About EPRA:

Established in 2003 by neighborhood residents Haile Johnston and Tatiana Garcia Granados, the East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA), is a community-based nonprofit that aims to empower residents to revitalize the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood through the arts, environment and education.

The organization has planted over 700 trees, built community gardens, facilitated numerous murals throughout the neighborhood, and created and maintained over 13 acres of community-friendly open green space in the site of formerly abandoned vacant lots., the East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA) seeks to build a healthy community in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, focusing on environmental improvement and health promotion.

EPRA's Executive Director is Suku John, Ph.D.

EPRA's Advisory Board members are as follows:

A. Edward Adeyward - educator and community resident

Sophie Bryan, Esq. - Chief of Staff, Councilman-At-Large Bill Green

Eric Dolaway - Executive Director, Urban Blazers

Matthew Goldfine - Chief of Staff, Office of State Representative Tim Briggs

Haile Johnston - Pennsylvania State Director, Center for Progressive Leadership

Robin Ortiz, Ph.D - Director, Evaluation & Performance Improvement, North East Treatment Centers

Angelina Riley - Executive Policy Specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Health

Stephanie Singer, Ph.D - Data Strategist, Athenian Properties

Denise Stroud Lanser - Principal, Inventive Minds Consulting (Board President)