Learning circles

Here's a sample of readings/videos for this upcoming Learning Circle:

Read: Philly Spends Millions to Help Low-Income Residents Resolve Tangled Titles

Watch: A Dream Deferred PHL Documentary: Redlining Past, Present & Future

Watch: Urban Renewal: The Remaking of Society Hill video from Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

Watch: Arc of Justice: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Beloved Community -- documentary, watch for free on Kanopy.com

Thoughts from recent study group members:

"We are in times where we feel that we haven't got a say in our environment. This study group allows one to get involved and be heard and take part in change big or small."

~Muriel Simmons

"If we do not know where we are (in the past, present, and future) we are lost. The study group helps us free the group's creative genius on our journey."

~Howard Bailey

"I really enjoyed the study group. I read things and engaged in conversations that both challenged me, and deepened my sense of community. Thank you GREAT for helping me to love Germantown more deeply, and to open my mind more fully to what Germantown could be."

~Lola Georg

"I'm a 'triple LLL' (I made that up...lol) Life Long Learner is what it stands fro and I proclaim it. I was immediately attracted to GREAT's Study Group. I'm all things Germantown and this was giving me a chance to sit in with fellow Germantowners and learn and have discussions and most of all create a dream to create the change that will provide the hope of The Best Germantown possible! Count me in! Once again time well spent!"

~Cathy Brown

"The learning circle/study group gave me a chance to explore concepts that interest me through conversations with others from the Germantown community. I learned how transformational change can happen in big and small ways, and that building a community can happen one simple interaction at a time. I got to know new people and hear about their experiences in real-time and space, a welcome break from the information overload of digital life."

~Paul Fugazzotto

"My study group experience was like a toss salad full of knowledge and with heaping amounts of personal growth."

~Anthony Webb

These study group members plus a few more met from October - December 2019 for study group and have since continued to meet to explore two particular projects they developed interest and energy for-- a tool library, and a tour in Germantown. We're looking forward to seeing what comes of the next study group.

Germantown Residents for Economic Alternatives Together

Sign up here if you want to join the upcoming Learning Circle on housing. For now, based on interest and capacity, we are only doing the Housing circle at this time. Scroll down for start dates and details.