirit /Skip Me
Murder of My Spirit by Logan Rea The chills from their calls The cold that then falls Urging me to open up to my natural laws Intuition...
Barrio's Living Library
Jun 2, 20212 min read
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The Guiltless Guajillo Pepper
The Guiltless Guajillo Pepper By Kaylee Carpinteyro Roaring sounds of crackling peppers on the stove top Are playing as I’m walking...
Barrio's Living Library
May 28, 20212 min read
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She Led Them to Dance Through Walls
When I started working at Barrio I thought I would be working on curating a photographic database that would use Barrio’s participants to...
Barrio's Living Library
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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A Barrio Story: Jose Garcia
Sweating it out! It was a hot Saturday in July 2019, the sun was at its peak and the air overwhelmed with humidity. Jose, a determined...
Barrio's Living Library
Dec 3, 20203 min read
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Front Page Story: Jada
And so it begins All eyes are on Jada Dominguez as she strides down the runway. The lights, the whispers, the rush of adrenaline and...
Barrio's Living Library
Jul 21, 20204 min read
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