Housewarming Party: December 1, 2007

Poet Charles Coe shares his music-laced words	OrigiNation dancers defy gravity	Spontaneous Celebrations Drum Unit bangs out a rhythm
Teen Empowerment: "Knowledge is power, and power is knowledge/What we need are more blacks and latins in college"	High-energy moves from OrigiNation	Friends of 826 watch the show
Greater Egleston Community High School Student & 826 Boston programs participant Marta Rodriguez reads an original poem as her son, Abraham, looks on	OrgiNation dancers	Teen Empowerment performers
Performers from Teen Empowerment look on as Charles Coe reads his poetry	Our special guest, the Jackalope	The Jackalope cuts the ribbon on our water fountain, officially opening 826 Boston
MC Pete Shungu spits an original spoken-word piece	Greater Egleston Community High School student Mike Mitchell performs an original piece	Cornell Coley leads the Spontaneous Celebrations drum unit
The crowd listens to MC Pete Shungu	Families writing & mapping their neighborhood in our workshop space	250 of our closest friends
More from OrigiNation	Neighbors & friends explore the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute	MC Pete Shungu in the sunshine
State Representative Liz Malia addresses the audience	Executive Director Daniel Johnson & Programs Coordinator Hannah Nolan-Spohn
Students write and draw about their neighborhoods at the workshop table	Original work produced by students at 826 Boston's Comics Workshop

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Photo credits: Ali Reid, Daniel Johnson, Joseph Diaz, Caitlin E. Curran

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