Non-Profit & Community

The appointment of Brendan Reynolds to the Board of Trustees adds design expertise and local community insight to support the museum’s ongoing development.

Dozens of Brooklyn youth gathered for the Queen Geniuses Empowerment Conference at the Brooklyn Crown Hill Theatre in Crown Heights to learn about self care and empowerment.

A new report from the Center For An Urban Future found that older New Yorkers are facing a deepening financial crisis.

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families organized a rally Tuesday for equitable funding for Brooklyn's diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. The city provided less than 6% of its fiscal year 2025 budget to AAPI groups and programs.

One in four children in New York City does not know where their next meal will come from. The Feed Our Kids Food Drive will run through June 11.

The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival calls on Caribbean and Caribbean-American writers to submit stories of healing, memory and resistance. This year’s contest theme, "Literary Botánica," centers storytelling as a remedy for survival and renewal.

New York City will hold the first tax lien sale in almost four years on June 3, where property owners’ debt accrued from back taxes and unpaid water bills is sold to a buyer. If homeowners find themselves on that list, they must get help right away.

The family and friends of Christin Emile, a 33-year-old Brooklyn resident who was fatally shot by police officers last year, rallied in East Flatbush on Saturday to call for long-overdue accountability.

The Panel for Education Policy on April 30 voted to close the Crown Heights school with dwindling enrollment and open a new one for struggling readers in its place, according to Chalkbeat.

The student-led “Summit to Success” at Brooklyn Borough Hall brought together teens for hands-on workshops in mental health, financial literacy, civic engagement and youth leadership.