According to Wikipedia, Jane’s Walk festival “is a series of neighborhood walking tours. Named after urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs, Jane’s Walks are held annually during the first weekend in May to coincide with her birthday.
Jane’s Talks schedule, including Little Prince and MiniActive
This year, as a result of the coronavirus crisis, the Jane’s Walk festival in Jerusalem, which took place May 7-9, moved online, to Jane’s Talks. On Friday, May 8, one of the Jane’s Talks featured a day about cleanliness, and featured our own MiniActive and Little Prince initiatives. They told their story.
Intisar, speaking about MiniActive’s breakthrough activities to advance garbage collection in East Jerusalem
Intisar spoke about MiniActive, how it began as a grassroots network of Palestinian women in East Jerusalem, and especially its “We don’t want to live in filth!” campaign, to advance garbage collection in East Jerusalem.
Tal spoke about the Little Prince
Afterwards, Tal spoke about the Little Prince, which was inspired by the success of MiniActive, and brought together activists from all neighborhoods in the city to work together to make the city cleaner. Moshe Cohen, a Haredi activist from the Geula – Bucharim neighborhood, also spoke about the process of the Little Prince, which began three years ago.
Moshe Cohen about Little Prince processes
Thus far, some 300 people have seen the video, through Zoom and Facebook. Here’s the entire video, in Hebrew, from Jane’s Talks’ Facebook page:
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation, the Natan Fund, the US Embassy in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and the Rayne Foundation for their support of the Little Prince and MiniActive.
