The new school year started last Tuesday, and what better way to celebrate than with a block party! S.O.S. Bed-Stuy hosted “Back 2 School” on Marcy Avenue between Gates and Lexington to get the community together and excited for the new year. Kids ran from booth to booth, jumping on inflatables, getting face-painted, making crafts, […]
CONTINUE READINGGet to know us– and your neighbors! Every summer the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center organizes FOUR Save our Streets block parties. On June 23rd, 2018, we threw our eighth annual Kingston Avenue Festival and started putting out the news about an exciting change on the horizon. Watch to find out the news and get a taste for our block parties.
Special thanks to our neighbor and videographer @badianeandco for donating her time to this work!
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 5th, a 24-year-old black man was non-fatally shot multiple times. The following Friday, as he was fighting for his life in the hospital, the community stood at the site of his shooting, 1292 St. John’s Place. “We’ve come too far to go back!” chanted Derick Scott of […]
CONTINUE READINGOn Wednesday, August 22nd was the Summer Cohort of JCP’s graduation! Over the last six weeks, youth have put in nearly one hundred hours towards reaching educational achievements, job readiness, personal growth, and civic engagement. They have written resumes and practiced interviewing skills, learned about conflict de-escalation, attended two Bed-Stuy shooting responses, shadowed professionals in […]
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since the last shooting
S.O.S. works hard to create safer and healthier neighborhoods and we invite you to join us in these efforts.
since the last shooting
S.O.S. works hard to create safer and healthier neighborhoods and we invite you to join us in these efforts.
