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Home » Archives for April 2015

Monthly Archives: April 2015

At the Womeneur.com launch, Founder Sharon Beason
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News

Photos: Brooklyn Women Entrepreneurs Showcased at Womeneur.com Launch Event

by Brooklyn Reader April 30, 2015January 27, 2021

Womeneur, an online platform that celebrates, connects, enlightens and empowers female business owners and entrepreneurs, has launched! Womeneur.com Founder Sharon Beason said she launched the site to connect local business owners and […]

11 CD Race: Gentile Back Jeffries Bill, Backs National Healing
Posted inUncategorized

11 CD Race: Gentile Back Jeffries Bill, Backs National Healing

by Brooklyn Reader April 30, 2015January 28, 2021
George Clinton, Phosphorescent, A$AP Rocky and FKA Twigs to perform at the 2015 Red Bull Music Academy Festival
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York, Features, Flatbush, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights

Red Bull Music Academy Fest Returns to NYC: Lineup and Tickets

by Brooklyn Reader April 30, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Violent Youth as Victims

by Yako and Krystal April 30, 2015January 28, 2021
Excessive Use of Force Act, Yvette Clarke
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Flatbush

Bklyn Lawmakers on the Move April 30: Yvette Clarke

by Brooklyn Reader April 30, 2015January 28, 2021
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer Photo: The Brooklyn Reader
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York, Featured News, Flatbush, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights

Special to The Brooklyn Reader: Up Close and Personal with NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer

by Brooklyn Reader April 29, 2015January 28, 2021
Cornegy, Cumbo Honor Pioneering Black Engineer Society
Posted inUncategorized

Cornegy, Cumbo Honor Pioneering Black Engineer Society

by Brooklyn Reader April 29, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

BAMcinématek presents FilmAfrica

by Brooklyn Reader April 29, 2015January 28, 2021
Charles Schumer
Posted inUncategorized

Bklyn Lawmakers on the Move April 29

by Brooklyn Reader April 29, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, East New York, Featured News, Flatbush, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights

Reynoso, Levin Endorse Plan To Toll East River Bridges

by Brooklyn Reader April 28, 2015January 28, 2021
Hakeem Jeffries, Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2015, Gwen Carr, Kirsten Foy, National Action Network, chokeholds, police brutality, legislation, introduction
Posted inFeatured News

Jeffries Sponsors Bill Outlawing the Use of Chokeholds by Police

by Brooklyn Reader April 27, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

International Jazz Day at Brooklyn Borough Hall

by Brooklyn Reader April 27, 2015January 28, 2021
Mendy Losh, missing, found, backpackers, Crown Heights, Daniel Cole, earthquake, Nepal, Mount Everest
Posted inCrown Heights, Featured News

Two Crown Heights Backpackers Missing After Earthquake in Nepal are Located Unharmed

by Brooklyn Reader April 27, 2015January 28, 2021
11 CD Race: Donovan Would Consider Federal Justice Reform Legislation
Posted inUncategorized

11 CD Race: Donovan Would Consider Federal Justice Reform Legislation

by Brooklyn Reader April 27, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

The Laments of a Working Breastfeeding Mother

by Brooklyn Reader April 27, 2015January 28, 2021
Bklyn Lawmakers on the Move April 27
Posted inUncategorized

Bklyn Lawmakers on the Move April 27

by Brooklyn Reader April 27, 2015January 28, 2021
Art, Hand-Lettering, Illustration, Harriet Faith, Painting, Drawing, Success, Motivation, Daily Practice, Inspiration, Quotes, Dreams, Pay Attention To Your Dreams, C.S. Lewis, Extraordinary, Philosophy, Life
Posted inFeatured News, Local Voices

C.S. Lewis on the Non-Ordinary

by Harriet Faith April 26, 2015January 28, 2021
Citizens' Committee for Children, children's advocacy, new, findings, report, data, databook, 2015, equality
Posted inFeatured News

New Databook on the State of NYC’s Children Released

by Brooklyn Reader April 24, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News

Comptroller Audit Finds MTA Express Buses Unreliable, Especially in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader April 24, 2015January 28, 2021
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Emblem Health, Live Healthy Cooking Demonstration
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Local Voices

Healthy Eating on Budget Workshop at Restoration Plaza a Big Success!

by Brooklyn Reader April 24, 2015January 28, 2021

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