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The four- to ten-week program offers residencies to six to eight local artists from Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights and includes stipends, supplies and studio space Photo credit: Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Public Library , in partnership w

"It is exciting to know that a movie like Black Panther can serve as an inspiration and a symbol of hope for my children," said Janet Huger, principal of East New York Middle School of Excellence.

The young academics of Bed-Stuy's P.S. 5 are participating in the 16-week 'SOAR with STEM' program, a Medgar Evers College Pipeline initiative Seventeen young scholars were send off to Megar Evers College to partake in the 'SOAR with STEM' program.

While Marcy Library was closed, BPL refreshed and modernized it with paint, new tables, chairs and shelving, computers, enhanced lighting and a modern children's area with an interactive activity wall.