PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS PROGRAM Annual Report 2014
Annual Report 2014
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT WE MAKE MURALS, BUT THAT’S ONLY PART OF THE STORY. WE MAKE CHANGE. 2014 was a milestone year for Mural Arts. We marked our 30th anniversary through groundbreaking projects and special initiatives, including two signature projects with international artists, a retrospective exhibition, new partnerships with local artists and creative collaborators, and experiments in process and medium. We also continued our dedicated work serving more than 1,500 individuals through project-based programs and engaging thousands more in collaborative art making. Our annual report captures the most memorable moments from this past year. However, instead of just showcasing our highlights, we want to share the process and values that are at the heart of everything we do: the intention to use art to ignite change in places, individuals, communities, and institutions.
From October 2013 to April 2014, we partnered with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to present Beyond the Paint: Philadelphia’s Mural Arts, a retrospective exhibition that brought record-breaking attendance to the venerable cultural institution. The show focused on our 30-year evolution from a small anti-graffiti program to an internationally recognized leader in community-based public art and a leading expert in mural making and art education.
We often are asked, “how do we make change?” The answer is of course not simple, and it is not easy to communicate. How we make this change cannot be captured in glossy photographs or colorful charts, so we are using this report to guide you through the steps we use. These steps will give you an idea of our process, though in reality, they are often much more complex. Making change requires the ability to adapt to the moment and to harness the strengths of the unique individuals gathered that day. It is a process that is impossible to perfect because the things we are attempting to change are dynamic. The challenges that Philadelphia, its citizens, and its leaders face vary with every passing day. Nevertheless, we will continue to take on these challenges as our own so that we best can meet them with the tools at our disposal — namely art, inspiration, and collective visioning. Making change requires a steadfast faith in these tools, and our faith is based on three decades of seeing this process succeed, in seeing change happen. We hope to shed some light on this process so that when you see our finished work, you will understand everything that went into creating it and the multifaceted transformations that it represents. This is where the change happens. There is hidden beauty here, and we invite you to look closer. Sincerely, David Pudlin Board Chair Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates
Jane Golden Executive Director Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
All photographs are by Steve Weinik unless otherwise noted.
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Our Mission
WE BELIEVE ART IGNITES CHANGE. We create art with others to transform places, individuals, communities, and institutions. Through this work, we establish new standards of excellence in the practice of public and contemporary art. Our process empowers artists to be change agents, stimulates dialogue about critical issues, and builds bridges of connection and understanding. Our work is created in service of a larger movement that values equity, fairness, and progress across all of society.
ART EDUCATION
COMMUNITY MURALS
We provide quality art education to underserved youth, who emerge with expectations and senses of direction that help them find success in higher education and within the work world.
We collaborate with community members to lead projects that build social capital, inspire a sense of communal ownership over space and empower people to become change agents.
muraLAB
PORCH LIGHT
We organize events and exhibitions in this think tank for advancing muralism in the 21st century. Artists, curators, social scientists, and urban leaders offer fresh perspectives, broader contexts, and new urgency.
We partner with the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services as well as health and social service agencies to situate art at the heart of recovery, resilience, and healing. SPECIAL PROJECTS
TOURS We offer public and private tours of the world’s largest outdoor art gallery, where people explore the murals, artistic processes, and community histories that inspire our work. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
We listen with empathetic ears to understand the aspirations of our partners and participants. And through beautiful collaborative art, we provide people with the inspiration and tools to seize their own future.
We provide project-based jobs and work readiness training to formerly incarcerated individuals, probationary youth and current inmates, allowing participants to make healing contributions to Philadelphia’s communities.
We explore the experimental dimensions of public art. Special projects grow from the social and civic foundations of the mural tradition, while responding to innovative ideas that propel muralism into the future.
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LOOK
SEEING THE BIG PICTURE.
CHANGE STARTS BY LOOKING BEYOND THE SURFACE. Our work starts with a genuine curiosity about what makes Philadelphia tick. The surface is something to get beyond. We do not start by looking for walls, but by going deeper. We look for the issues that drive and make our city, and we look for the problems Philadelphia and its residents are grappling with daily. Through this looking, we find a lot of need. We see the private struggles of citizens returning from war or incarceration, and those who cope with addiction and isolation. We see community struggles like crime, blight, and underinvestment. But we also see the strength, commitment, and vision of Philadelphians who are eager to connect and engage with one another towards the betterment of something larger than themselves. This kind of looking is about understanding. When we look and understand, we find our inspiration. This is where we start.
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LOOK
SEEING THE BIG PICTURE.
MORTON MCMICHAEL SCHOOL ARTIST: Ben Volta
CHALLENGE: Principal Brian Wallace was committed to ensuring his students succeeded in the face of district-wide budget cuts.
SOLUTION: Mural Arts’ Art Education program introduced artist Ben Volta to McMichael’s seventh-grade math and science classrooms, where he supported STEM learning through the addition of art and project-based curricula.
RESULT: Students deepened their learning experiences, and the stunning new 12,000-square-foot mural expresses McMichael’s vibrancy and pride.
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“Our students were excited to come to class because mural-making brought math and science alive.” PRINCIPAL BRIAN WALLACE
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LOOK WE WANT TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE. LOOKING LEADS TO INSPIRATION
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Years ago we flagged the Northeast Rail Corridor, which used to service Philadelphia in its “Workshop of the World” heyday of industry and now shuttles 34,000 rail passengers daily, as a nontraditional site for transformative public art. In 2014 Mural Arts mounted psychylustro there, Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse’s seven vibrant episodes of abstract color that greet train passengers at one of Philadelphia’s most visible gateways.
