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Home » News » Non-Profit & Community » Page 42

Category: Non-Profit & Community

Weeksville Heritage Center, Hunterfly Road Houses
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Weeksville Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Avoid Closure

by Andrea Leonhardt May 7, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Belmont Ave Co-Named to Honor Brownsville Basketball Legend Dwayne ‘Pearl’ Washington

by Andrea Leonhardt May 3, 2019January 28, 2021
Our Lady of Lourdes Apartments
Posted inFeatured News Archive

New Development Brings 76 Affordable Units, Community Services to Bushwick

by Andrea Leonhardt May 1, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Report: Brooklyn Kids Lack Safe and Clean Spaces to Play

by Andrea Leonhardt April 29, 2019January 28, 2021
The playground underwent a $4 million overhaul and now features new play equipment, a spray shower, swings, benches, tables, chairs and more
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Community Celebrates New Playground at Lincoln Terrace Park

by Andrea Leonhardt April 26, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 143 Units in East NY, Starting at $426/Month!

by Andrea Leonhardt April 26, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Medgar Evers Summit Calls on Bklyn Pols to Mobilize Black Constituents for 2020 Census

by Andrea Leonhardt April 25, 2019January 28, 2021
Jacqueline Murekatete, Brooklyn Millennium High School, BK Reader
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

25 Years After the Rwandan Genocide, a Survivor Speaks out Against Hate

by Alex Williamson April 22, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Bring Your Pedal Power to BP Adams’ Annual Bike-to-Work Ride in Brownsville

by Andrea Leonhardt April 19, 2019January 28, 2021
The rent-stabilized tenants claim their landlord mocks, threatens and gaslights them when they request repairs or complain about the illegal Airbnb units.
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

Brooklyn Tenants Sue Notorious Landlord, Claim Harassment, Neglect

by Andrea Leonhardt April 18, 2019January 28, 2021
The program provides a range of supportive so that mothers and their families can find stability and a path out of poverty.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Jeremiah Program Coaches Single Mothers in Brownsville Through College

by Andrea Leonhardt April 16, 2019January 28, 2021
Kweens Foundation, Young M.A, Latasha Blackmon, street violence, support group, Crown Heights
Posted inCrown Heights

After Son’s Murder, Crown Heights Resident Latasha Blackmon Offers Hope for People Suffering Loss

by C. Zawadi Morris April 12, 2019January 28, 2021
Two Brooklyn nonprofits faced off in a soccer match in Crown Heights, and they had one goal: celebrating the borough's beautiful diversity.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Ole, Ole! Brooklyn Soccer Kids Score for Unity and Healthy Living

by Andrea Leonhardt April 11, 2019January 28, 2021
The MTA and the city have launched a study to possibly revive the idea of the Utica Avenue subway extension
Posted inFeatured News Archive

MTA Launches a New Study on Utica Ave Subway Extension (Again!)

by Andrea Leonhardt April 9, 2019January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Woodhull Hospital Transforms Parking Lot into Affordable Housing

by Andrea Leonhardt April 5, 2019January 28, 2021
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Restoration Reimagined! Architect David Adjaye Will Bring New Vision for Bed-Stuy Plaza to Life

by Andrea Leonhardt April 3, 2019January 28, 2021
BCF President and CEO Cecilia Clarke (center) announced on Wednesday the launch of the Brooklyn Elders Fund.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches ‘Elders Fund’ to Support Brooklyn Seniors

by Andrea Leonhardt April 2, 2019January 28, 2021
Bed-Stuy's Hattie Carthan Community Garden is spring ready with new garden beds, plants, benches, picnic tables and a mural!
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Tracy Morgan Joins Bed-Stuy to Celebrate Revamped Hattie Carthan Garden

by Andrea Leonhardt April 1, 2019January 28, 2021
Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance have teamed up to launch a pop-university and are inviting immigrant professors, researchers and lecturers to teach.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Prospect Park’s First Pop-Up University Is Looking for Immigrant Academics to Teach

by Andrea Leonhardt March 29, 2019January 28, 2021
Publicolor engages East Flatbush students through design-based programs that mentor them for success in school and life
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

Publicolor Paint Club Keeps At-Risk Youth on Track to a Brighter Future

by Anna Bradley-Smith March 28, 2019January 28, 2021

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