Was anyone at the "community day" in the park in Overbrook yesterday? It was thrown by Bob Brady as an event for the community to come together, and everyone to get to meet their neighbors, etc. Apparently, there were 5,000 to 7,000 people there, with donated food for everyone, free bookbags for children, amusement rides, etc. I stopped by, and it was crazy how big it was. Also, Michael Nutter stopped by, and was greeting everyone, and spending a lot of time with Brady.

While I was there, I heard that 150 of the 34th Ward committee people have volunteered their time to staff the ward headquarters at 65th and Haverford Avenue monday to friday. It's open from like 10 to 4, and open for anyone in the community to come in for any constituent service or complain. The committee people have been fanning out to let everyone know that this is open to them, to ensure responsiveness from their elected officials.

I talked to some of the committee people who said this was all about old neighborhood politics, where everyone gets to know their neighbors and their committee-people, and that together they work for a safer community.

I hope someone else was there, who can also give their impressions, but the whole things seemed very impressive, and a lot of people were saying how it really felt like the community was coming together and a day like that let them get up an close with people like Rep. Tommie Blackwell, who was there, their councilpeople, and of course the Congressman.