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Katon Black

Posted inCulture

How to Turn a School Into a Skate Park

by Malik Jackson January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

eople from the South Side have a certain kind of DIY attitude to them. Decades of expropriation have made it so that we have no other choice. This attitude rings through chants like “Whose Streets, Our Streets!” and “We Keep Us Safe!” and it animates the countless organizations working to rebuild and remake our communities. […]

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