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Barrio's Living Library
May 10, 202312 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Feb 19, 20234 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Feb 19, 20235 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Nov 11, 20228 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Oct 3, 20225 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Aug 1, 20227 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jun 29, 20227 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Aug 17, 20213 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Aug 7, 20211 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jul 20, 20211 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jul 4, 20212 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jun 23, 20214 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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,...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jun 2, 20212 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
May 28, 20212 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Feb 5, 20212 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Dec 3, 20203 min read
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...
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Barrio's Living Library
Jul 21, 20204 min read
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...
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