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Jun
04
Muslims Against Police Brutality Protest: Bay Ridge To Barclays Center

Muslims Against Police Brutality Protest: Bay Ridge To Barclays Center

Photo via Najm Designs Photography, with permission.BAY RIDGE – Three hours, seven miles, and 23,000 steps. That is how
6 min read
May
29
An Assembly Woman In Action: Mathylde Frontus On Giving Back & Finding Hope

An Assembly Woman In Action: Mathylde Frontus On Giving Back & Finding Hope

Assembly Member Mathylde Frontus and volunteers help distribute meals to seniors in Coney Island. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography, [https://www.
6 min read
May
26
Neighbors Give Back To Their Own Southern Brooklyn Immigrant Community

Neighbors Give Back To Their Own Southern Brooklyn Immigrant Community

Brooklyn Immigrant Community Support – Distribution at Good Shepherd Church. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SOUTH
5 min read
May
14
Rathkopfs Photograph Southern Brooklyn Community Heroes

Rathkopfs Photograph Southern Brooklyn Community Heroes

Anna with her son Jesse. (Photo by Jordan Rathkopf, with permission)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – During the coronavirus pandemic, people have been
5 min read
May
04
Comedian’s Kin Sent To Wrong Cemetery After Brooklyn Nursing Home Death

Comedian’s Kin Sent To Wrong Cemetery After Brooklyn Nursing Home Death

By Virginia Breen, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/comics-kin-sent-to-wrong-cemetery-after-nursing-home-death.html] Comedian Elayne Boosler says her
6 min read
Apr
16
‘Why Don’t They Believe Me?’ Muslim Boy Asks

‘Why Don’t They Believe Me?’ Muslim Boy Asks

Young men in a mosque. (Photo: Rifky Nur Setyadi on Unsplash)BAY RIDGE – The Department of Education (DOE) argued that
6 min read
Apr
14
Where to Order and Take Out Food: Bay Ridge

Where to Order and Take Out Food: Bay Ridge

We, like you, are still trying to figure out how to navigate this new reality we’ve found ourselves in.
3 min read
Apr
13
Yemeni Bodega Workers Get Help Through #NYCMaskMission

Yemeni Bodega Workers Get Help Through #NYCMaskMission

Taken from YAMA’s video about their mission.BAY RIDGE – The Yemeni American Merchants Association (YAMA) [https://www.yamausa.org/
3 min read
Apr
10
Pay-it-Forward: How Restaurants are Keeping Their Brooklyn Neighbors Going 

Pay-it-Forward: How Restaurants are Keeping Their Brooklyn Neighbors Going 

Yemen Cafe owner Akram Nassir delivering meals to healthcare workers with his son, Gabriel. Courtesy of Akram Nassir.Our local
3 min read
Mar
27
Community-Funded Coffee Deliveries Bring “Sheer Happiness” To Hospital Workers

Community-Funded Coffee Deliveries Bring “Sheer Happiness” To Hospital Workers

Cora O’Regan with the first Blend delivery. Photo by Samantha Hernandez.Brooklyn hospital workers are spending every day fighting
4 min read