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==== 2021 LFI cohorts 3 and 4 meeting ====
 
==== 2021 LFI cohorts 3 and 4 meeting ====
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===== Intro =====
 
===== Intro =====
 
This is an in-person weekend meeting for members of Library Freedom Project who completed Library Freedom Institute cohort 3 or 4. We'll meet in Philadelphia, August 6-8 2021 to learn and build relationships with one another.
 
  
 
===== Please read and abide by our community documents =====
 
===== Please read and abide by our community documents =====
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====== Community Agreements ======
 
====== Community Agreements ======
''Developed by consensus on August 7, 2021''
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To be decided together
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===== Venue =====
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Calvary United Methodist Church, 801 48th Street, on the southeast corner of 48th Street & Baltimore Avenue. Our activities will likely all be on the first floor. The building is accessible via ramp or stairs. It's a chill place with lots of natural light.
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===== Hotel =====
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Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel 3549 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (room assignments to come). Elevator accessible, no stairs to climb at all as far as I know.
  
* Inclusive
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===== Group dinner =====
* Remembering Our/My Context
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White Dog Cafe, TBD. The private rooms might be down a flight of stairs, but I am currently working on this and will update with accessibility info.
* Ask Up - Jargon Gesture - Say Your Acronyms
 
* Forgiving
 
* Write Bigger /Speak Up
 
* Provide Grace
 
* OOPS/Ouch - Accountability
 
* Freedom to Move
 
* Acknowledgement for community agreements flexibility
 
* Hands instead of clapping - Deaf applause
 
* Recognize Power & Privilege
 
* One Mic, One Speaker
 
  
 
===== Weekend details at a glance =====  
 
===== Weekend details at a glance =====  
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| August 7  
 
| August 7  
| 10-4 at Sheraton meeting room
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| 10-4 at Calvary
 
| daytime meeting things;possible group dinner, details to come; social stuff in the evening
 
| daytime meeting things;possible group dinner, details to come; social stuff in the evening
 
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| August 8  
 
| August 8  
| 10-3:30 at Sheraton meeting room
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| 10-3 at Calvary
 
| daytime meeting things; possible group activity; most people leaving in the evening |
 
| daytime meeting things; possible group activity; most people leaving in the evening |
 
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===== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/Main_Page/Meetings/Philly2021/Agenda Agenda and ideas of things to do together] =====
  
 
===== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php?title=Main_Page/Meetings/Philly2021/Notes Notes] =====
 
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* If you're arriving via Amtrak, you're getting into 30th Street Station too. It's a 15 minute walk from the station to the hotel.  
 
* If you're arriving via Amtrak, you're getting into 30th Street Station too. It's a 15 minute walk from the station to the hotel.  
 
* If you need to take a taxi or rideshare from the airport, that is okay, just let Alison know first so that we can budget. Also, it would be great to coordinate with other people who are arriving at the same time.  
 
* If you need to take a taxi or rideshare from the airport, that is okay, just let Alison know first so that we can budget. Also, it would be great to coordinate with other people who are arriving at the same time.  
 
===== Venue =====
 
Sheraton University City meeting room: I had to switch our venue from Calvary Church to this because Calvary doesn't have air conditioning and it's gonna be super hot.
 
 
===== Hotel =====
 
Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel 3549 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (room assignments to come). Elevator accessible, no stairs to climb at all as far as I know.
 
 
===== Group dinner =====
 
White Dog Cafe, 3420 Sansom Street. We have a private dining room on the first floor.
 
  
 
====== Transit locally ======
 
====== Transit locally ======
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====== Things to do in West Philly ======
 
====== Things to do in West Philly ======
 
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[will add more detail here later]
 
* Local site with event info: https://www.westphillylocal.com/
 
* Local site with event info: https://www.westphillylocal.com/
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* Walk around and look at the pretty houses
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* Secret bird sanctuary
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* Clark Park
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* Malcolm X Park
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* Bartram's Gardens
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* Woodlands Cemetery
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* Mt. Moriah Cemetery
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* Fairmount Park
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* Paul Robeson house
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* Murals including ESPO ones
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* Institute of Contemporary Art
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* Making Worlds bookstore
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* A-Space
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* Pentridge Station
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* Dahlak
  
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====== Things to do in the rest of Philly (and beyond??) ======
! Name
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[I will add more detail here later]
! Type of activity
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* Rittenhouse Square Park
! Website/location
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* More Fairmount Park things
! Things to know
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* Walk around center city and look at the pretty houses and teeny side streets
 
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* Colonial Philadelphia historic things ranked by a local
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* Eastern State Penitentiary
| Spruce Hill Bird Sanctuary
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* Mutter Museum
| Nature
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* The Rosenbach
| https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/spruce-hill-bird-sanctuary
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* Philadelphia Museum of Art (and the Rocky statue)
| Really special place!!!
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* The Franklin Institute
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* The Barnes
 
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* "The Dream Garden"
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* Wagner Institute
| Clark Park
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* City Hall  
| Park
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* Reading Terminal Market
| 43rd and Baltimore
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* Waterfront stuff/Race and Cherry St Piers
| Big park with lots of things happening
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* Giovanni's Room
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* Oscar's
 
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* Wooden Shoe
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* Tattooed Mom's
| Malcolm X Park
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* Uncle Bobbie’s
| Park
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* Harriet’s Bookstore  
| 51st and Pine
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[will get back to this]
| Big park a little further west, a bit smaller than Clark Park
 
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| Bartram's Gardens
 
| Nature/park
 
| https://www.bartramsgarden.org/
 
| Big nature space in West Philly!!
 
