Organization Structure

Below is a description of each of the 7 focus-group “Teams” that make up Philadelphia Urban Creators, along with the names and contact information of each Team Leader.

All P.U.C. organizers ultimitely participate in each of these 7 categories in one way or another, but our “Teams” are designed so that each of us can focus on specific tasks so that we, as a collective, can maintain organization and continue to function efficiently.  Group members are not restricted to any one Team, and may join as many as they chose as long as they remain accountable for the tasks that they are delegated.

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Teams And Individual Roles

- Farm Team: Farm managers oversee the growth and development of our Urban Farms throughout the Philadelphia area. From turning compost, to planting seeds, to harvesting our food, the farm team works with local community members to maintain and manage each of the farming projects that we establish.

Team Leaders:

• Emily Kinsel (emily_kinsel@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Denzel Thompson (denzel@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Devon Bailey (devon@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Lawrence Waters (lawrence@phillyurbancreators.org)

- Community Organizing Team: Community Organizers  build and maintain sustainable relationships with the members of, and institutions in, the local communities in which we work, including schools, community groups, houses of worship, and youth groups, to ensure that this is, in fact, a truly grass-roots movement that we are building.

Team Leaders:

• Shaniqua Chisolm (shaniqua@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Denzel Thompson (denzel@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Alex Epstein (alex@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Tiye Jones (Tiye@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Rakeem Hartaway (rakeem@phillyurbancreators.org)

- Networking Team: Networkers build and maintain sustainable relationships with groups throughout the city, state, and nation, in order to 1) pool resources to support the development of our local projects, and 2) use these powerful connections to ensure that these local projects are a part of a larger movement towards establishing social & environmental justice, as well as youth & community empowerment throughout the nation.

Team Leaders:

• Alex Epstein (alex@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Jeaninne Kayembe (jeaninne@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Tiye Jones (tiye@phillyurbancreators.org)

- Business/Marketing Team: Business managers manage the finances of our farms and projects, and establish sustainable relationships with businesses throughout the Philadelphia region to ensure that these projects are both stimulating and sustaining the evolution of local economies in the communities in which we work.

Team Leaders:

• Jeaninne Kayembe (jeaninne@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Gary Henderson (gary@phillyurbancreators.org)
• ALex Epstein (alex@phillyurbancreators.org)

- Education Team: Educators design various forms of experiential curriculum, whether it be workshops, long-term educational programs, or service-learning experiences, that directly correlate with our various farms and projects to ensure that every aspect of our program can be used as educational tools.

Team Leaders:

• Alex Epstein (alex@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Jeaninne Kayembe (jeaninne@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Lawrence (lawrence@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Benjamin Tindal (benjamin@phillyurbancreators.org)

- Communication/Management Team: Communicators keep everything together. They maintain communication and organization within our inner-group, as well as publicize our progress & communicate with the public in order to maintain transparency and open dialogue.

- Special Project Team: Project managers are the wild cards of the group. They fill in all the holes and take up leadership on any task that has not already been delegated. They organize special events, fundraisers, presentations, and any other special events or projects that come about.

Team Leaders:

• Tiye Jones (tiye@phillyurbancreators.org)
• B.J. Tindal (benjamine@phillyurbancreators.org

- Aesthetics Team: Aesthetic directors focus on making all aspects of our program as aesthetically pleasing to all our senses as possible. Utilizing music, art, dance, cooking, and a variety of other artistic forms of expression, they seek to maintain beauty throughout our projects and support our members as we create new and innovative ways to express ourselves, our ideas, and our mission.

Team Leaders:

• Jennifer Younge (jennifer@phillyurbancreators.org)
• Denzel Thompson (denzel@phillyurbancreators.org)