August 9, 2024

Civics

An art installation that educates residents on the changes happening within their neighborhood.

Ten “voicers” are spread across Gowanus, aimed at educating locals to changes in their neighborhood. Participants can scan QR codes to record voice notes to reflect on what they learned. Image by Cameron Blaylock

Ten “voicers” are spread across Gowanus, aimed at educating locals to changes in their neighborhood. Participants can scan QR codes to record voice notes to reflect on what they learned. Image by Cameron Blaylock

Ten “voicers” are spread across Gowanus, aimed at educating locals to changes in their neighborhood. Participants can scan QR codes to record voice notes to reflect on what they learned. Image by Cameron Blaylock

"Brooklyn-based nonprofit Van Alen Institute has launched a new participatory public artwork in Gowanus, Brooklyn. With Your Voice... is aimed at educating Gowanus locals about the 56 Points of Agreement: a set of commitments made by the City of New York to the community as part of the Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning." - Alexandra Surprenant

ARTICLE: With Your Voice, a New Public Art Project in Gowanus, Educates Locals on Neighborhood Investments 

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The news feels hopeless; my neighborhood doesn't.

ARTICLE: The Antidote to Despair Is Finding our Role in Community Building

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How shared hardship reveals our innate capacity for belonging, agency, and interdependence

Book: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

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"Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war."

INTERVIEW: Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

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What does it take for a society to grow?

BOOK: A Way of Being