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06/25/2016

Ms. Jean changed so many lives by channeling her boundless love into action. It was a privilege to work and learn from her!

It is with a heavy heart that we send condolences to her family all all the people she touched. May all of us honor her legacy with by channeling her love and kindness.

08/05/2014

SEE POTENTIAL year two is here! An intergenerational team of photographers is producing work about the potential and issues in their communities. Please comment on the content of their images, the photographs and dialouge created will be featured in our next round of physical See Potential installations. http://instagr.in/t/seepotential

11/24/2013

It's a packed house today at the Kusanya Cafe. Come join us for your afternoon coffee, or later on, grab yourself a Souppa Fly for a dine-in dinner!

10/24/2013

SEE POTENTIAL partner, Kusanya Cafe is getting ready to open for business!

A week from Friday, we will have our pre-opening celebration Nov 1st....Tickets can now be purchased in advance online. To pick-up tickets in person contact Demond Drummer or Rashanah Baldwin at Teamwork Englewood (815 w. 63rd Street 2nd Floor phone:773-488-6600) or Phil Sipka 773-675-4758
https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8974016525

10/04/2013

Dear SEE POTENTIAL Friends:

Thanks to all of your Facebook “likes” and cross-sharing of our project, we have a total of 409 Friends! For the SEE POTENTIAL Team, this means that people are paying attention and show interest in community-driven revitalization projects. This is awesome and demonstrates a fundamental aspect of human nature: PEOPLE DO CARE about urban transformation! The question that lies before us as we look towards building on what has already been done is: How do we now MOBILIZE the support of all our Friends?

Supporting Bronzeville Community Garden’s Kickstarter initiative is one option; and, a very critical one at this juncture. They need to raise $1,960 by the close of business today in order to move forward with their campaign. We’ve done the math! If 100 of our Friends contribute $20 each, Bronzeville Community Garden stays in the game. We greatly request your financial support for the effort.

For the past four seasons, Bronzeville Community Garden has been a unique platform for creating community on 51st Street, while engaging residents from the broader Bronzeville community and visitors from beyond. They have facilitated many important connections and learned a tremendous amount about operating in their neighborhood.

Operating the garden has also been a great challenge. They've done it on less than a shoe string, relying on volunteers, re-tasked and re-used everything, and, when all else failed, providence. They've never sold a thing nor booked a dollar of revenue; and, they plan to continue - and to grow - in this fashion, as a community place.

To make it all work over the long haul, they'll need the ongoing support from folks who believe in what they're doing. The funding will support a broad range of garden-based initiatives, from our kids programming, to improved infrastructure (umbrellas for much needed shading!), and to our burgeoning Bronzeville Bikes program.

Please give us your pledge.

You can pledge as little as $1 (although our first reward comes at $10 :)) by clicking http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2013532372/a-community-center-without-walls.

Making a pledge today will be doubly helpful because, as mentioned above, it will allow them to continue their Kickstarter campaign beyond today!

Thanks for your support! And please circulate within all of your networks!!!!

A living fence, canopies and more events will advance Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood efforts in growing a healthier community.

07/25/2013

Thank you to all the dedicated residents of the South Side, activists, photographers, Kickstarter donors, friends, family, and beyond! All the love and support we've received has been truly inspiring. The installations are up, but this is only the beginning. Let's 'Bring Back The Forum', grow a garden in Bronzeville, and cultivate a community center in Englewood.

SEE POTENTIAL began as a seedling that Emily Schiffer and Orrin Williams planted and with your help, has continued to grow. Stay tuned for future updates!

Bronzeville Community Garden, The Forum - Bronzeville, Imagine Englewood If..., Kusanya Cafe, SEE POTENTIAL, Magnum Foundation
Video documentation by toni j photography

07/25/2013

Thank you to all 377 Kickstarter donors! Keep an eye out, your rewards are almost ready!

SEE POTENTIAL
Magnum Foundation

07/25/2013

Check out toni j photography's documentation of the SEE POTENTIAL launch celebration at Bronzeville Community Garden and see how the garden has grown!

07/24/2013

Didn't make it to The Forum - Bronzeville launch last month? Check out SEE POTENTIAL contributing photographer toni j photography's coverage of the event.

07/19/2013

"As a photographer, I'm interested in depicting essential details of life that are often overshadowed by larger, more newsworthy circumstances. For me the photographs are just the beginning, I'm constantly searching for new ways to expand the uses of photography, and to enable images to create tangible social change."

-Emily Schiffer
Co-Founder and Creative Director of SEE POTENTIAL
www.emilyschiffer.com

07/18/2013

We're thrilled and honored to include Magnum Photos photographer, Wayne Miller's historical images of the South Side at The Forum - Bronzeville and Imagine Englewood If.....

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Large-scale prints from Wayne Miller's famous series on Chicago's South Side are being hung in the very neighborhoods they were captured in over 60 years ago as part of public art and community engagement project, SEE POTENTIAL-->http://bit.ly/15L1fUI

Photo © Wayne Miller/Magnum Photos
USA. Illinois. Chicago. 1948. Protest by packing house workers.