Our team service project (TSP) was in full gear in April! There were mural workshops and workshops for seed starting and stone sculptures. To find out more, check out this blog.
TSP is certainly a challenge. You're thrown into a room with nine strangers and expected to invent a service project that has everyone's buy-in. Just add cameras and you've got the Real World of service-learning.
Yet, we successfully completed the big day for our TSP: the Park City Sweep. The Saturday involved city clean-up in 20 neighborhoods, with over 200 volunteers also engaging in new plantings, and repainting benches and picnic tables. Come June 4th, we'll have our Ribbon-Cutting ceremony at the downtown Bridgeport Public Library, to celebrate our installation of a community garden and new public mural.
My current responsibility is in the compilation and writing of a book documenting our project, "Bridgeport Beautifies." I am so excited to be doing this. I am writing about the importance of urban beautification as remediation for urban decay and unimaginative or problematic city planning. I get to talk about murals, gardens, guerilla seed bombing, and the vital importance of city cleanliness. We''re ordering a few copies, so if you're interested in seeing it, you'll have to check it out at the Bridgeport Library!
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