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From YouTube: Councilman Jones Honors the Please Touch Museum's American to Zanzibar Exhibit 1-31-2019
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, January 31, 2019:
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (4th District) led a presentation congratulating the Please Touch Museum on the opening of their America to Zanzibar Exhibit which will be open to the public from February 2, 2019 - September 19, 2019.
Read the resolution: http://bit.ly/2CSJHyy
A
A
B
Come
on
good
morning,
everyone
yeah
it's
much
better.
Councilman
Johnson
wakes
us
up
with
his
morning.
Greetings
in
caucus,
I
figured
I
would
add
that
component.
Today
it
is
my
privilege
and
honor
to
welcome
from
the
fourth
District
the
Please
Touch
Museum,
but
they
are
a
regional
asset.
So
every
council
person
in
every
district
in
every
county
surrounding
Philadelphia
is
a
part
of
this
particular
presentation
and
the
reason
we
are
honoring
them
today
is
that
they
are
opening
up
an
exhibit.
B
An
art
exhibit,
which
I
think
has
more
relevance
today
than
in
recent
history
in
our
country.
Considering
the
leadership
in
the
White
House
I'm
just
going
to
I'm
just
going
to
say
that
it's
America
to
Zanzibar
and
it
chronicles
the
historical
art,
exhibits
and
art
pictures
that
protect
particularly
illustrate
Muslims
in
America,
and
when
I
thought
about
this
presentation,
I
quickly
went
to
two
pieces
of
art.
That
means
something
to
me.
One
of
them
and
I
put
it
on
all.
B
He
eventually
good
good
news
was
he
bought
his
freedom,
but
I
would
have
never
known.
This
had
not
been
chronicled
in
a
piece
of
art.
I
would
have
never
known
that
contribution
and
that
struggle
that
sojourn
in
the
Diaspora
of
slavery.
That
included
many
tens
of
thousands
of
Muslims
who
came
from
countries
in
Africa
who
celebrated
and
were
religious
in
that
regard.
Second,
one.
B
And
this
is
the
more
and
this
was
particularly
important
to
me
when
I
decided
to
run
for
office.
I
worked
for
a
corporation
called
the
Fela
for
commercial
Development,
Corporation
and
I've
done
a
fairly
good
job
and
the
Board
of
Directors
said
well.
If
this
doesn't
work
out
for
you
Jones,
you
can
come
back
and
work
for
us,
so
I
told
them
no
fill
the
position
and
the
reason
I
did.
That
was
because
of
his
inspiration.
B
When
the
Moors
went
into
Spain,
the
chieftain
immediately
said:
burn
the
ships
and
his
followers
said
well,
wait
a
minute.
How
are
we
getting
home
so
he
pointed
at
Madrid
and
said
that
is
your
new
home
and
that
exhibited
a
certain
degree
of
commitment
to
the
task
at
hand,
and
so
those
were
two
pieces
of
art
and
there
are
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
illustrations
in
our
American
history
that
shows
the
contributions
and
trials
and
tribulations
of
Muslims
in
America
and
again
I'll
end
on
what
I
said
in
the
beginning.
B
Jewish,
Americans
and
Muslim
Americans
are
the
most
persecuted
religions
in
the
world,
and
that
is
a
fact,
and
so,
when
we
learn
too
quickly
at
childhood,
learn
to
understand
each
other,
not
demonize.
Each
other
learn
to
play
things
like
games
together
like
that
to
please
touch.
It
creates
a
lifetime
of
understanding
that
serves
us
throughout
our
and
that's
why
this
is
important
and
therefore
it
is
my
pleasure
recognizing
and
congratulating
Trish
Willingboro,
Willem
Botha,
sorry
she's
going
to
get
me
and
the
police
touch
Museum
on
opening
their
exhibit.
C
Whereas
the
the
America
to
Zanzibar
exhibit
is
the
first
project
under
the
police,
touch
museum's
new
initiative
to
address
relevant
social
issues
and
represent
Philadelphia's
culturally
diverse
populations,
and
whereas
the
purpose
of
the
exhibit
is
to
counter
the
prejudiced.
American
Muslims,
increasingly
face
open
broader
dialogue
for
families,
around
diversity,
promote
understanding
and
acceptance
and
serve
as
the
basis
for
future
exhibition
development
around
other
contemporary
social
issues
and.
D
Whereas
Philadelphia
has
one
of
the
largest
Muslim
populations
per
capita
of
any
major
city
in
the
United
States,
as
there
are
an
estimated
200,000
Muslim
residents
and
over
50
malls
throughout
the
city.
African-American
Muslims
constitute
roughly
a
third
of
the
American
Muslim
population
and
85%
of
Philadelphia's
Muslim
population
and.
