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Posted inMusic & Events
Gordon Park Grooves
Tell your neighbors, take the kids, bring a picnic! GORDON PARK GROOVES WENESDAY, JULY 9, 7-9PM in Gordon Park (Humboldt & Locust) FEATURING: Eclectic Vibe A four piece band that contains electric violin, acoustic guitar, bass, and drums. Their music is a melodic voyage that crosses multiple musical genres including rock, funk, rap, and world […]
Posted inRNA News
RNA Bylaws
FROM: Shawn Smart, RNA Co-Chair =============================== Neighbors: Attached is the final draft in content of our bylaws approved on March 11, 2003. Editors able to detect and correct glaring grammer and spelling errors appreciated. Voting privileges, election of officers; creation of a board were controversial issues. I suggest to neighbors in disagreement with the final […]
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
What Does It Mean To Say Riverwest Is Integrated – Is It Really?
GUEST COMMENTARY – by Jackie Reid Dettloff
It was Saturday afternoon when I read the January issue of Riverwest Currents with Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle’s “Living a Life Mosaic: Diversity in Riverwest.” The question, “how shall we live together?” was fresh in my mind the next morning, when I opened the Sunday Journal Sentinel and found the first of several articles on segregation in our city and its surrounding suburbs. Whether one agrees or not with Lois Quinn and John Pawasarat’s definition of an integrated neighborhood as being “20% white and at least 20% black,” the publication of the results of their study has opened a spirited dialogue. I see that as good.
Posted inNeighborhood News
New Community Partner Helps Organize Riverwest
Here’s the drill. You get a knock at your door, and see a friendly, but unfamiliar face. He’s holding a brochure with information about the neighborhood and has a cell phone. The name behind the face is Mark McInerney, and he is not a salesman. The brochure he carries explains his role as the new Community Partner in Riverwest, and his phone and book of numbers are his tools.
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