Local Voices

The Bed-Stuy Armory It takes many people to operate a good shelter. "Good" meaning it's clean, it's stocked, and fighting to lethal levels is minimal.

When you get hired to do a job or work for a corporation, they've hired you because you are the right person for the job, you fit their needs and you have their desired skill set. In turn, you're excited about being the one chosen.

Painting By Harriet Faith. Quote By Albert Schweitzer. "There Are Two Means Of Refuge From The Miseries Of Life: Music And Cats." ~ Albert Schweitzer. ...And, that's why there's Youtube.

Hand Lettering By Harriet Faith. Quote By Pablo Picasso. Everyone Wants To Understand Art. Why Not Try To Understand The Songs Of A Bird? ~ Pablo Picasso I love this quote! It is a metaphor for such a beautiful concept.

By Richard Estime, Senior, Medgar Evers College The 35th Annual Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration 10K Run, a part of the Bed-Stuy Alive! weeklong calendar of activities, is this Sunday October 11.

By Richard Estime, Senior, Medgar Evers College The 35th Annual Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration 10K Run, a part of the Bed-Stuy Alive! weeklong calendar of activities, is this Sunday October 11.

Hand Lettering By Harriet Faith. Quote By Douglas Adams. Hi! Remember me? Harriet? I used to do these regular hand-lettered paintings of quotes that inspire me? I've been away, perhaps you've noticed, perhaps not.

It seems an extraordinary natural occurrence is required to untangle me from the vines of various issues to present more great edible and medicinal plants that literally sprout from the cracks of Brooklyn's cement.

Meet Jemila Smith. Born and raised in Bed Stuy, Jemilia is a senior at Midwood High School, and works as an ambassador.

Malata Cuisine Cooking Demo at BSECD By Afia Bediako, Community Health Advocate and Farm to Preschool Program Manager at Parenting can give us many opportunities to be proud of our little ones.