posted by Amy Hillier

on November 16, 2006

The lack of blog entries over the last two months should not be taken as a sign that all is quiet on the Du Bois front. Several of us have been hard at work on a number of things:

1. Anne Garcia, our public outreach coordinator, submitted our application yesterday to the Mural Arts Program for a mural of Du Bois at 6th and Rodman Streets. We had a successful community meeting two days before that, at Mother Bethel AME Church, with representatives from all four of the neighborhood associations in that area. They have all been supportive, as have been Mother Bethel, ODUNDE, the fire station (next to the mural wall) and the property owner. We have also contacted McCall Elementary and the leader of the after school program at Starr Playground about including the kids in the mural process. They, too, were encouraging. We will hear in January whether our application has been accepted.

2. Our quest for a mural of Du Bois on campus make front page news in Tuesday's Daily Pennsylvanian.

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/ storage/paper882/news/2006/11/14/News/Up.Against.A.Wall -2457967.shtml?norewrite200611160844