F
Whereas
the
goals
of
the
exhibit
are
to
introduce
children
and
their
families
to
diversity
and
commonalities
in
contemporary
Muslim
communities
in
Philadelphia
and
across
the
country
in
the
world,
provide
a
safe
and
positive
space
for
children
and
their
families
to
discuss.
Islam
demonstrate
how
cultures
have
peacefully
coexisted
for
centuries
and
prepare
children
to
become
global
citizens
and.
G
Whereas
the
police,
such
museum
will
partner
with
research,
labs
and
academic
institutions
to
develop
a
research
component
to
the
exhibition
that
will
measure
its
impact
in
areas
including
empathy,
prejudice
and
respect
for
diversity
in
young
children,
as
well
as
the
impact
of
parent
engagement
in
helping
children
understand
and
deal
with
contemporary
social
issues.
Now,
therefore,
be
it.
H
You
good
morning
in
case
you
didn't
know:
I
am
Trish
Malcolm
Bakken.
Thank
you
and
I
want
to
invite
all
the
students
from
Belmont
charter
school
to
come
and
experience.
This
exhibit
I
will
personally
give
you
the
tour.
You
call
my
office
and
we'll
walk
you
through.
So
on
behalf
of
the
board
of
trustees
and
the
staff
of
our
beloved
Please
Touch
Museum.
H
It
is
my
honor
to
accept
this
resolution,
acknowledging
America
to
Zanzibar
Muslim
cultures
near
and
far
a
groundbreaking
exhibition
that,
as
you
heard,
celebrates
the
contributions
of
Muslim
communities
from
ancient
times
to
present-day
from
around
the
globe
to
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
Thank,
You,
councilman,
Curtis
Jones,
our
dear
friend,
and
advocate
for
introducing
this
resolution
to
City
Council
and
for
your
tireless
support
of
our
Please
Touch
Museum.
You
are
a
steadfast
champion
for
children.
H
Please
Touch
Museum
is
the
fabric
of
our
entire
as
part
of
the
fabric
of
our
entire
city.
We
value
our
connection
to
all
the
communities
of
Philadelphia
and
commit
to
continue
to
hold
ourselves
accountable
to
one
of
our
guiding
principles,
to
be
responsible
stewards
of
Memorial
Hall
and
to
be
good
neighbors
to
the
farside
community.
H
Through
this
process,
we
engaged
over
two
dozen
scholars,
artists,
community
and
religious
leaders
with
deep
ties
to
the
Muslim
community
to
join
us
in
this
work,
some
of
whom
are
here
bearing
witness
to
this
moment.
They
were
a
critical
part
of
the
team
that
worked
on
the
programming,
audience
development,
community
engagement
and
outreach.
We
invited
community
in
to
teach
us
how
to
do
this.
H
The
exhibit
is
a
joy
to
experience
we're
grateful
to
the
Rosenbach
at
the
free
library
and
the
Penn
Museum
who
loaned
us
objects,
such
as
tiles
and
ceramics
and
watercolors,
and
a
Koran
that
dates
back
to
1850
224
years
older
than
the
museum
that
we
reside
in.
We
engaged
artists
who
created
magnificent
pieces
of
art
that
were
inspired
by
children
in
communities
who
did
work
around
art
together
and
taught
adult
artists
how
to
make
art
and
possibly,
most
importantly
out
of
respect
to
the
Muslim
community
and
their
faith
practice.
H
We
have
created
a
prayer
room,
a
safe
space
where
Muslim
children
and
their
families
can
deceide
their
faith,
reflected
with
joy
and
respect
and
we're
all
visitors,
regardless
of
their
faith,
can
explore
and
learn
about
the
Muslim
faith
in
a
joyful
way
without
fear,
as
you
heard,
America
to
Zanzibar
will
be
at
our
museum
for
seven
months.
We
expect
tens
of
thousands
of
people
will
experience
the
exhibition
and
programming
and
leave
with
a
new
appreciation
for
how
diversity
brings
opportunity
and
how
embracing
difference
helps
us
all
become
better
citizens.
H
How
proud
we
are
as
a
museum
to
have
our
work
by
City
Council.
In
this
way
from
the
beginning,
we
believe
that
America
does
Anza
bar
would
have
deep
impact
on
the
police
touch
museum.
What
we
believe
now
two
years
later
is
that
it
has
the
potential
to
be
transformative,
not
just
for
our
museum,
but
for
our
city
and
beyond.
Thank
you
for
this.
Honor
have
a
lovely
day.
Mr.
B
President,
I
would
be
remissed
recognize
the
fact
that
Councilwoman
Parker
has
a
monster
that
she
visits
all
the
time.
Councilman
Johnson
has
one
that
he
visits.
Councilwoman
bass
has
one
in
or
two
actually
in
her
district
and
Maria.
Sanchez
has
several
as
well
and
in
in
in
recognizing
that
I
should
have
probably
at
everybody
up
here.
Reading
is
but
I
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record.
Thank
you.
Thank.