Announcements
Photo via the Hanif sisters.KENSINGTON – Shahana and Sabia Hanif are two Bangladeshi-American sisters who call Kensington their home. Both are active in the community in their own ways. Sabia is a talented henna artist who is now on her personal journey to get closer to God. And Shahana is
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“Voting is your power and your right,” Mamnun Haq said to Kensington’s Bangladeshi community at the Avenue C Plaza on Friday. (Photo by DPC)After a week where many neighbors expressed fear over the presidential election results [/blog/neighbors/trump-victory-frightens-emboldens-immigrants-kensington/], Kensington’s Bangladeshi community leaders and city officials gathered
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Society members celebrate outside the voting booths on Avenue C (Photo by DPC) The Bangladesh Society, a massive non-profit supporting Bangladeshis in New York, held its biennial election this past Sunday at PS 179. Electricity sparked through the crowd as hundreds gathered on Avenue C to vote, talk, await the
Announcements
Friday, City Council Member Brad Lander announced a dedicated office annex for Bangla speakers in Kensington, staffed by community liaison Rubina “Ruby” Abdul — the first Bangla-speaking staff member at Lander’s office. Starting on Tuesday, October 25, the office will be open to community members every Tuesday and Wednesday from
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Community leaders at the Avenue C Plaza ribbon cutting (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Community leaders will launch a voter registration drive in Kensington on Wednesday, July 27, to increase voter turnout among Bangladeshi-American citizens in upcoming local and national elections. Volunteers and community leaders will be at the plaza
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Memorial honoring International Mother Language Day near the corner of Beverley Road and McDonald Avenue. (Photo: Nicole Levit)A reader contacted us today mentioning that every year, in late February, a flower-adorned memorial appears on Beverley Road very close to McDonald Avenue. We wanted to learn what this memorial was
Bangladeshi Community
There are two holidays to celebrate this weekend: The Bangladeshi New Year and Earth Day. • Start by taking a trip to Bangladesh [/events/take-a-trip-to-bangladesh-this-weekend-without-leaving-the-neighborhood] . Activities celebrating the New Year begin on Friday and run through the weekend. • Celebrate the Earth Day Extravaganza [/art-music/celebrate-earth-day-at-greenwood-playground] at Greenwood Playground on Saturday starting
Bangladeshi Community
This Saturday, December 15 at 5:30pm, Bangladeshi immigrants, unions, community groups, New York low wage workers, and elected officials will gather at the corner of Church Ave and McDonald for a memorial for workers who were killed in a factory fire in late November [http://online.wsj.com/article/