Who is Philly in Paris?
We recognize both individually and socially our role and responsibility to the future. We believe together we form a unique collective with the power to help direct the warrior spirit in scores of young people toward personal, local, and global liberation.
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Harriett's BookCLUB
Jeannine Cook: Founder and Shopkeeper
Harriett’s BookCLUB—the nonprofit arm of Harriett’s Bookshop, will provide a framework for using books for benevolent acts, equipping partners, trainers, trainees, youth and families with shared reading material and common language. In addition THE CLUB will connect and convene an array of partners on both sides of the pond. Founded by Jeannine A. Cook, writer, educator, strategist and shopkeeper of Harriet’s, Ida’s (US based) and Josephine’s (Paris based) bookstore.Our Sister Bookshops
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Going Global with Barbara
Barbara Eubanks: Owner and Founder
As a former U.S. Navy officer and talent acquisition professional turned social entrepreneur, Eubanks founded Going Global with Barbara (GGwB), an organization dedicated to providing inclusive educational travel programs for students of color. GGwB currently offers cultural competency and travel skills training to schools and community youth organizations and hosts an International Youth Leadership Program (IYLP) in France, Spain, Jordan and Senegal.
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Creative Praxis
Nia Eubanks-Dixon (she/her/we) founder and creator
An art-based, healing-centered, joy-filled training organization for youth, educators, and community members that is grounded in six educational humanistic approaches for the cultivation of liberation in both theory and in practice, Creative Praxis is facilitating a shift towards a liberation approach to education, community engagement, and youth work by providing a holistic experience that transforms the individual and the ways that they engage with their community and the systems at work in our society. Nia is an international seasoned trainer/facilitator, counselor, professional dancer/storyteller, teacher, and therapeutic restorative community artist. She is certified in life coaching, crisis intervention, the dialogic process, restorative practices, interactive mediation, restorative arts, trauma healing, trauma-informed spaces, and de-escalation techniques.
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Channel Andrews, Esq.
Attorney Channel Andrews is a Philly-born lawyer living in Paris since 2016. As a law professor in Paris and the owner of an immigration firm she will provide guidance on Paris socially and legally as well as utilize her experiences as a study-abroad student, attorney, professor, and expat to help underprivileged youth get the opportunity to travel.
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Creating Accountable Providers
Aisha Jackson: BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst)
Claire Williams: youth advocate & consultant
CAP is an organization dedicated to providing unwavering support and empowerment, equipping individuals and their families with effective interventions and strategies. By providing life skills training, conflict resolution strategy and family navigation services to adjudicated Philadelphia youth, CAP aims to empower. CAP