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Et Alia Theater Company Uplifts Immigrant Women in Productions Where the ‘Other’ Feels at Home

by Jessy Edwards August 11, 2022August 12, 2022

When three of the founders of the female- and immigrant-led theater company Et Alia Theater met at college in New York, their professors were frank with them. They told them not to wait for the industry to call them for an audition but, instead, try to make their own dreams come true. Taking those words […]

Posted inArts & Entertainment

Women-Led Photography Exhibit Comes to Brooklyn Bridge Park

by Brooklyn Reader June 29, 2021July 9, 2021
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

Women, People of Color and Low-Income New Yorkers Bore Brunt of Pandemic, Survey Shows

by Anna Bradley-Smith March 16, 2021March 17, 2021
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

Bronze Statue of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Unveiled in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader March 15, 2021March 15, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Multiple Women Attacked at Bushwick’s Morgan Ave Station Since November

by Brooklyn Reader January 5, 2021January 25, 2021
Somia Elrowmeim. at a Bernie Sanders rally. Photo: Courtesy of Somia Elrowmeim.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Yemeni-American Hopes to Empower Women Through Brooklyn Bakery

by Kevin Limiti August 7, 2020January 28, 2021
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, The Black Women's Blueprint, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, mothers, women, supplies, maternity health, emergency health
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‘Sistas Van’ Delivers Necessary Hygienic Products to Brooklyn Women in Need, Amid COVID-19

by Yannise Jean May 28, 2020January 28, 2021
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