“We love the fact that psychylustro is seen by people in motion, people often locked in their day-to-day thoughts. But there is something else. We want people to see what we see. We see the deterioration, but also beauty and history and our city’s past and potential for re-imagining the future.” JANE GOLDEN Executive Director
psychylustro © 2014 Katharina Grosse Northeast Rail Corridor between 30th Street Station and North Philadelphia Station
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STEP 2:
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LISTEN
ACTIVE LISTENING IS POWERFUL.
LISTENING AS PART OF CHANGE IS ABOUT LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING. Each project begins with listening. This kind of listening is not passive. Active listening means asking questions, digging deeper. Active listening means starting and fostering ongoing dialogue among disparate groups. It is about finding partners who already have an ear to the ground. This listening is about making sure that everyone is heard. It is about amplifying voices that have been muted. When we listen as part of making change, it is about learning and doing. It is about action and justice, courage and strength. We search for partners that understand this and welcome this exchange. Then our artists actively listen to those around them and find inspiration in the stories they are told. With open hearts and minds, they transform what they hear into powerful design and imagery.
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LISTEN
ACTIVE LISTENING IS POWERFUL.
SOUTHEAST BY SOUTHEAST ARTISTS: Shira Walinsky, Miriam Singer
CHALLENGE: Refugees from Southeast Asian nations felt unsafe and overwhelmed in their new country.
SOLUTION: Mural Arts collaborated with Lutheran Children and Family Service and the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services to create a cultural hub and resource center, programmed with mural workshops, art education, ESL, and other social services.
RESULT: Community members built strong intergenerational relationships, led the charge to remove trash from streets and lots, initiated a range of cultural programming, and voiced a greater sense of safety and well-being.
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“I feel like I have a family here. Friends that I can share my feelings. I feel safe in here.” YOUTH PARTICIPANT
STEP 2:
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LISTEN
ACTIVE LISTENING IS POWERFUL.
STORIES THAT MUST BE TOLD
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At the corner of 42nd Street and Lancaster Avenue, a modified shipping container turned resource center sits on a small lot. Across the street are murals that contain text and images representing the culmination of two years’ work listening to homeless and housing insecure youth in West Philadelphia. The journey2home project, led by artists Ernel Martinez, Shira Walinsky, and Jared Wood, provided an interdisciplinary framework, based in artistic co-production, to illuminate the stories of young people impacted by housing insecurity and to generate dialogue among diverse stakeholders.
“Being in a community with other young folks of my racial group, my sexual orientation, [who] experienced homelessness, and being able to find community was a very healing experience that helped me to personally feel less alone in my struggle with homelessness.” PHANTAZIA WASHINGTON Artist Assistant and Trainer, The Attic Youth Center
journey2home © 2014 Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Nema Etebar, Ernel Martinez, Michael O’Bryan, Shira Walinsky, and Jared Wood 4119 Lancaster Avenue
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Photo by Dre Urhahn
STEP 3:
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CONNECT BUILDING BRIDGES OF DIALOGUE.
CONNECTIONS BEGIN WHEN PEOPLE PICTURE THEMSELVES IN EACH OTHER’S SHOES. Once we have found our inspiration, we mobilize our partners and build a team of individuals — artists, participants, residents, nonprofit leaders, funders, policymakers — anyone who wants to help us make change happen. We connect people and institutions that normally do not talk to each other, like inmates and victims, addicts and their neighbors, cops and kids. We build bridges of dialogue over long-standing chasms of misunderstanding, distrust, and ignorance.
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These connections are not always comfortable or convenient. But they result in important conversations that lead to change — in attitudes, in understanding, in hearts and minds. Transformation starts when people shift their perspective enough to find empathy and compassion. We see it every day in our work. It is these small moments that form the building blocks of change.
STEP 3:
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CONNECT SHIFTING ATTITUDES TOWARDS CHANGE.
BEYOND THE WALL ARTISTS: Eric Okdeh, Josh MacPhee
CHALLENGE: Current inmates and returning citizens felt they had no voice in the debate about mass incarceration in the U.S., which has the world’s largest prison population.
SOLUTION: Mural Arts collaborated with inmates and artists to raise awareness about mass incarceration and, through civic participation and artistic inspiration, to issue a citywide call to action.
RESULT: Artists and inmates led community discussions throughout the city, sold out a one-day seminar, created a public transit poster series, and highlighted 35 personal stories about the issue through a project website and mural portraits.
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Pictured: J. Jondhi Harrell, Chief Executive Office, The Center for Returning Citizens
“Art saved my life. [In prison] my art was everything — my friend, my family — because I didn’t get visits. The art was always there. I get out and it’s there. It’s life-changing.” RUSSELL, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PARTICIPANT
STEP 3:
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CONNECT SHIFTING ATTITUDES TOWARDS CHANGE.
FORGING A COLLECTIVE VISION Restored Spaces projects use a participatory process that begins with a master plan and vision statement determined collaboratively by the community, youth, and stakeholders. At the Conestoga Recreation Center and Mastery Charter Shoemaker Campus, multiple partners were brought together, including students, school administrators, the City, the Water Department, the Trust for Public Land, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, faculty, and a caring group of residents. They envisioned change as a team and together began greening and beautification efforts in areas surrounding the site.
