A Class Trip Outside of the Penn Bubble
I walked just a few feet past the restaurant I BYOed at this weekend to get to the location of my ‘class trip’. Just beyond what many would call the Penn bubble, my Mural Arts class met at 4008 Chestnut for the dedication of a brand new mural , "Building Brotherhood: Engaging Males of Color." The piece is the Mural Arts and the City’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services' response to President Obama’s nationwide challenge to different cities to improve the odds of success for boys and men of color. I rounded the corner and the mural came into sight: brilliant colors and intricate overlays of images, words, and symbols overwhelmed my senses and stirred my emotions.