B-girls Sisterz of the Underground and friends pose. Photo: Emily Claassen. Download JPG (2048x1536 pixels / 1.4 mb)

Children from St. John's Educational Threshold Center perform. Photo: Emily Claassen. Download JPG (480x360 pixels / 56 kb)

Press Release:

NEIGHBORS TAKE OVER NEGLECTED 16TH STREET BART PLAZA

Youth, families and neighbors gather on Love Your Mission Community Day to transform the 16th Street BART Plaza from a neglected street corner into a cultural commons with song, Hip Hop, poetry, Tai Chi, mural making, and hand-made Valentines.

Thursday, February 9, 2006 12:00 – 5:00PM

16th Street BART Station Plaza @ Mission & 16th Street

Tired of working and playing in a neighborhood racked by drugs and crime, a consortium

of St. John’s Educational Thresholds Center, Horizons Unlimited, Inc.,

Sixteenth Street Neighborhood Association, SFSU/UCSF Valencia Health Services,

Intersection for the Arts, and other community members have organized Love Your Mission Community

Day to engage the community in the traditions, creativity and diversity unique to the

San Francisco Mission District.

Love Your Mission Community Day features:

*Hip Hop dance performance by girls (6th & 7th Graders) from the Columbia Park Boys & Girls Club,

*Poetry reading & Science Project by (1st – 5th Graders) from St. John’s Tutoring Center,

*Tai Chi performance,

*Mural painting with Mission Artist Performance Project,

*Free supplies and postage for making Valentines,

*Artwork by Joshua Short in the City’s only outdoor art gallery located in the Southwest

corner of the 16th Street BART Plaza.

Love Your Mission Community Day is the second in a series of events organized by

the Plaza 16 Affinity Group of the Mission Community Council (MCC). MCC is a consortium of agencies,

faith groups, neighborhood associations, and public departments who work to support the Mission as

a neighborhood where community members participate with dignity in the decisions that affect their lives.

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For more information about 16 Plaza Affinity Group or the Mission Community Council contact

Kyle Fiore at (415) 282-6209 x19 or Kylefiore@aol.com