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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...
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Barrio's Living Library
- Oct 3
- 5 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 7 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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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Barrio's Living Library
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
Iron Stories: Goldy Ghuman
The park The Iron playground located on the south side of Reading is home to many memories and stories that neighbors share to this day....
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Barrio's Living Library
- Dec 12, 2019
- 5 min
Extreme Sports for Brown Folk
On a gorgeous weekend in May, 2019, a buddy and I spent an afternoon rock climbing in Birdsboro rock quarry. I clawed my way up a climb...
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