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City Cuts Promised Funding For Human Services Organizations

At United Community Centers of East New York (UCCENY), a nonprofit that serves the East New York community through everything from ESL classes to early childhood education, many of the costs associated with keeping the center running involve things like paying program staff, organizing field trips, and purchasing supplies. Mayor

COVID-19

Immigrant Workers and the Nonprofits That Serve Them Are in Overdrive

Members of the WJP women’s committee sewing face masks. Courtesy of WJP.The Day Laborer Workforce Initiative held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon calling for city, state, and federal officials to grant relief and protection for immigrant workers and the nonprofits that serve them across the city. “Before‌

Arts & Culture

When Art Is Your Playground: Explore Culture, Meet Neighbors, and Raise Funds to Bring More Art to Bed-Stuy

DJs at Playground After Dark event. Courtesy of Playground Youth.WILLIAMSBURG — The Playground Art Fair will highlight DIY and independent artists, many of which are part of the Queer, Trans, People of Color (QTPOC) community, this Sunday at the Wythe Hotel Around 30 vendors and artists will offer everything from

Central Brooklyn

Local Youth Baseball Team Needs Your Help To Compete In 2016 Championships

The Bonnie Seals with their 2015 Borough Cup Championship (Photo courtesy Bonnie Youth Club)Two Bonnie Youth Club champion baseball teams have earned themselves spots in the coveted 2016 AABC World Series tournaments — but in order to attend, our neighborhood players need your help. The Bonnie Youth Club has

1720 Church Avenue

Cheer On The Cyclones At A Game That Supports CAMBA Next Thursday, July 16

Photo via the Brooklyn CyclonesIt’s game time, neighbors! Next Thursday, July 16, you can join CAMBA for a summer evening cheering for your favorite minor league team and helping our neighborhood nonprofit raise the money they need to provide life-changing services for more than 45,000 New Yorkers every

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From His Stratford Road Home, Neighbor & CBS News Veteran Gordon Rothman Runs The City’s Only Radio Service For The Blind

Neighbors Gordon Rothman and Faith Justice record a weekly radio program for individuals who are blind.Sitting in an attic room of their Stratford Road home, neighbor Gordon Rothman and his wife, Faith Justice, don their headsets, place themselves in front of their microphones and begin to read the words

5th Annual

Volunteer for Open Source Gallery’s 5th Annual Soup Kitchen

Are you an artist who can also whip up an impressive one-pot meal? If so, be sure to sign up for Open Source Gallery’s fifth annual soup kitchen. Starting December 8 and continuing throughout the month for as many days as they have volunteers, the nonprofit community art house