Team
Core team
JJ Tiziou
Marilyn Wood
How This all comes together
Walk Around Philadelphia is a growing, artist-led project rooted in collaboration, generosity, and shared stewardship.
While a small core team helps coordinate the work, the Walk truly exists because thousands of people — walkers, volunteers, partners, funders, and friends — continue to make it possible.
We’re grateful for everyone who has helped this project unfold.
Founding Collaborators
Walk Around Philadelphia first emerged from a creative residency in 2016, when JJ walked the city’s full perimeter together with Adrienne Mackey, Ann de Forest, and Sam Wend. Their curiosity, trust, and willingness to experiment helped spark the practice that continues today.
-> Recap of the origin story
Community advisory board
A rotating group of artists, civic leaders, educators, activists, neighbors, and previous walkers help guide the Walk’s direction through ongoing conversation and reflection. Members offer insight, accountability, and stewardship — supporting the project as it grows with intention.
We don’t publish a formal roster here because participation shifts over time — but we are deeply grateful for each advisor’s care and wisdom.
Trail Angels & Volunteers
Many people contribute time, care, surprise snacks, transportation support, and quiet acts of generosity — both during walk cycles and throughout the year. We couldn’t do this without them.
-> Volunteer
Partners
Walk Around Philadelphia has been strengthened through relationships with schools, community groups, parks and waterways organizations, arts institutions, and local nonprofits. These partnerships help broaden access, deepen learning, and connect the Walk to ongoing civic work.
-> Collaborate
Supporters & Funders
This project has been sustained through a combination of individual contributions, optional sliding-scale registration fees, and grants from philanthropic partners. We are grateful to everyone who has supported access through stipends and financial gifts.
-> Contribute
… and our walkers
Most of all, we are grateful for every single person who has accepted our invitation to explore the edges. Whether walking with one of our groups or setting out to undertake the walk on their own, every step shapes what Walk Around Philadelphia continues to become.
