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Saturday's event was held at Malcolm X park in West Philadelphia.

A Lenape Sippu: Call Her By Her Name processional performance that started at Freedom Greens + Gardens and continued down 52nd Street in West Philadelphia.
A Lenape Sippu: Call Her By Her Name processional performance that started at Freedom Greens + Gardens and continued down 52nd Street in West Philadelphia.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer

In conjunction with Earth Day, organizers from Get Fresh Daily, Friends of Malcolm X Park, The Enterprise Center, and Painted Bride Art Center held an event at Malcolm X park that gave space to share and honor indigenous stories. The day included an interactive land acknowledgment and a performance with Lenape Sippu: Call Her By Her Name that moved through the streets.

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