Margaret Sullivan Studio

In case you missed it! Last Friday Margaret Sullivan joined Mary Rowe, Kate Thompson, and Jonathan Smith to discuss how libraries can improve the quality of life for all residents during the WRLDCTY 2020 Best Cities Festival. To view the full discussion, please email us at [email protected]! #WRLDCTY #wedontlibrarylikeweusedto #socialjusticenow #community

We were thrilled to be invited by the Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at The Brookings Institution to share our client’s vision for New Haven Free Public Library Ives Squared and the impact it is making to build inclusive economies in their Placemaking Postcards series. More critically, we share this story as all in our social impact community are positioning themselves to catalyze community economic development! Placemaking Postcards is a blog series from the ...Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at Brookings, inviting practitioners and placemakers to highlight promising placemaking practices across the U.S. and abroad, with a particular focus on practices that foster inclusive economic growth and development. Click here to read the full article: https://www.brookings.edu//how-a-new-haven-library-is-con/ #transformativeplacemaking #inclusivity #catalyzecommunity #socialimpact #economicdevelopment #placemakingpostcards #brookings #librariestransform #community See more

How Will We Re-imagine Just, Equitable, and Prosperous Communities? In our recent newsletter, we share what the Studio is developing to generate social justice, the MSS Outdoor Placemaking Challenge, among other Studio updates. If you haven't already, sign up to receive our newsletter or view this week's newsletter here https://www.linktr.ee/margaretsullivanstudio... #placemaking #antiracist #wedontlibrarylikeweusedto #msscreates #socialjusticenow #placemakingchallenge #ohnyweekend #wrldcty #love #community #creativeplacemaking

Today we launch a new collaboration with Queens Museum and deploy an open-air art studio to Flushing Meadow Corona Park, 1-4pm. Make a place for creativity, saf...ely. Thanks supporters New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Parks Foundation. https://www.streetlab.org/art-lab-in-the-park/ See more

Our newest program on the street: Homework Hub, a pop-up, open-air meeting place for NYC students to sit, read, work, and get help from volunteers. Get involved and help us expand to more neighborhoods: https://www.streetlab.org/homework-hubs/

Margaret, Tara and Tara’s mother and sister had a great day at the photo shoot for the new Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library!

We are incredibly excited to be in collaboration with wonderful organizations to prepare learning hubs for our community students. For more information as these spaces develop and to register, visit https://buff.ly/36Bicdk

Our intern Jordi’s last day was last Friday! We borrowed a technique that our friend Peter Bromberg taught us: Describe (your colleague) at their best! We were delighted to employ Jordi through the Pencil SYEP Program. As he enters his senior year in high school, we are thrilled he wants to be an Architect! Can’t wait to see what he creates for a just and sustainable tomorrow!

We’ve never had one of our interior renovations turned into Minecraft! But I’m sure you can spot MSS’s Ives Squared in this awesome sequence!

Community Programming is an essential element to #OpenStreet Dining. The Third Avenue Business Improvement District #WillisAvenue open streets program includes... art for young people, live music, health fairs, salsa lessons, and an innovative children's obstacle course created by Street Lab. #WillisAvenue Open Streets will operate from 10am - 8pm, Mon - Fri. The street will be closed to traffic and have no parking available. The BID has hired three additional Clean Streets Team members and three security team members to assist with maintaining the community asset.

Join The City Library for a panel discussion to learn more about voting in the upcoming election. Panelists will discuss topics such as voter registration, ball...ot information, and the different ways you can vote. Our goal is to bring awareness to all of our community members about their power to vote. . This panel discussion will air live on Zoom, Thursday, October 8th at 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/796671131100758

Tomorrow and Friday, stop by the Bob Lucas Memorial Branch anytime between 10am and 5pm to pick up your family’s Civic Engagement kit filled with activities tha...t explore the election process! Adults, we have special kits for you with a voter’s guide, free copy of March, and a zine. Call (626)798-0833 to schedule an appointment to pick one up! Learn about voting, the upcoming election, and ideas of ways to get involved in your community... and enjoy free books and activities while you’re at it! #civicengagement #vote #2020election See more

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