anti-violence Archives
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On Saturday May 14 over 400 community members gathered for our 6th annual Kingston Avenue Festival! Every year this event brings together Crown Heights residents to celebrate the talent, fun, and creativity in our neighborhood. When they weren’t playing on the bouncy house and bouncy slide, youth in attendance had their faces painted, wrote messages in […]
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This Thursday May 19 you’re invited to our 6th annual Arts to End Violence Gallery Show! This event is the culmination of months of anti-violence art programming through the Mediation Center which has included facilitating workshops in schools to encourage youth art submissions, and hosting a series of free art workshops for youth and families. The show will […]
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On the evening of Monday May 9, a group of approximately 12 Legal Hand volunteers and Crown Heights neighbors gathered in the Legal Hand office for a training on Conflict Resolution. The training was co-facilitated by former Mediation Center staff Caitlin Gibb, MSW and Kevin Hershey. Participants, who included local clergy, young professionals, and established […]
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Throughout April and May we have been hosting a variety of free art workshops for Crown Heights residents as part of our annual Arts to End Violence programming. On Saturday April 30 we partnered with Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine for a storytelling session and discussion about gentrification, followed by a workshop on silkscreen poster-making. Participants were able to […]
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On Monday April 25 we hosted our second annual conference titled “Paving the Way to Healing and Recovery: Conversations with Young Men of Color Who Survive Violence.” The event brought together over 150 people who are doing work with men of color who have been harmed by violence to discuss promising strategies that promote healing. […]
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We are excited to announce the dates for our annual Kingston Avenue Festival and Bed-Stuy Summer Kickoff as part of our annual Arts to End Violence program! Kingston Avenue Festival Saturday May 14 1PM-5PM Kingston Avenue between Bergen Street and Pacific Street Bedford-Stuyvesant Summer Kick-Off Saturday June 11 11AM-7PM Lafayette Avenue between Marcy Avenue and Tompkins Avenue At […]
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The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center works to build safer and healthier neighborhoods in Central Brooklyn. Our youth anti-violence group, “Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets” (YO S.O.S.), has planned an anti-violence campaign kick-off event on April 20th from 5:00-6:30pm at St. Francis de Sales School in Crown Heights. We hope you can join us! YO […]
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This year the Mediation Center will host our sixth annual Arts to End Violence festival which includes a variety of events centered on art as a tool for anti-violence work. This year’s festival will include a talent show, an interactive theater performance, a youth-led multimedia presentation, a block party, and an anti-violence art gallery show. Artists, merchants, […]
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On April 2, 2016 close to thirty people gathered at the corner of St. Johns Place and Schenectady Avenue where a shooting occurred two days prior to denounce the gun violence in our community. On March 31, 2016 a black male in his early twenties was shot in the leg, in front of the local […]
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On Saturday March 19, over 300 community members joined S.O.S. at our annual “Stop Shooting, Start Living” Talent Show at P.S. 289. Talented performers of all ages graced the stage playing musical instruments, singing, rapping, dancing, stepping, modeling, and reciting spoken word poetry. Many performances celebrated the joy and energy in our communities, while others […]
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S.O.S. Crown Heights
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S.O.S. works hard to create safer and healthier neighborhoods and we invite you to join us in these efforts.
S.O.S. Bed-Stuy
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.
