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Mar
12
‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)When Brooklyn couple Aja Davis and Molly Ola Pinney read
5 min read
Jan
27
BLM Mural: Capturing A Crucial Moment In Bed-Stuy History 

BLM Mural: Capturing A Crucial Moment In Bed-Stuy History 

Last June, right after the paint had dried on the giant new D.C. mural sporting the words ‘Black Lives
6 min read
Jul
17
A Brownsville School Brings Conversation Of Race Inside The Classroom, Empowering Students

A Brownsville School Brings Conversation Of Race Inside The Classroom, Empowering Students

Jamel Floyd protest. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)BROWNSVILLE – To bring the conversation of race inside the classroom and to give
5 min read
Jul
13
Black And Blue Lives Matter Protesters Clash In Bay Ridge

Black And Blue Lives Matter Protesters Clash In Bay Ridge

A protestor and counter-protestor clashing. (Photo via Rathkopf Photos, with permission.)BAY RIDGE/DYKER HEIGHTS – On Sunday, dozens of people
7 min read
Jul
06
Essential Workers, Neighbors, Life In Brooklyn – Reflected In Two New Murals in Williamsburg

Essential Workers, Neighbors, Life In Brooklyn – Reflected In Two New Murals in Williamsburg

Portrait of Mayo Orozco by artist Nadia Westcott. Courtesy of Joe Matunis.Two new murals in Williamsburg – one at the
5 min read
Jun
18
Juneteenth in Brooklyn: Activism, Education, And Other Ways To Participate

Juneteenth in Brooklyn: Activism, Education, And Other Ways To Participate

This year June 19th – Juneteenth – is marking the 155th years since the last proclamation of the end of slavery, as
2 min read
Jun
15
‘I Shouldn’t Have To Be Afraid To Just Live:’ Alhassan Umar From The Bronx Goes Viral In Brooklyn

‘I Shouldn’t Have To Be Afraid To Just Live:’ Alhassan Umar From The Bronx Goes Viral In Brooklyn

Alhassan Umar (right) at a protest. (Photo via Mamadou Barry, [https://www.instagram.com/leboss.official/] Leboss Shoots Photography, [https:
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Jun
15
Black Transgender Lives Matter Rally Gathered Thousands In Brooklyn Yesterday

Black Transgender Lives Matter Rally Gathered Thousands In Brooklyn Yesterday

Photo via David L. Bowles, @aquanasium [https://www.instagram.com/aquanasium/], with permission.PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Thousands of people in masks
3 min read
Jun
10
Gareth Bryant On Being A Black Muslim Man In America

Gareth Bryant On Being A Black Muslim Man In America

Photo via Gareth Bryant.BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Gareth Bryant has been on Earth for 38 years thus far. In these 38
5 min read
Jun
02
Seven Resources for Supporting #BLM

Seven Resources for Supporting #BLM

Brooklyn Protests, June 1. By Adrian Childress/BklynerAs we enter into our second week of protests, now with an 8:
1 min read