The public is invited to attend the premiere viewing of the video, “Civic Engagement & Revitalization in Phoenix’s Garfield Neighborhood.”
- Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008
- Time: 5:30 to 7 p.m.
- Place: Alwun House, 1912 bungalow at 1204 E. Roosevelt
- Free; light refreshments will be served
A two year project by Marilyn Dantico, professor of Political Science at ASU, the video documents a small fragment of Garfield residents’ 22 years of concerted effort to drive its neighborhood revitalization and community building efforts. Both the Department of Political Science and School of Geographical Sciences collaborated on this project, funded by the Arizona Humanities Council. Dr. Dantico and students attempted to capture the tenacity of residents that created today’s safer and rehabilitated downtown historic neighborhood. As a result of these resident efforts, Garfield was selected as Arizona’s first U.S. Department of Justice “Weed and Seed” site. This program reinforced existing collaborative strategies with the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department and Police Department.
In between vintage housing footage, are spliced the remarks by Terry Goddard (former Mayor, current Arizona Attorney General), Jerome Miller (Director Neighborhood Services Department), Kate Krietor (Deputy NSD Director), and Roberto Frietz (Garfield Neighborhood Initiative Area Team Leader). For more information about the project, click here.
Downtown Voices Coalition 
Was an excellent film and also discussion afterward!