| # | Name | Comments |
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| 101 | Dennis Chiuten | |
| 102 | Lena Sze | Please help support the Gilbert Arts Project. The Asian Arts Initiative is a model community arts organization that should make Philadelphians proud. Because the arts are such an important part of the life of any city and because the Initiative is a crucial part of what makes Philadelphia so culturally exciting, I hope that you'll make it a priority to provide your symbolic and material support to making the Gilbert Arts Project a reality. |
| 103 | Nakeeb Siddique | |
| 104 | Baily Cypress | |
| 105 | Karen Malandra | |
| 106 | Kavita Rajanna | |
| 107 | Barbara Lahnemann | If you want to keep the tourists visiting Philly, we need to do something about the violence here. This is a place where children get involved in the Arts and it's a positive thing for our community. Don't let them miss out on that, please! |
| 108 | Ennis Carter | Art is so important to our thriving city. It keeps us connected to important ideas, issues and the people who make them. The Asian Arts Initiative and the other groups who share the Gilbert building provide an unique opportunity to artists that are otherwise underserved and underexposed to the public. We need them to be in Center City and they need a proper home to do their important work. Please help make that a reality in the face of the Convention Center expansion. Don't let these important groups be left behind. |
| 109 | The Asian American Writers' Workshop | |
| 110 | Sylvia Wright | I am a part of this wonderful program and I really want it to stay in the Gilbert Building. |
| 111 | Dan Taulapapa McMullin | |
| 112 | Rebecca Hackemann | |
| 113 | Mary Ng | |
| 114 | mark jordan | |
| 115 | Steve Huang | |
| 116 | Keiko Nakazawa | |
| 117 | Beti Gathegi | |
| 118 | Kayley Whalen | |
| 119 | soon-young park | |
| 120 | Michael Norris | |
| 121 | Justin Jain | |
| 122 | Michelle Kort | |
| 123 | kathleen derderian | |
| 124 | Linda Caruso Haviland | |
| 125 | Dan Gasiewski | |
| 126 | Ah-Young Kim | |
| 127 | Mikhail Zorich | |
| 128 | Frances Woo | |
| 129 | Anonymous | Philadelphia is supposed to be a city of the arts...let's put some money where our rhetoric is! |
| 130 | Aaron Goldblatt | The Asian Arts Initiative is a vibrant and positive force in the cultural community of Philadelphia. Its leadership in finding a new home for the Gilbert Arts Project organizations is an indicator of how critical it is to the wider arts and culture community. The City and the State need to do everything they can to insure its long-term health - and the health of the rest of the Gilbert Arts Project. |
| 131 | Jon | I visited the Asian Arts Initiative in the past and I strongly believe it deserves a home. |
| 132 | Daniel Hallback | |
| 133 | Anonymous | Supporting this initiative is self-evident --- good luck ! |
| 134 | Gordon Wong | Although I am no longer a resident of Philadelphia, I believe that the Asian Arts Initiative is a valuable voice for artists and the community that would not be otherwise represented! Although all non-profit arts institutions struggle for funding, don't let the small ones fall through the cracks just because they don't receive as much publicity as the more prominent institutions. Thank you. |
| 135 | Uyen Doan | |
| 136 | Adam Schreiber | |
| 137 | Anonymous | What Asian Arts does in the Philadelphia arts community is unique. We support their efforts to rebound from displacement by finding a new space in downtown Philadelphia which is also close to their constituency in Chinatown. We ask the state to provide financial support to help keep them set up their new home and support their programs. |
| 138 | Anonymous | |
| 139 | Angela Sim-Laramee | |
| 140 | Linda Rho | |
| 141 | Dean Stockton | Please help the transition of this VITAL community center alive! Thank you! |
| 142 | Charles Velas | |
| 143 | Andrea Myers | |
| 144 | Linda Pang | What this organization is able to do I think is amazing. I think not only does it help the Asian youth of Philadelphia find an outlet, but it also helps people who come and observe them break the stereotypes that they hold of Asians.
I am currently in medical school, and I wandered into one of their shows because I wanted to see some of Philadelphia culture. What I saw blew me away. These people were the same "Asian" as me, but they had so much unbounded creativity and left me laughing in a good-hearted way about being Asian and let me remember the discrimination I've grown up with and mirrored even how I'm coping with it. I think they've let me see that I'm proud to be an Asian, and being a melting pot culture shouldn't mean I should be ashamed of the culture that I've come from, but be proud that I have something unique to offer.
Destroying this I think would be a great detriment to Philadelphia, because it would carve a government-made wound in letting youth voice their culture, and provide an imposing obstacle for the community to listen and see and learn, as I have. |
| 145 | Charles Ramirez | Describe any Asian-american clubs and hangouts throughout the city of Philadelphia where Asian-American talent can rehearse and perform on a regular basis. There are more to Asian-American talent than martial arts films, foods and karaoke bars. Isn't it time for Asian-American talent to have a place of their own in Philadelphia where they can earn a living performing? |
| 146 | David Runkle | |
| 147 | Lauren Rinaldi | |
| 148 | Anonymous | Hello, Your site is great. Regards, Valintino Guxxi |
| 149 | Liyan Wan | |
| 150 | Jason Bulluck | The AAI is a Philadelphia treasure and a national model for cultural stewardship and leadership in community development. Every effort must be made to support its staff in the search for a new home. |