Shneaqua “Cocopuff” Purvis, first joined the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center as a founding member of the S.O.S. Bed-Stuy team. Having lived in Bed-Stuy for her entire life, Coco was well prepared to be a credible messenger about issues of gun violence in her community. Coco emphasized the excitement of joining S.O.S. from the […]
CONTINUE READINGEugenia first began to volunteer with Legal Hand when she retired in September 2015. After seeing the call for volunteers, she realized that her administrative background and interpersonal skills matched well with the neighbors helping neighbors model of Legal Hand. Eugenia described her work as, “Contributing a very small part […]
CONTINUE READINGTishana, first became connected to the Mediation Center when she joined Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.) program as a high school junior. It was the first after-school program she’d ever been involved in and she saw it as a positive place to go and spend time with friends while building her skills as […]
CONTINUE READINGShawn, the Men’s Empowerment Coordinator with Make It Happen, sat down to share about his time with the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center. Shawn joined the Mediation Center through a position with Make It Happen, a program that works to give young men between the ages of 16 and 24 who have experienced violence the […]
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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.