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Photo by Michael Koehler
“There is no better way to nurture community growth than connecting with the environment around us, which includes the paint. Some of the plants that we actually grew […] are incorporated in the mural.” PHYLICIA HODGES Participant, Restored Spaces, Room for Growth
Neighborhood Nature © 2012 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Kaitlin Pomerantz / We The Weeds. 5200 Warren Street
muraLAB: Live October 14, 2014 WHYY 150 North 6th Street
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2ND & NORRIS STREETS
YOU GO GIRL
ALL THE WAY LIVE FROM THE 215
ARTIST: Jetsonorama and Ursula Rucker
ARTIST: Chris Stain
1531 RIDGE AVENUE
2101 CECIL B. MOORE AVENUE
STAIRCASES AND MOUNTAINTOPS: ASCENDING BEYOND THE DREAM ARTIST: Willis Humphrey aka Nomo and Jonny Buss
DIAMOND STREET B/W 25TH & 26TH STS.
NANA BLANKETS ARTIST: Kathryn Pannepacker
1228 FRANKFORD AVENUE
GIRARD AVENUE BRIDGE
ARTIST: Shepard Fairey
ARTIST: Jonathan Laidacker
LOTUS DIAMOND
PHILLY ROWING
MURAL ARTS
CHANGE BY THE NUMBERS
19,035
3,252
100% 315
2,350 315
987
133
10,742
84
total attendance at 259 public programs and events
graduation Porch Lightrate of High School seniors in ourengaged art ed for youth participants program
youth in our Art Education program
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mural tour participants visited the work around the city
new friends came together to celebrate 42 project dedications
people joined Porch us Light at 48 paint days participants served
Restorative Justice participants engaged
community meetings brought 2,271 people together in dialogue
STEP 4:
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CREATE
IT AIN’T JUST ABOUT THE PAINT.
THE ART IS SIMPLY THE MOST VISIBLE PART. Perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of our work is the breadth of how we define “create.” Of course we create murals and art, but as we’ve always quipped, “It ain’t just about the paint.” The murals and artwork are simply the visible end product of a long and complicated process of collaborative generation, which in itself leads to substantive change. Our process goes beyond the visual impact of art on walls. By looking, seeing, and connecting, our projects also result in newly forged bonds, networks, and social cohesion. We create resources and opportunity. We create moments for reflection and celebration. We create hope and optimism about a different future. Our process of collaborative art making is a powerful vehicle for inspiring these other creative forces. The bonus is that through this process, we also create a lot of beauty along the way.
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CREATE
IT AIN’T ABOUT THE PAINT.
32ND AND TOURS CUMBERLAND ARTIST: Parris Stancell
CHALLENGE: The neighborhood wanted to address quality of life issues and to send a message of hope to its residents.
SOLUTION: Mural Arts engaged Committee Person Bill Thompson and community members through meetings and activities to illustrate residents’ vision of peace.
RESULT: The community came together, unlike ever before, and shaped a vision for the future of their neighborhood.
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Photo by Alisa Hathaway
“Because residents attended community meetings for the mural, they now know the neighborhood has a support system for other challenges in their lives.” BILL THOMPSON, COMMITTEE PERSON, 28TH WARD, 10TH DIVISION
STEP 4:
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CREATE
IT AIN’T ABOUT THE PAINT.
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BECOMING A CREATIVE FORCE In Amplify at Union Transfer, participants in our Guild program, returning citizens, probationers, and parolees joined forces to co-create a mural celebrating music and sound. Amplify is also a visual representation of voice — a metaphor for the opportunities that Mural Arts provides to people who have consistently felt disconnected from society, to not only succeed but to thrive. Artist Ben Volta and Guild participants created a design for the site that depicts sounds projecting from a gramophone, which grow stronger as they move across the wall. Using the building’s architecture and ornamentation as inspiration, participants created unique designs that are exploratory and decorative, as well as embedded with meaning.
“The type of person I am, I was always by myself. I didn’t really like being around a lot of people. Now that I’m at Mural Arts we meet a lot of people painting, laughing with the fellows, and staying out of trouble. It’s like just having fun.” NAFIS Artist and Guild member since 2013
Amplify Š 2014 Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Ben Volta 1026 Spring Garden Street
STEP 5:
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CELEBRATE BOTH THE JOURNEY AND EACH OTHER.
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WE MUST HONOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING CHANGE. After completing all the steps in our change process — the looking, seeing, connecting and creating — we gather together with partners and friends to celebrate the journey and each other. Whether at mural dedications, block parties, resource fairs, advocacy days, exhibitions, or openings, we celebrate the work of the artists and co-creators who collaborated to create something larger than themselves. We celebrate these relationships, these newly formed bonds of friendships, and we honor them. We do not see these celebrations as the project’s end, but rather the beginnings of long, rewarding relationships with new partners. Many times our projects are merely seeds that, if nurtured, grow into larger, long-term endeavors of renewal in places or in relationships. We understand that change happens through an ongoing, continual push. So as we celebrate our work, we celebrate a future of continuing this work — of greeting each and every day with the intention of crafting and creating real change.
STEP 5:
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CELEBRATE BOTH THE JOURNEY AND EACH OTHER.
ASPIRE: NO LIMITS ARTIST: Ernel Martinez
CHALLENGE: Friends and family members of Dr. Shawn L. White wanted to find a way to adequately celebrate and pay tribute to his incredible life and public service.
SOLUTION: Honor Shawn’s memory by continuing his work and outreach to young African American men about pressing public health issues through workshops, programs, and a celebratory community mural.
RESULT: Through workshops, community paint days, and barbershop talks (Shawn’s mentorship model), more than 200 young men met inspiring members of their community and learned about public health and conflict resolution.
