Interview with Kim Hewson
Kim Hewson, community liaison for the Renaissance Church at Mashapaug Commons, reflects on the church’s role in the community surrounding the pond. He comes to the conclusion that the church needs to become more active on issues such as the remediation of the former Gorham factory site.
October 29, 2011
Interview with Phil Edmonds
Phil Edmonds is a long time resident of South Providence. He lives about a mile away from Mashapaug Pond and has worked with the Urban Pond Procession in organizing workshops in middle schools to raise awareness about the pollution in the pond. He is also a musician and gardener and spends his time doing "Phil Things."
October 23, 2011
Interview with Tall Oak Weeden
December 6, 2011
Interview with Wilbur Jennings
Wilbur Jennings, the Councilman for Ward 8 (Elmwood, Reservoir, West End) on the Providence City Council, is a long-time resident of the neighborhoods near Mashapaug Pond. In this excerpt, he shares some of his childhood memories, his thoughts about education, and his hopes for the future of the Gorham site.
December 3, 2011
Kimani Perry's Poem about Mashapaug Pond
Kimani, a 7th-grade student at Sophia Academy in Providence, wrote this poem about Mashapaug Pond and read it at the opening of Reservoir of Memories.
Im the color of green cartoon faces on bad taco tuesday
Sliver travels up my body and into my throat choking me from inside and out
I have trapped my children in me for a better life.
Fishes and gills rise to the top of face like dead picture tattoos
Which they are
I am sick and calling for help
I am Mashapaug Pond
Mapping memories
Mashapaug Commons Plaza
When and why was the Mashapaug Commons plaza built? What did it replace? What businesses have occupied this plaza?
Maria Quintero
Mashapaug Community Boating Center
What is the history of the community boating center? When and why was it built? How has it been used?
Ora Star Boncore
Mashapaug Pond
Mashapaug Pond