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Happy MLK Day

Media Policy Center

They called it the “ Poor People’s Campaign ,” and with it they hoped to highlight the economic disparities in American society. ” On March 18, 1968, just days before his murder Dr. King spoke to a crowd of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. ” he asked. demanding economic justice.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A recent upload in my photo feed was from last fall, and showed a public art campaign posted on a trash can in Times Square, where the public spaces are managed by the Times Square Alliance business improvement district. Problems such as graffiti, people in mental health crisis, sanitation, etc., More about this later.)