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Khadija Tudor, Founder of the Khadija Hands Project Anxiety. Stress. Depression. Now more than ever it seems the stress of daily life weighs so heavily upon our shoulders.

Author Zetta Elliott Photo: Valerie Caesar "I was a storyteller before I was a writer," said Brooklyn resident Zetta Elliott , 43.

Mindfulness , a meditation originating from Buddhism that expanded to a secular practice in America, may have a particular benefit for Black Americans. According to a research study by Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombé and Susan A.

Brooklyn Community Board 8, the members of Community Education Council for New York City School District 13, parent advocates and civic organizations, and elected officials, have joined together to create a vision for a new public middle school to be

Commanding Officer Scott Henderson, 88th Precinct, Brooklyn Almost exactly two years after Deputy Inspector Scott Henderson was appointed Commanding Officer of Bed-Stuy's 81st precinct (March 2014), the precinct is announcing that Henderson will be p

Amalgamated Bank at 1212 Fulton Street Amalgamated Bank has volunteered five of its bank branches-- one in Bed-Stuy-- for residents to vote on city-funded projects, known as participatory budgeting.

by Renée D. Roberts, MPH , Caribbean Women's Health Association, Inc. (CWHA) On Tuesday, March 15th, through sponsorship by Healthy Start Brooklyn, Caribbean Women's Health Association, Inc.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad On Sunday, April 3, 2016, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College will present a conversation with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr.

On March 18, in honor of Women's History Month, Brooklyn Borough President #Eric Adams , State Sen.

The Sunshine Laundromat in Greenpoint endeavors to become a one-stop shop for all your basic needs: clean clothes, food, alcohol, arcade games, and pregnancy tests. To read more, go here .