Monday, October 19, 2009

Chico back to create an anti-violence mural



Lyn Pentecost, executive director of the Lower Eastside Girls Club, passed along this message on Friday evening:

The Lower Eastside Girls Club has brought Chico back from Florida to paint a few murals before the snowflakes fall:

He’ll start next week on an Anti-Violence message mural to be designed and painted by Chico and the POP (Power of Peace) Youth Anti-Violence Coalition founded a year and a half ago when Tina Negron -- the older sister of a Girls Club member -- was murdered at Key Food on Avenue A.

Since then POP has held a youth conference with Rosario Dawson, Ben Valentin (Tina’s brother) Angel Seda (GOLES) and Councilwoman Rosie Mendez at City Hall, a community march last Spring, three widely attended handbill clinics and competitions, and now -- in response to the recent tensions -- we’ve brought back Chico...the master messenger.


I'm told that he'll be starting at Avenue B and Houston.

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1 comment:

  1. MelanieOctober 19, 2009 at 8:59 AM

    I'm really glad he is back to paint!!After all--some of Chico's art has vanished--I think it is a lovely idea to paint against violence. Will check it out. Thanks for the info.

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