On the evening of Wednesday, October 15, 2019, staff from Neighbors in Action (NIA) and Save Our Streets (S.O.S) Brooklyn rallied with residents of Crown Heights across the street from the scene of a mass shooting that left four men dead and five others gravely injured. The tragedy left many in the neighborhood shaken, but […]
CONTINUE READING →On August 28th, while S.O.S. Clergy Organizer Revered Jones was away on vacation, he received a text from Rev. Chris Burton, a faithful SOS Clergy member. Rev. Chris Burton was reaching out about the slashing of a 13 year old boy in front of P.S. 140 (141 Macon Street). It is also the location that […]
CONTINUE READING →In June of 2019, Neighbors in Action relocated its youth services to the NIA Youth Center, a three-floor townhouse at 1644 St Johns Place, near the intersection of Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, and Brownsville. The space features a workshop and games room, a media arts lab, staff workstations, and two rooms for coaching sessions and breakout […]
CONTINUE READING →Good People! I hope this note finds you well. I am writing to share some news with you. After 17 years of working as the Director of Neighbors in Action (formerly Crown Heights Community Mediation Center), I am now the Director of Arts Strategies at our parent organization, the Center for Court Innovation. It has […]
CONTINUE READING →since the last shooting
S.O.S. works hard to create safer and healthier neighborhoods and we invite you to join us in these efforts.
since the last shooting
S.O.S. works hard to create safer and healthier neighborhoods and we invite you to join us in these efforts.
Neighbors in Action is a project of the Center for Court Innovation.