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ASpire: No Limits © 2014 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Ernel Martinez. 2054 Ellsworth Street
“We wanted to keep Shawn’s dream alive, and what better way than a mural in his neighborhood?” TARIQ “BLACK THOUGHT” TROTTER, CO-FOUNDER OF THE ROOTS AND MURAL ARTS BOARD MEMBER
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CELEBRATE BOTH THE JOURNEY AND EACH OTHER. RAISING AWARENESS WHILE HAVING FUN
Last year we celebrated 70 x 7 The Meal, act XXXIV, our first visual and performative work of public art led by Paris-based artists Lucy + Jorge Orta. The ritual meal gathered a diverse group of 900 people around a communal table to meet and discuss the politics of food production and how to create a healthier ecology and food system. A four-month “season” of public events led up to The Meal and invited people to food tastings, cooking demonstrations and conversations at famers’ markets and community gardens.
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Photo by Dave Tavani
“It was a highly meaningful event, and I appreciated especially the inclusivity. What else speaks to our identities as Philadelphians more than sitting at a table between a Mennonite farmer and a woman who just finished her shift at McDonalds? It was a beautiful, redemptive, much appreciated event.” GUEST 70 x 7 The Meal, act XXXIV
70 x 7 The Meal, act XXXIV © 2013 Lucy + Jorge Orta, Thomas Paine Plaza at the Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, PA
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
ASSETS Cash & Cash Equivalents Grants, Program & Contribution Receivables
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
2014 2013 1,656,113
1,217,184
3,642,203
3,117,960
REVENUE AND SUPPORT Institutional Support
99,286 114,872
Prepaid Expenses
75,996
28,833
Other Assets
40,387
476,489
1,303,414
1,466,870
$6,817,399
$6,422,208
Property & Equipment - Net Total Assets
3,866,676
3,141,467
Contracted Services: Government
Inventory
2014 2013
4,731,673 3,728,180
Other
317,935 308,767
Contributions - Individuals
691,499
Investment Income Total Revenue & Support
- $9,607,783
670,922 $7,849,336
EXPENSES LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Programs
Liabilities: Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses Accrued Payroll & Related Expenses Deferred Revenue Total Liabilities
1,026,726
408,184
284,357
541,226
34,828
80,486
1,345,911
1,029,896
Support Services Total Expenses Change in Net Assets Net Assets Beginning of Year Net Assets End of Year
Net Assets: Undesignated Board-Designated Operating Reserve
139,330
129,330
Temporarily Restricted
2,846,393
2,791,127
Total Net Assets
5,471,488
5,392,312
$6,817,399
$6,422,208
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
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2,485,765 2,471,855
7,909,524 6,203,069 1,619,083
1,322,631
$9,528,607
$7,525,700
79,176
323,636
5,392,312
5,068,676
$5,471,488
$5,392,312
DONORS
INDIVIDUALS 10,000+ Anonymous Dean Stewart Adler and Susanna Lachs Adler John C. Bogle and Eve S. Bogle Joseph and Jane Goldblum Josh Goldblum Dr. and Mrs. G.S. Peter Gross Alan Lindy and Carolyn Hirsch Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Jeffrey and Marsha Perelman David and Helen Pudlin Ann and Frank Reed Brian L. Roberts Pam and Tony Schneider Deborah Silvers and Nicholas Adams
$1,000 – $9,999
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Lynda Barness Zvi and Dale Barzilay Ellen Baxter and Robert Kovash John K. Binswanger Jamie Bischoff and Daniel Gibbon Betty M. Bott Ira Brind and Stacey Spector Taryn Brooke Holloway Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. Barbara Capozzi Robyn Carp Mark and Jean Cohen Hope Comisky and Jeffrey Braff Lisa Cruikshank Linda DeJure David Devito Mary K. Dougherty Steven and Susan Dubow Brian and Sherry Effron Andrea Ehrlich Charles Epstein Lenny Feinberg and Jill Govberg Howard and Phyllis Fischer Michael and Barbara Fishbein Mark and Jill Fishman Julia and David Fleischner Robert and Penny Fox Bill Garbose Jake Goldblum James Golden Peggy and Rich Greenawalt Jane and Allan Greenspan James Heinz John Hollway and Jami Wintz McKeon Marjorie and Jeffrey Honickman Osage and Losenge Imasogie Zeke and Nigeria James Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mc B. Johnston III Nancy and Shahir Kassam-Adams
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Russel and Jane Kaufman Adrian King and Caroline Estey King Susan and Leonard Klehr Nadia R. Kunz David and Margaret Langfitt Sheldon and Margelle Liss Lynn and Joseph Manko Bruce and Bonnie Kay Marks Dan and Rebecca Matthias Susan and Graham McDonald Nicole McInerney Nancy Peterson Aaron Polak Gretchen and Jay Riley Ralph and Suzanne Roberts Seymore and Helen Ann Rubin Debbie and Ronald Schiller Lesley and Richard Seitchik Ellen Sherk Marjorie and Howard Silverman Cathi Snyder Liz Solms and Giuliano Pignataro Tracey and Shanin Specter Carol Klein and Lawrence Spitz Sandra Spitzer McKelvey Janet R. and Matthew Stern Ed and Lyn Tettemer Anthony Troy Robert and Marilyn Vogel Sally Walker and Tom Gilmore Jeffrey and Jennifer Westphal George Zallie Renee and Joseph Zuritsky
Robert and Julie Levine Jon and Caryn Liss Hao-Li and Evan Loh Charlotte and B.A. MacLean Jason Mango Ronald Masciantonio Scott and Lynne Mason Joanna McNeil Lewis Tom Meyers Michelle Molano Ron and Suzanne Naples Zoe Pappas Bob and Susan Peck Harry Philbrick Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Rorer Michael J. Ross Andrew Rubin Julia and Jack Rudden Michele and Jonathan Sacks Fenkel Doug and Lisa Schoenberg Christine Seitz Bamberger Melanie Sheerr Marjorie Shiekman Joan Myerson Shrager Dr. Leslye Silver Larry Spector and Ann Rosen Spector Joanne Sundheim Helene van Beuren Todd and Michele Von Deak Frank Warren Kenneth B. Weinstein John Westrum Susan Worteck
$500 – $999
$250 – $499
Anonymous Daniel J. Astolfi Kevin and Joselyn Basden Sue Ann and Ken Berlin Richard and Cheryl Binswanger Naomi and Stephen Bremans Todd W. Bressi Idee Brown Isaac H. Clother IV and Barbara Clothier Warren Cohen Marilyn Deutsch Nedra Fischer Arnie Galman Wayne Given Andrew Goldman Lisette Gonzalez Anisa Haidary William E. and L. Samantha Harmelin Robert Higgins Ruth and Richard Horowitz Alan Jacobson Sonya and Joseph Kelly Jamie and Warren Klein Josephine Klein Roger LaMay Seth and Ellen Lehr
