Community-Oriented Martial Arts w/ NMAP
"We've all seen the memes of how like, you can tell your neighborhood is getting gentrified when there's a Starbucks and a yoga studio. But I think in a lot of ways, expensive martial arts are also an indicator of that, too. And for those same reasons because those things are not meant for the people that already live there. They're meant for the people they're trying to attract to those areas. So having a place that is meant for the people who are already there, who are being systematically neglected is also important."
Sam speaks with Myles and Jelani from the Neighborhood Martial Arts Project (NMAP) about running a community-oriented martial arts gym.
Find the Neighborhood Martial Arts Project on Instagram: @nmap.phl, GoFundMe, or by email at: nmap.philly@gmail.com.
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