Podcasts Culture Philadelphia Community Podcast 1-20 Whats Going On MLK Weekend at AAMP & Mural Arts Philadelphia -Stop the Violence Mural

1-20 Whats Going On MLK Weekend at AAMP & Mural Arts Philadelphia -Stop the Violence Mural

Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 8:31 p.m.

January 21st is the day the nation celebrates the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In addition to the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service - https://mlkdayofservice.org/.
There is a whole weekend of events at the African American Museum In Philadelphia. Loraine Ballard Morrill speaks with Patricia Wilson Aden, President and CEO of AAMP and Dan Fitzpatrick President of Citizens Bank which is a major sponsor about the events happening at during MLK Weekend at AAMP. https://www.aampmuseum.org/

Loraine also speaks with Jane Golden, Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia and mural artist Felix St. Fort about the resurrection of a 30 year old Stop the Violence Mural that was torn down because of redevelopment but resurrected and reimagined after the community protested. The two talk about the mural’s history and ways community volunteers be a part of repainting the work on the MLK Holiday.

https://www.muralarts.org/events/paint-day-a-memory-of-the-future/