Black Lives Matter

Nov
04
New Yorkers Angry at Cops Take It to the Streets

New Yorkers Angry at Cops Take It to the Streets

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — On Friday night packed with anger and emotion, over 1,000 people marched and protested
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Mar
07
Hundreds Honor 6 Black Trans Women Killed In 2017

Hundreds Honor 6 Black Trans Women Killed In 2017

Crowd at “Not One More” Rally (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Hundreds gathered in the cold Monday night in front of
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Nov
25
Kids Rise Up! Hootenanny Art House Readies Their ‘Week Of Action’

Kids Rise Up! Hootenanny Art House Readies Their ‘Week Of Action’

Kids and their parents at Hootenanny Art House. (Photo Credit: Steve Curtis) Wife/husband partnership Kira Smith and Pete Sinjin
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Aug
01
Jewish ‘Black Lives Matter’ Rally Electrifies Atlantic Avenue

Jewish ‘Black Lives Matter’ Rally Electrifies Atlantic Avenue

(Photo by Carly Miller / Fort Greene Focus)The organization Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [http://jfrej.org/] (JFREJ) held
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Jul
12

In Wake Of Shootings, Brooklyn Holds Interfaith Vigil

Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams stand with police and religious leaders to pray for
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Jul
11
This Week: Mindfulness, Live Hot Swing, Monopolists, And More

This Week: Mindfulness, Live Hot Swing, Monopolists, And More

Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene
3 min read
Jul
11
Kids And Their Parents Gather For Peace March In Fort Greene Park

Kids And Their Parents Gather For Peace March In Fort Greene Park

Spike Lee attended the march (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Children and their parents gathered in Fort Greene Park
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Jul
11
Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)By Elizabeth Elizalde In the wake of last
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Jul
11
Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Union Square, New York City. (Courtesy: Instagram / mbc.hiroots [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHsr3MuDkg1/
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Jul
11
Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Brooklyn Vigil To Honor Victims Of Violence On Monday

Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Union Square, New York City. (Courtesy: Instagram / mbc.hiroots [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHsr3MuDkg1/
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