People's Paper Co-op

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People's Paper Co-op Transforming the Narrative of Re-entry

The People's Library and Paper Collective works with a multitude of individuals and community partners to start a People’s Library storefront in North Philadelphia that will serve as:
A command center for criminal record expungement workshops, community think tanks, legal literacy and know your rights workshops, voter registration drives, and other interventions that engage collectively with the causes, effects, and alternatives to social justice issues in North Philadelphia. A start-up creative business and workforce- development program where re-entry adults and youth create hand-made fine papers and books from discarded paper-based material (shredded criminal records from the expungement clinics), author community histories, host open-mic spoken word and poetry readings, and lead weekly writing clubs that encourage dialogue with incarcerated friends and family. The project was instigated by Courtney Bowles and Mark Strandquist as part of the SPACES residency program at the Village of Arts and Humanities.

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2558 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19133

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