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Building a skatepark in West Baltimore is all about equity and the right to have fun

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-Stephanie Murdock is a 2010 OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow.–

By Stephanie Murdock and Sosii Brown.

The future of Baltimore should be rooted in providing young people with productive things to do. But Baltimore has a tremendous problem when it comes to skateparks that serve not only skateboarders but youth who enjoy BMX, roller skating and riding scooters.

Right now, all four city-owned skateparks are in predominantly white neighborhoods. We are calling for this inequity to end at a rally and press conference today at 4:30 p.m. in front of City Hall.

We are demanding that the Department of Recreation and Parks keep its promise to construct a public concrete skatepark at Easterwood Park in West Baltimore.

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