Memorial Day Fun at Homage

May 25th. 6pm onwards. FREE. All-ages. Graciously hosted at: Homage (backyard), 636 Park Pl, at Franklin Avenue
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Brooklyn Councilmember to host ”Housing Information Forum”

Hosted by Councilmember Darlene Mealy Monday, June 15 6PM-8PM 1757 Union Street, 2nd Fl. Brooklyn, NY For information on topics, please contact the councilmember’s office at 718-953-3097.

Enter your block in the Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2009 Contest!

The purpose of the contest is to promote streetscape gardening, tree stewardship, and community development in the borough of Brooklyn through block and merchant associations and other community groups. The contest is free to enter. In addition to prizes for residential and commercial blocks, prizes are also awarded for Greenest Storefront, Best Street Tree Beds, Best Window Box, and Best Community Garden Streetscape. Winners will receive cash prizes or gardening tools, and all participants will be awarded a recognition certificate. To be judged for all these prizes, your block must enter either the Residential or Commercial block categories. Deadline: Monday, June 1. Enter online at http://www.blogger.com/www.bbg.org/edu/greenbridge/greenestblock/ or for more information, call 718-623-7250.

What Will it Take to Create a New World?

Sunday May 24th 12-3pm Park Slope Food Coop (upstairs community room) 782 Union Street btwn 6th and 7th Ave, Brooklyn FREE This workshop connects the dots between environmental sustainability, social justice and personal fulfillment, and zooms out to ask, How did we get here? Experience a new sense of hope grounded in action, understanding the future of our planet as not inevitable, but creatable through the global movement of many acting on behalf of our world. Combining reflection, video and dialogue, this is an experience you will remember! Please plan to attend from start to finish.

Writing Workshop

North Country Institute & Retreat for Writers of Color THIS SUMMER! Sunday, July 26 - Thursday, July 30, 2009 Valcour Educational Conference Center Plattsburgh, NY We invite you to take advantage of a relaxed and inviting environment to work on your writing. You will also have an opportunity to participate in workshops, readings, and individualized conferences. Workshops Offered in Fiction and Poetry Download the Application Now! Rolling Admissions Limited Space Teachers Can Earn Professional Development Credits.

www.plattsburgh.edu/offices/academic/writersofcolor
www.mec.cuny.edu/blacklitcenter