Anonymous Pauline Abernathy Rocco Albano Peter and Janice Albert Stephen Bartlett Frances and Michael Baylson Catherine Beath Karen Lee Bell Robert A. Bildersee Esq and Ellen F. Bildersee Alvin and Judy Block Lawrence and Gina Brent Melvin Buckman Ronald Cantor Eileen Capobianchi Lee A. Casper Judith Cassel and Peter Siskind Carol Caswell Susan W. and Cummins Catherwood, Jr. Steven Cohen and Elsie Stern Julie E. Cristol and Theodore L. Hill Marjorie Curtis-Cohen Clayton DeHaan Joseph P. and April H. Denny Patricia H. Dent Mark Devaney
FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & GOVERNMENT FUNDING SOURCES AlliedBarton Security Services American Psychiatric Foundation American Telecast Products, LLC Ametek Amoroso’s Baking Company Anna Crusis Women’s Choir AT&T Ballard Spahr Andrew & Ingersoll, LLP Bank of America Big Picture Philadelphia Blank Rome, LLP Bluecadet Boyds Philadelphia Bradford White Brands Imaging Brinker Capital Brownstein Group Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC The Carol & George Weinbaum Family Foundation CATCH, Inc. CBIZ Cherry Hill Dodge Jeep Kia Mitsubishi Citizens Bank City Fitness City of Philadelphia City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services City of Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation City of Philadelphia Streets Department Comcast Foundation Commons & Commons LLP Connelly Foundation Cotiga Development Company Cozen O’Connor CTDI Davis Charitable Foundation Destination Maternity Destination Sherbrooke DNS Visions LLC Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Drexel College of Nursing Drumcliff Foundation Duvel Moortgat USA, Ltd. Eagles Youth Partnership EB Logix ECBM Insurance Brokers and Consultants Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC ecoATM Econsult Corporation Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.
The Elizabeth B. and Arthur E. Roswell Foundation, Inc. Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation Elko & Associates F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Filipino-American Association of Philadelphia Firstrust Bank Fondation d’entreprise Hermès Ford Foundation Fox School of Business, Temple University Freire Charter School Fretz Corporation G-II Family Partnership The Genesis Group Goldblum & Hess PC Goldman Properties Goodman Properties Graham Partners Grantmakers in the Arts Great Dames, Inc. Greater Brewerytown Community Development Corporation Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Greater Philadelphia Film Office Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Greensgrow Farm Inc. halfGenius The Hamels Foundation Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller The Hearst Foundation Hersha Hospitality Trust Hess Foundation Honickman Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Hummingbird Foundation I.B.E.W. Local 98 IBM Independence Blue Cross Independence Foundation Institute of International Education Insurance Specialties Inc. Interface Studio J.P. Mascaro & Sons J4 Holdings LLC Jack Miller Family Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia Joan and Bernard Spain Foundation Trust John S. and James L. Knight Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation The Julian A. and Lois Brodsky Foundation The Karen and Herbert Lotman Foundation Kerry T. Pacifico Family Foundation
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The Kesher Fund of the Cohen-Fruchtman-Krieger Family, Inc. Keystone Property Group Lagos LaSalle University Leadership Philadelphia Leo Model Foundation Liberty United Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation LLR Partners Lomax Family Foundation Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern PA Lutheran Settlement Macy’s Malfer Foundation Manayunk Development Corporation Mary B. & Alvin P. Gutman Fund Mayer Gallery LLC McGladrey LLP McLoughlin Plumbing & Heating Co. McMenamin Family Shoprite Memorabilia for Charities Merck Partnership for Giving Metropolitan Bakery Cafe Michael D. Jones Jr. Memorial Scholarship Millenium Hair and Day Spa Miller Family Foundation MM Partners LLC Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP National Analysts Worldwide National Endowment for the Arts The Needles Family Foundation Neiman Marcus Network for Good NFI Norman Carpet Company, Inc Nova Color Otto Haas Charitable Trust Pan Am Race Street Investment Partnership Parkway Corporation Patricia Kind Family Foundation Pearlman Jewish Day School PECO PennEngineering Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust People’s Emergency Center Philadelphia Recreation Advisory Council, Inc. Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Foundation Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation Philadelphia Prison System Philadelphia Water Department Phillies Charities, Inc. Pilot Freight Services
PTS Foundation Power Home Remodeling Group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Public Health Management Corporation Reading Terminal Market Residents Association of Waverly Heights Robert Saligman Charitable Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Rose Tree Media School District Ross Family Fund The Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health School District of Philadelphia Seed the Dream Foundation Shake Shack Sansom Street Philadelphia LLC Shooters Inc ShopRite Brown’s Super Stores ShopRite Colligas Family Markets Snug Harbor Foundation St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Straus-Harris Foundation Surdna Foundation, Inc. TD Bank Temple University Press Ten Thousand Villages The Agnes Irwin School The Beneficial Foundation The Christopher Ludwick Foundation The Dow Chemical Company Foundation The Employee Ownership Foundation, Inc. The Fierce Advocacy Fund The Forrest & Frances Lattner Foundation The Glenmede Corporation The Lenfest Foundation The Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia The Paul & Emily Singer Family Foudation The Paul Group, LLC The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage The Pew Charitable Trusts The PNC Financial Services Group The Therapeutic Center at Fox Chase University City Swim Club University of Pennsylvania University of the Sciences in Philadelphia US Airways Valley Green Bank Verdi Contracting, Inc Victory Foundation Viking Yacht Company Visit Philadelphia Wells Fargo Foundation Westrum Development Company White and Williams LLP William Penn Foundation Wyncote Foundation Zipcar, Inc.
