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Philadelphia is using poetry in public spaces to help communities grieve gun violence together.
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In this episode
- How public art reaches people that city planning often cannot
- The role poetry plays in processing collective grief and loss
- Ways Philadelphia residents are reclaiming neighborhoods through words
- What community healing looks like when it starts on the street
About this episode
Public art projects use poems across Philadelphia to help residents process loss, gun violence and grief together.
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