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Hello Crown Heights Community. The Art in Brower Park project is underway and we’ve extended the deadline for submissions to Wednesday, July 19th!! See Below for all the details and submission guidelines: CALL FOR ARTISTS YOUR ART COULD BE FEATURED AS A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IN BROWER PARK The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center […]
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On Sunday, July 9th, the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center took part in Project Care’s second annual One Crown Heights Festival at Brower Park. The festival works to build and foster community relationships within the neighborhood through art, music, and games. Over 3,500 people showed up to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Brower Park to […]
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On Wednesday afternoon, just prior to receiving Proclamations from the New York City Council, Amy Ellenbogen, Project Director of the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, shared this message with the community: “Today, I saw our program managers save a man’s life. They were incredible. On the way to receive a proclamation from City Council for the […]
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On Wednesday, June 21st, in observance of Gun Violence Awareness Month, the Council of the City of New York presented S.O.S. Crown Heights and S.O.S. Bed-Stuy with proclamations to honor the Cure Violence providers across the five boroughs for “the excellent work saving lives and their great progress in reducing gun violence in our community.” We […]
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Legal Hand Crown Heights has finally joined the Facebook wave! Follow our page here for updates on volunteers and community events, and to ask us any questions! Legal Hand is a nonprofit organization that trains community volunteers to provide free legal information, assistance, and referrals. In return, the volunteers can help community members with issues […]
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CALL FOR ARTISTS YOUR ART COULD BE FEATURED AS A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION IN BROWER PARK The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center is looking for local artists who can create a public art installation that will encourage health and physical activity and celebrate the neighborhood. This work of art will be located in Brower Park […]
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On June 3rd, The Save Our Streets Clergy Action Network (S.O.S. C.A.N.) hosted the summer Strategy Breakfast at The Bethany U.M.C. at 1204 St. Johns Place. Over thirty people were in attendance. The highlight of the day was Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo who shared with the audience and held an hour long Q & A session. […]
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The S.O.S. Bed-Stuy Summer Kickoff on Saturday, June 10th, was a great day of fun, food, activities, and performances. There was a bouncy house, basketball shoot, face painting, nail painting, double dutch, FDNY touch a truck with water, a mobile library, young performers, and tablers sharing information with the community. Good music played in the […]
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At this year’s Arts to End Violence Gallery Opening, we asked judges from throughout the community to select the pieces by youth artists that they felt best demonstrated the most powerful messaging, inspirational personal statements, aesthetics, and creativity. Congratulations to the following artists, whose work stood out to our judges! Michael Afriyie – First Prize Alyssa Garcia – Second Prize Wilha […]
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