ADVISORY COUNCIL Cosmo Baker, Co-Chair Teresa Nino, Co-Chair Michael Adler Sean Agnew Berny Brownstein Gabe Canuso Nicole Cashman Jason Cevera Rachel Luber Cevera James Claiborne Maureen Clancy Hope Comisky Elise Conway Marita Crawford Rina Cutler Diane Dalto Woosnam Clayton Dehaan David DeVito Lauren Dewitsky Liz Dow David Dunphy Alex Feldman Michele S. Fenkel Bill Fisher Dan Fitzpatrick Ayesha Fraser Rick Gillespie Elaine Gillison Ed Glickman Richard Goldberg Jane Goldblum Josh Goldblum Steve Graham Greta Greenberger Melody Isis Herman Michelle Hong Mary Hurtig Tish Ingersoll
Monica Jindia Jazelle Jones Caryn Kunkle Pamela Lawler Meryl Levitz Paul Levy B.A. MacLean Marissa Matrone Matt McClure Robin Miller Marsha Moss Stephen Mullin Lisa Nutter Debbie O’Brien Aaron Polak Sylvia Purnell-Muldrow Blondell Reynolds Brown Nel Roch Mica Root Jawad Salah Joe Sanutti Julia Shaw Melanie Sheerr Susan Sherman Richard Snowden Dr. Joseph F. Sobanko Liz Solms Ben Stango Andrew Swinney Tiffany Tavarez Bill Tierney Brian Tierney, Jr. Ken Weinstein Lisa Welsch John Westrum Renee and Joe Zuritsky
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joseph Goldblum, Chair
Thoai Nguyen
Linda DeJure, Vice Chair
Desiree Peterkin Bell
Jamie B. Bischoff, Secretary
Nancy Peterson
Kimberly Allen
David Pudlin
Daniel Astolfi
Frank Reed
Hilda Bacon
Marilia Rodrigues
Cindy Bass
Meg Saligman
Richard Binswanger
Tomas Sanchez
Marc Brownstein
Milton Schneider
The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke
Gary Steuer
James Colligas
Ed Tettemer
Clayton DeHaan
Wayne Trotman
Steve Dubow
Tariq Trotter
Arthur Evans
Anthony Troy
Bill Fisher
Erin Wilson
Everett Gillison
Howard E. Wilson
Peter Gross Helen Haynes Erik Hirsch George “Zeke� James The Honorable James F. Kenney Susanna E. Lachs Roger LaMay Margelle Liss Lynn K. Manko Brett T. Mapp Bruce Marks
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Tobey and Mark Dichter William Eastman Shannon and Ted Farmer Antoinette Farrar Seymour Cari Feiler Bender and Rodd Bender Bill and Carol Fisher Michael Freedman Sandy Galman Mr. and Mrs. Rick Gillespie Bruce Martin Ginsburg and Lisa Ginsburg Richard and Rita Goldberg Avery Mark Goldstein and Karen Leigh Tulis Art and Judy Goodkind Nancy and Gary Gordon Joseph and Dyanne Greenberg Michael Gross Mary Bert and Alvin Gutman Igal and Iris Hami Witold Henisz Kenneth Kulak and Katherine Hovde Christine Hug Howard and Mary Hurtig Robert Rand Isen Thora Jacobson and Antonio Sorgini James Johnson Joy and Bennet Keiser Danielle Kroon Theresa and Rick Landell Mr. Paul Lantieri III Darla Long Sandra Lutz Cassandra McFarlane Thomas Meyers Corinne A. Militello Eric and Georgiana Noll Michael Norris Marilyn Nyman Eric Okdeh Patricia Patrizi Leslie C. Pearlman Louis Pearlstein Christopher Plummer Tom and Josephine Rees Rebecca Rhynhart Charles and Nancy Roach Judith Schneider Ann and Larry Seidman Joseph J. Shapiro Brian and Lisa Siegel Robert and Carol Summers Bill Tierney Jane T. Warren Shelley Weber Thomasina White and Anthony Nelson Larry and Wendy White Laura A. Williamson Richard Woosnam Michael Zakroff Deborah and Philip Zuchman
$100 - $249 Anonymous (2) George J. Ahern Minnie Alexander Dirk Allen and Glen Sykes Hilda Bacon Barbara Badia Virginia Baltzell Nancy Baron-Baer James and Arline Berkley Penny and Sheldon Bernick Frank and Suzanne Binswanger Neil and Eileen Brazitis Edwin Bronstein Alvin L. Brothers Beth and David Buckman Laura L. Bullitt Ronald and Joyce Burd A. Hays and Judith A. Butler Willard S. Byrd and Betsy Butterworth Emily Calvanese Howard M. Casper Jason and Rachel Cevera Judy Chance Morris and Cynthia Cheston Margaret Christian Ronnie and Jack Cimprich Beth Ellen Cohen Beverly Coleman David and Rona Comroe Jeffrey Cruse Julie Curson Janecy E. Daly Marian G. Dixon Kathryn Donohue Louisa Dubin Loretta and W. Duckworth Mindy Early Craig and Alice Eaton Stuart F. Ebby Kimberly Eberbach Polly Edelstein Julie Faude Sophie Feldman Charles W. Field David Fine John and Nancy Fischer Alyne and Richard Freed Sharon Friedler and John Sherman Leslie A. Friedman Joyce Frye and Douglas Ross Alan Gardner and Kate Connolly Travis Gaylord William and Nancy Giles Howard Gillette Amy Joy Goldberg, MD Ann N. Greene Zambia Greene Drs. Linda and Joe Griska Maureen Grossi Therese Guadagno and David Megley
