Urban Religion Community Profile

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1. Gentrification, Tactics, and Survival of Faith RSOC 21 Group #2 Northside Taven Harris, Preston Lodolce, Daniel Carmona Perez, Quentin Prokey, Carina Wong
2. Hey! This is Northside • Demographics: Significantly Latino • Linguistic Landscape: Large Spanish speaking population • Economic Profile: Higher household income (low for California) • Community Features: Walkable neighborhood • Cultural Heritage: Strong Latino culture • Religious Context: Many churches and murals • Current Challenges: Gentrification
3. The Heart of Northside: Community, Culture, and Connection
4. Living Well in Northside: Health, Community, and Everyday Well-Being
5. Mapping Northside: Space, Place, and Connectivity
6. Faith & Community: The Spiritual Landscape of Northside
7. In Northside, mural art fights back against gentrification, maintaining the local cultural and religious identities to foster a community of belonging.
8. Growing Displacement
9. Gentrification expanding through Northside
11. The Temple Laundry - Former Temple Laundry building in Northside San Jose - Located on major thoroughfare with high visibility - covers the side of what used to be Temple Laundry
12. The Temple Laundry @ohhpeeskee 15th st. & St. John, San Jose California, in collaboration with #EmpireSevenStudios @svcreates
13. Portrayal of Immigrant Faith in Northside
14. Guadalajara Restaurant • Guadalajara Restaurant Mural • Portrays Aztec Culture • Connects to the Latinx Community
15. Guadalajara Restaurant Discovering Guadalajara Restaurant: Location and Overview
16. Tactics: Walking Through Northside
17. Dia de los Muertos
18. Dia de los Muertos - Dia de los Muertos Mural - Electric box on the side of a street (10th street) in Northside - Represents cultural and spiritual traditions upheld by the community
19. Harleen, Netherlands Waterford, Ireland Kaunas, Lithuania
20. How do murals contribute to the cultivation of community?
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22. Works Cited ❖ Araujo, Juan Carlos. “New Mural in Northside Neighborhood of San Jose.” Empire Seven Studios, Empire Seven Studios, 5 June 2017, www.empiresevenstudios.com/blog-empiresevenstudios-e7s-artgallery/2017/6/5/new-mural-in-northside-neighborhood-of-sa n-jose. ❖ ArcGIS Web Application. https://livingrelgsscu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0d139efe2a474f9ca9f7a63f86b117da. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025. ❖ Avila, Adrian. “Here & There Mural by Sam Rodriguez.” Bug, 15 Aug. 2017, www.siliconvalleydebug.org/stories/sam-rodriguez. ❖ Connor, Philip. “Introducing Immigrant Faith.” Immigrant Faith: Patterns of Immigrant Religion in the United States. NYU Press. pp. 1-14. ❖ de Certeau, Michel. “Walking in the City.” 1980. The Practice of Everyday Life. University of California Press, pp. 91-110. ❖ Mata, Roberto. “‘And I Saw Googleville Descend from Heaven’: Reading the New Jerusalem in Gentrified Latinx Communities of Silicon Valley.” 2021. Land of Stark Contrasts: Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness in the United States. Costoya, Manuel Mejido. Fordham University Press, 2021. ❖ “New Mural in Northside Neighborhood of San Jose.” Empire Seven Studios, 5 June 2017, https://www.empiresevenstudios.com/blog-empiresevenstudios-e7s-artgallery/2017/6/5/new-mural-in-northside-neighborhoo d-of-san-jose. ❖ Petronienė, Saulė, and Saulutė Juzelėnienė. “Community Engagement via Mural Art to Foster a Sustainable Urban Environment.” MDPI, 14 Aug. 2022, www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/16/10063. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025. ❖ Santos, Joshua. “Awesome New Mural!” The San Jose Blog, 30 Oct. 2013, www.thesanjoseblog.com/2013/10/awesome-new-mural.html.