This year S.O.S. was pleased to host a Turkey Giveaway for the community. On November 20, many people gathered at the Mediation Center for the chance to take home a free turkey. The Save Our Streets staff gave away 30 turkeys and 20 free turkey vouchers. We believe that every person deserves to eat and celebrate with […]
CONTINUE READINGOn the first Tuesday of every month the Community Partner Mobile Market will be providing free food and recipes to community members of Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The next Mobile Market will be from 9AM-11AM next Tuesday, December 1st.
CONTINUE READINGOn Monday November 23, we celebrated the launch of the new Legal Hand storefront in Crown Heights at 250 Kingston Avenue! Legal Hand will be staffed by trained volunteers and a supervising attorney who will provide legal information to community members. The gathered audience of around 40 people listened to speeches by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, Senator […]
CONTINUE READINGAmy Ellenbogen, David Gaskin, and Heather Day represented S.O.S. in Baltimore at the OJJDP Convening Conference on Violence Reduction on November 17-19. The conference included speakers and workshops on a variety of topics with titles such as “Children, Violence, and Justice: Changing the Narrative;” “Race, Trauma, and Our Communities;” “How Faith Leaders Can Develop Public Health Partnerships […]
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