Julia G. Haas Thomas and Holly Harrity Jane M. Hastings Tony Heriza Ralph Hillman Amy Holdsman Steve and Jennifer Horton Gail Howard Tish Ingersoll and Jack Ramsdale Kate Jacobi Deborah Karlson Irwin Katz Marjorie Kennedy Joseph D. Kim Tracy D. Kroop Magali Larson and Charles Ivar Larson Pamela Rainey Lawler James and Eleanor Lee Nancy Logue Ted Magida Alan Mallach Lisa Mangle Brett T. Mapp Esther Marshall Constance Martin Stephen and Deborah McCarter Louise Merves-Okin Julianne Mesaric Marion Mezzetti Linda E. Mills Mark H. Minter Marsha Moss Marjorie Moss-Coane and James Coane Reisa Mukamal and Steven Arnold Jeanne Mulcahy Francis and Marcia Murphy Judy Nathanson and Bob Zimmerman Eliot and Bonnie Nierman Dr. and Mrs. R. Barrett Noone Alyson N. Owen and Craig M. Oliner Joanne Packer David L. Park Judith A. Parker Janet Parrish Jamie Pearlstein Bruce Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Perchick Carl A. Peridier Christina Perrone and Patrick Crombie Lynn and Joseph Pokrifka Dan Promislo and Sandy Bloch Joan Reilly Michele S. Reimer Ellen Rieder Betsy and Jake Roak Beverly Roberts Amy Rosen Harriet Rubenstein and Marty Brigham Brian Rudisill Mary Kate Ruffing Lawrie Ryerson Harris
DONORS
Mr. and Mrs. Sadwin Ellyn Golder-Saft Patrick H. Sanaghan Suzanne Schiller Mary Schmelzer Deborah Schwartzman Mrs. JoAnn T. Seaver Fred Seeman Paul Seligson Elaine M. Sharer Diane Shoemaker Scott J. Shubert Jules and Bernice Silk Jerry Silverman Mark and Deborah Simon Jim and Donna Smith Matthew Snyder Judith Soltz Elizabeth F. Spungen Nicholas J Stanley Harold and Emily Starr Juliet Sternberg and Dan Sher Adelaide Sugarman and Marshall Greenberg Anna Sullivan Leon C. Sunstein, Jr. Lauri Sussman Siegel, Esq. Ellen Svitek Alison and Manny Tress Frank Trommler Valerie Vettori Fred and Margaret Vincent Paul Waber Beth and Tom Warms James L. Weinstein and Fran H. Davis Jonathan Weiss and Abigail Wolf Velma J. Whitlock Jeanne Willis Anne Wood Priscilla Zintak
$1 - $99 Anonymous (4) Sarabeth Abir Marcia Abrams Donald Ackerman and Gail Chapman C. Gloria Akers Estelle Alexander Carol O. Allen Craig and Sharon Altman Richard and Muriel Anderson Sara Ansell Dr. Carolyn H. Asbury Marilyn W. Ashbrook Katherine Atkinson Benjamin and Carol Baldridge Maureen Barden Patricia Barrera Theresa Barringer
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Mary Lou Barry Sofia and Antonio Barucco Fred Baurer Jerry M. Belew George and Lois Bell Nicolette Bell Peter Ames Bergson and Amanda Bergson-Shilcock Joseph and Antoinette Betz B.A. Bigham Amy Binder and John Greenstine Evelyn Blackman Tiffany Bloom Brooke Blough Julia Rose Bobb and Edithann M. Bobb Bettye J. Bolling Damon Branch Margery Braverman Helen Brazitis Judith F. Burry Myrna Ann Butkovitz Raheem Camp Anthony Campisi Gary and Gail Cantor Patricia A. S. Carson Peter Carver and Beth Jensen Donna and Gloria Cettei Paulette J. Chambers Arthur and Janet Cherry Hannah Chervitz Alice Chittenden Andrew and Janice Ciampa Merrill and Susan Clampet-Lundquist Christin Clark Mollie Clark Elizabeth Cloues Rhoda CoBen Molly Cohen Robert and Susan Collings Abe Cooperman Elizabeth P. Cornman Robert and Mari Corson Todd Cutler and Shari Bickel Iris C. Cutler John L. Dale Katherine Dalke Legrome and Susan Davis Mark and Nancy Defelice Cornelia Degerberg Tracey and Michael Delfiner Neal Demp Lauren Dewitsky Robert Diamond Jay M Donner Ronald and Susan Drucker Marlene and Leonard Dubin Edward and Susan Duffy Marge Dugan Anna Durbin and Peter Goldberger Jacqueline L. Duris
