Neighbor to Neighbor: Kashmere Gardens • Mobile Mural We Flood the Streets
The mobile mural is a call and response to the Hub House Mural “Together Our Strength Shines” created by David Cobb.It is meant to make community curious about the Hub House initiative created by West Street Recovery and the Northeast Action Collective (NAC). It is asking them to visit Connie’s Hub House on the corner of Legion and Brewster. The mobile mural depicts the same flowers used in its “sister” mural “Together Our Strength Shines”. Sunflowers, wild phlox, fire wheels, prairie coneflowers, and black eyed susans spillover and create dynamic gardens filled with hope for a better future. Yellow was chosen as a dominant color in thinking of NAC’s color scheme and the work West Street Recovery is doing with soil remediation using sunflowers. The street intersection sign where Ms. Connie’s Hub house is located on the back panel of the mobile mural. The sign stands out and is highlighted by sun rays uplighting how Hub Houses give hope and renewal to their communities.One of the side panels has been designed to honor and celebrate longtime NAC member and community activist Benjamin Broadway, who passed away during the completion of the “Neighbor to Neighbor: Kashmere Gardens” Project. It features a dynamic photographic image of Mr. Ben at the center of a community activation. Pempamsie (pronounced pem-PAM-see), a prominent West African Adinkra symbol originating from the Akan people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, serves as a statement to viewers.It encourages us to be steadfast in our efforts to improve our communities by using our foresight to be prepared and be ever ready to respond to whatever needs arise. The other side panel is designed to be interactive and allow for pictures and information to be added to its yellow circle. Akoben (pronoun ah-KOH-ben), a West African Adinkra Symbol meaning “war horn”, is calling us to action. It emboldens us to be vigilant in our readiness and preparedness to defend our communities.
