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Neighbors Team Up With HollaBack! To Fight Street Harassment

Photo via HollaBack!Following complaints of street harrassment in the area, particularly along McDonald Avenue, neighbor Virginia Foley has organized an educational meeting to address and stop harassment in the community. Virginia has teamed up with Council member Brad Lander’s office and the organization HollaBack!, a non-profit that teaches

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The Day: Less Boozy Drinks for Women and BAM’s R&B Festival

A canopy of green leaves have continues to envelop many of our local streets and sidewalks in the nabe. (Photo by Francisco Daum)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We might have been able to avoid much of the rain that was expected in the nabe this week, but

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Stop Street Harassment With Brad Lander and Hollaback!

Most of us have seen it. Somebody gets a bit too close on the subway, another shouts obscenities to a passerby on the sidewalk, while others have gone so far as to publicly masturbate or physically attack their victims. Enough is enough, and Councilmember Brad Lander says it’s time