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We are proud to announce the launch of the CHAMPS Podcast! The CHAMPS are a group of young men involved in the Make It Happen program at Neighbors in Action. Make It Happen is a program that offers therapeutic services, advocacy, and mentorship to young men of color who have been impacted by violence. The CHAMPS (Community Healers And Mentors for Personal Success) are a group of peer mentors who are leaders within their communities. These are their stories.

Listen here or find it on Apple Podcasts, and stay tuned for more listening platforms coming soon!

• SHOOTING RESPONSE: BULLETS HAVE NO NAME

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On April 18, 2019 In anti-gun violence, anti-violence, community organizing, Crown Heights, Cure Violence, non-violence, S.O.S., S.O.S. Crown Heights, save our streets, shooting, Shooting Response, SOS, Uncategorized

  During the evening of Monday, April 8th, 2019, a teenage black man, only 19 years old, was non-fatally shot in the leg at 1213 Prospect Place. Two days later on April 10th, S.O.S. Crown Heights gathered at the site for a shooting response. That Wednesday afternoon was a sunny day, and many young people were […]

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• This National Volunteer Month, Meet Susan

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On April 18, 2019 In community service, education, employment, get involved, housing, Legal Hand, legal services, Neighbors in Action, Uncategorized, Volunteers

  In honor of National Volunteer Month this April, we’re featuring some of our volunteers on our blog, and today we’d like to introduce you to Susan! Susan started as a volunteer at Legal Hand in August 2018, but then asked for even more ways to get involved. So she started volunteering with Neighbors in Action […]

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• SHOOTING RESPONSE: TOO CLOSE TO HOME IN BED-STUY

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On April 18, 2019 In anti-gun violence, anti-violence, Bed-Stuy, community organizing, Cure Violence, non-violence, S.O.S. Bed-Stuy, save our streets, shooting, Shooting Response, SOS

  On the night of Monday, April 8th, 2019, two men were non-fatally shot only two doors down from the S.O.S. Bed-Stuy office, at the corner of Gates and Nostrand. It certainly hit close to home, in more ways than one. The Bed-Stuy team gathered to hold a shooting response at the site of the incident […]

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  NIA Youth Programs is Recipient of NYS Vital Brooklyn Funding

  • By Neighbors In Action
  • On April 12, 2019 In diversity, education, employment, entrepreneurship, fundraising, high school, Neighbors in Action, News, Uncategorized, YO S.O.S., youth

  Neighbors in Action (NIA) is delighted to share that we received two $50,000 awards from New York State from the Vital Brooklyn initiative to support youth programming in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights! Vital Brooklyn is a New York State initiative that invests in community development and wellbeing in Central Brooklyn across eight sectors, including Education, […]

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