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Rosine 2.0 at Swarthmore College

Institution
Rosine Association 2.0 at Swarthmore College
Location
Swarthmore, PA
Grant Cycle
Spring 2022
Amount
$100,000
Type of Grant
Multi-year Program Support
Website
rosine2.org ↗
Circle Keepers gather for an herbal walk and collective healing at Emerald Park on April 24, 2022. Photo by Kirstin Mosley.
Members of the Rosine 2.0 Collective during a Collective Gathering at The Sculpture Courtyard on April 9, 2022. Photo by Zissel Aronow.
A fabric circle made during a Circle Keepers gathering in which Philadelphians met to discuss healing practices at The Discovery Center on April 10, 2022. Photo by Sophia Becker.
A photo taken during the Reimagining Histories: Rosine Association Casebook Discoveries exhibition opening event at Swarthmore College’s McCabe Library on March 22, 2022. Photo by Zissel Aronow.
Rosine Association Casebook, Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, RG5/320, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Photo by Zissel Aronow.

Rosine Association 2.0, initiated by Swarthmore College and funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, is an interdisciplinary collective of artists, harm reductionists, archivists, and community members involved in today’s street economies, specifically at the intersection of sex work and drug use.

Rosine 2.0 facilitates harm reduction through the development of new artistic works and a community-based archive.

The socially engaged works will serve as a lens through which others can seek to understand their neighbors from marginalized communities who are also involved in the street economies of Philadelphia.

Rosine 2.0 is inspired by the original Rosine Association, co-founded in 1847 by Mira Sharpless Townsend, a Philadelphia Quaker activist. The organization was run by women for women to help “females who have wandered from the paths of virtue” (i.e, engaged in sex work and substance use, facing physical abuse and exploitation). Townsend’s papers, acquired by the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College in 2019, contain her correspondence, poetry, and other materials related to her activism, including two casebooks documenting the lives of the women she sought to help. The Lang Center will provide vision and leadership in activating these archives within living communities through an interdisciplinary collective of artists, harm reductionists, scholars, and community members.

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