Paula Durlofsky Freda Egnal Ellen and Alan Epps Barbara Estomin John L. Farrell Sidney P. and Ann Feldman Alan Filreis Lauren Fine Joy and Marc Finkel Geraldine Flach and Glenn Sybesma Ralph Flood Charlotte Flynn Walter Frankel Allan Freedman Ann Freedman Donald Friedman Michael Frumer Ashley Funk Maxine Gaber Kenneth and Mary Gergen Richard and Susan Gettlin William and Nancy Giles Nicole Ginzberg Deborah E. Glass Rebecca Goldman Diana Gonzalez Phyllis Gottlieb Ruth Gottlieb Erna Graham Erna K. Graham Anonymous Sharon Grayson Liz Green Sheila Grossman and Robin Maskowitz Jim and Gail Harp Eleanor V. Hartsfield Eleanor Hartsfield Stephanie Harvey Susan L. Henick Emily Henkelman Lisa Hickman William and Lisa Hoffman Bertha A. Holt Richard Houston Martha Hudson Barbara J. Hurd Adanma Igbokwe Rosalie R. Jacobs Christine Jamison Joanne and Donald Jarrell Ariell Johnson Michael Kaiser Harriet Kalogrithis Debra and Frank Karten Kathleen Kauffman Ary and Nancy Kaufmann Debbie Kern Toni Kestenbaum Sharon Kling Laurence Klugman
Joseph M. Kohler Phyllis and David Kohn Samuel Kolbert Hyle Jane Krumrine Kevin Kuehlwein Bobbi Kurshan Jon Laidacker Daniel J. Lanzilloti Sigrid Larson Lance Laver Carol Lavon Arms Annette S. and Morton P. Levitt Richard and Dale Levy Debra A. Levy Carol S. Lidz Alexis, Ilene and Michaela Lieberman-Burak Vivian Lieberson Winnie Lin Lawrence Lindsay and Carla Puppin Robert Locke Jeffrey Lonoff Rachel Lopez Theresa Loscalzo Kathy and Richard Louie Arnold Lovitz Donna Loyle Marilyn Luber Kristina Lybecker Meghan Mallouk Leonora Mangine Sue K. Manuel Martha and Joel Marcus Lisa Margerum Wayne R. Marquardt Marian H. McAllister Patricia McCool-Cobb Bettsy McCoubrey Kathleen McGrann Lynn McQuade Joseph and Ellen Merkel Lisa Messeri Sylvia Metzler Lucia Michel Sally W. Miller Naomi Miller Andrew L. Miller Susan Miller Annette Monnier Page S. Morahan Anselene Morris Ruth Muffs Lisa Murch Jack and Barbara Nagel Judith A. Nagle Eva Nagy-Wilkins Erica Nardello
Michelle Nicoletto Janet Novack Amy Novinski Christopher O’Brien Mimi O’Malley Nicole Elizabeth Oddo Max Oran Fred and Vera Orthlieb Sharon and Michael Ostrow Irene Palmer Ken and Carole Parker Jeffrey Perkins and Ken Lovett Noel Perloff Mark and Carol Peterson Robert Pierson Everard Pinneo Dulcie Pomerantz Romm Sarah Poncz Donnell Powell Donovan Preddy Margaret Rabinowitz Linda J. Ramsey Bonnie C. Randall Laurie Rapp Mary Rastatter George Reid Nona Reinhart Richard and Debra Reis Pam Reynolds Barry Rinker Deborah Robina Edward J. Rodier Susan and Clifford Rogers Kenneth Romanowski Dorilona Rose and Michael Kay Barbara Rosen J. Randall Rosensteel Mrs. Ola W. Roy Robert S. Ruane Arlene Rubel Diane Rurode and Jim Lord Karen J. Sabatino Irwin and Carole Saft Ann T. Sargent Nancy H. Satinsky Adele Schneider Walter and Barbara Schryver Sara Schuenemann Irene L. Schuman Mitchell and Deborah Schwartzman Norma C. Segal and Dave Maitin James and Lesley Shepard Patricia Siegel Dr. Serena Skwersky Henrietta Slap Barbara and Eric Smolen Richard Snowden
Clinton R. Snyder, Jr. Deborah Snyderman Pat Somers Leonard Sosnov Diana Sperle Paula G. Spielberg Mark Spiller Stephen and Elayne Stamm Parris Stancell Ben Stango and Rachel Hodas Nina Stanley Wesley Stevenson Ted and Kitty Stokes Lynne Y. Strieb and Bertram L. Strieb Dena Beth Sukol Cy and Lois Swartz Rose M. Talley Christina Tanon Maria R. Texidor Anne Thomforde Thomas and Lee Garner Susan and Ronald Thompson Sean Tighe Tamar Tulin and Larry Palmer Michele Ventura Jacqueline and Anthony Waiters Tracey Walsh Ted and Marcia Wasserman Victoria Watkins Donald and Lyric Weinbaum Joan Weiner Deborah Weinstein George H. Weiss, M.D. Elaine Weiss Marvin and Frances Welsch Mary Westervelt Robert Westle Anne F. Wetzel Bonnie Whitfield Saul and Joan Wider Claire Winick Milton and Joan Wohl Cherlie L. Wright Julie Yake Lillian and Roger Youman Elizabeth Young Wayne Zachary Mr. Adisa Zatiti Pamela Zimmerman Michael Zuckerman Benjamin Zuckerman *If we have miswritten or inadvertently left your name off this list, please contact us and accept our advance apologies.
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