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| Woodlands Cemetery
 
| Park
 
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| Mt. Moriah Cemetery
 
| Park
 
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| overgrown and somewhat abandoned cemetery which is also really cool
 
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| Fairmount Park
 
| Nature/Park
 
| https://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/attractions/fairmount-park/
 
| huge forest park with trails
 
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| Paul Robeson House
 
| History/Cultural activities
 
| https://www.paulrobesonhouse.org/
 
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| Dahlak
 
| Bar
 
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| drinks and Ethiopian food, great outdoor space for hanging
 
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| Pentridge Station
 
| Bar
 
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| very large outdoor beer garden; would be nice for a large group hang
 
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| Making Worlds bookstore
 
| Bookstore
 
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| nice independent/radical bookstore in the neighborhood
 
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| Espo "Love Letter" murals
 
| Art
 
| https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/love-letter-murals
 
| Ride the el westbound and you can see a bunch of them :)
 
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| Walk around and look at the pretty houses and gardens
 
| idk
 
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| West Philly is a beautiful neighborhood!
 
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====== Things to do in the rest of Philly ======
 
 
 
* Alison note to add cool neighborhoods where theres lots of stuff to walk around and do
 
 
 
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! Name
 
! Type of activity
 
! Website
 
! Things to know
 
 
 
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| Rittenhouse Square Park  
 
| Park
 
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| very social park, even though it's in one of the richest neighborhoods, park life is chill and diverse and there's lots of food around
 
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| Mutter Museum
 
| Culture
 
| http://muttermuseum.org/
 
| very worth seeing this museum of medical weirdness
 
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| The Rosenbach
 
| Culture
 
| https://rosenbach.org/
 
| small museum/library in a pretty neighborhood with literary collections including James Joyce and Maurice Sendak
 
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| Philadelphia Museum of Art (and the Rocky statue)
 
| Art
 
| https://philamuseum.org/
 
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| The Barnes  
 
| Art
 
| https://www.barnesfoundation.org/
 
| huge collection of modern European paintings eg Cezanne, Renoir, Picasso, Modigliani
 
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| "The Dream Garden"
 
| Art
 
| https://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/the-dream-garden/
 
| Maxfield Parrish mosaic of Tiffany glass. it's gorgeous. definitely go see it if you find yourself in Old City.
 
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| Eastern State Penitentiary
 
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| Colonial Philadelphia historic things
 
| Culture
 
| there's a bunch of stuff all over Old City
 
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| Walk around center city and look at the old houses and teeny side streets
 
| idk
 
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| City Hall  
 
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| https://www.easternstate.org/
 
| it's the world's largest masonry building if you're into that sorta thing! it's pretty
 
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| Reading Terminal Market  
 
| Food
 
| https://readingterminalmarket.org/
 
| has the distinction of being one of the only touristy places that locals also frequent. I love the Reading Terminal, I've been going there since I was a baby.
 
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| Giovanni's Room  
 
| Bookstore
 
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| legendary LGBTQ book store right in the Gayborhood
 
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| Oscar's  
 
| Bar
 
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| just a great dive bar
 
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| Wooden Shoe Books
 
| Bookstore
 
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| radical book store on South Street
 
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| Tattooed Mom's  
 
| Bar
 
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| great bar on South Street to go to after you go to Wooden Shoe
 
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| Uncle Bobbie's
 
| Bookstore  
 
|
 
| Black-owned bookstore in Germantown with lots of events
 
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| Harriet's Bookstore
 
| Bookstore
 
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| Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown
 
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| Italian Market
 
 
| https://www.italianmarketphilly.org/
 
| also just a special weird place in Philly
 
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| Shane Confectionery
 
| Candy Store
 
| https://shanecandies.com/
 
| America's Oldest Candy Shop
 
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| Jackson County Library Services
 
| Jackson County Library Services
|Thurs or Fri (would carpool with anyone coming thru the Hudson Valley!)/Monday
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|Michelle
 
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| Alexandria Library
 
| Alexandria Library
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| Cornell University Library
 
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| Sacramento Public Library
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| Oakland, CA
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| Cohort 4
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| Oakland Public Library
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| Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon
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| State Library of Massachusetts
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| Greensboro, NC
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| 1PM Fri / 7PM Sun
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| yes!
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| They/them/she/her
 
| Chalfont, PA
 
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| Phoenix, Az
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| Cohort 4
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| Arizona State University
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|Friday Evening - Sunday Evening
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|Yes
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