Social Justice Park – IOTW Report

Social Justice Park

Colombus, Ohio

purpose of the park

The park is to be an oasis of hope where past achievements for social justice are recognized and current struggles are revealed.  The park is open to all, regardless of beliefs and views, who are willing to offer open minds to seek understanding of diverse interests and values and to promote the common good.   It is to be a safe haven for those feeling oppressed as well as a starting point for all to build the path to a better future.  It is a place where the community intentionally can come and journey together through art, education, and dialogue to explore ways to bring justice to situations that can’t be ignored if we aspire to be a healthy and caring community.

The park interrupts the hustle and bustle of downtown to provide a place full of beauty and meaning.  Through its interpretive path, the park reveals inspiring quotes to offer reflection and guidance on the meaning of social justice.   Through public art installations, the park adds to the adjoining community arts campus, but with a unique focus:  social justice art.

Through education programs and special exhibits, the park brings awareness to issues and allows participants to discern what constructive actions should be taken to improve our community.  Instead of advocating for specific positions on major social concerns, the park’s focus is to promote awareness, understanding, and engagement so that those who are strangers can become neighbor and friend while building community, one conversation at a time.

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illustr8r sent this in.

I love this part–>

The park is open to all, regardless of beliefs and views, who are willing to offer open minds…

Interpretation:

The park is open to all, regardless of beliefs and views, as long as you’re willing to change your mind to think exactly how you’re supposed to think if you’re going to be coming to this park.

24 Comments on Social Justice Park

  1. they should leave it as it is now, a parking lot. and be done with this charade of a project. that’s a social justice park already. parking lots are usually where social justice is handed out anyway. amirite? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  2. @Manny Neuders, friend of Inigo Montoya…

    ::strums guitar::

    “Don’t it always seem to go,
    That you don’t know what you’ve got til its gone
    They faked paradise
    And tore up a parking lot…”

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  3. Like any park, it will become a shooting gallery for junkies. Open market for drug dealers. A place for hookers to ply their trade. A homeless encampment. In other words, a liberal paradise.

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