Thank you, Ray, for underscoring my point. Citizen activism is a good
thing, and not only as it applies to parks and their support groups, but
to all public services citywide. The best way to care for your
neighborhood Rec Center or District Health Center is to participate in
its Neighborhood Advisory Committee. The best way to support the Walnut
Street Library is to join Friends of the Walnut Street Library. The best
way to help with your neighborhood school is to be active in its Home
School Association. The best way to provide feedback on neighborhood
policework is to work on its Advisory Committee.
In a city without any form of local government, of course, all local
issues are interrelated with citywide issues. Most aspects of public
service have citywide citizens activist groups. They too can be joined.
One I am particularly impressed with at the moment is Philadelphia
Students Union, a lobbying and organizing group of high-school students!
(See my FB page.)
I'm not disparaging the work that can be done be lone wolves like
yourself either. But Benjamin Franklin's advice to a free people who
must deal with their sovereign on difficult issues remains sound today:
"We must all hang together...."
-- Tony West
On 1/23/2010 11:59 PM, UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote:
the most revealing line from that article:
"The best way to have a say in Clark Park," said [Tony]
West, "is to become a member."
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