Non-Profit & Community

From Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn Borough Hall to Prospect Park - there are many ways to observe Earth Day 2018 in Brooklyn.

Community Heroes NYC is a community-based public art project that celebrates the everyday heroes of our neighborhoods -- and is now looking for your Fort Greene heroes! Photo courtesy Community Heroes NYC Community heroes, those everyday local reside

The 12-week barber training program provides youths aged 17-24 with instruction from a master barber as well as job placement services after graduation. Students participating in the East NY barber training program.

Saturday's meeting aims to provide space for the community to "channel their anger into building the infrastructure needed to combat the recurrence of these killings.

Local elected officials expressed their condolences and concerns; a community vigil is scheduled to be held this evening. Photo credit: Facebook On Wednesday afternoon, New York City police officers fatally shot an unarmed black man in Crown Heights.

"Even though Dr. King's life ended April 4, 1968, his ideas and dreams live on — they are just as powerful today as they were the day he was murdered." Photo credit: blackenterprise.

Presented by the Brooklyn Community Foundation, the Spark Prize recognizes organizations with a strong commitment to addressing critical challenges and opportunities in Brooklyn. Spark Prize winner 2018.

Coming September, a temporary installation of Hillel Place Plaza will serve the community as a gathering place for cultural exchange and creative programming including performances and classes.

The plan includes updates to the infrastructure, the creation of new public spaces and to increase publicly accessible space by 50 Percent over the next five years.

With the Youth Tech Challenge, Digital Girl Inc. challenges Brooklyn kids to envision the changes they would like to see in their community through technology Photo courtesy Digital Girl, Inc.