Event Info
Join Brooklyn Org, BRIC, and community partners for a panel of North & Central Brooklyn leaders to discuss our borough’s most pressing challenges and opportunities with their City Councilmembers. This will be a moderated conversation on the key issues impacting Brooklyn: affordability, housing, immigration, mental health, and community safety.
These issues have come up again and again over the last 3 years in Brooklyn Org’s Neighborhood Listening Tours, and in the recent 5BORO Institute People’s Pulse, a survey designed to provide critical insights for community groups, elected officials, and candidates to better understand and respond to local needs. The panel conversation will be moderated by BKO President & CEO Dr. Jocelynne Rainey and BRIC President Wes Jackson, and is part of BKO & BRIC’s ongoing commitment to uplifting community voices and deepening civic engagement across the borough.
PLEASE NOTE
Brooklyn Org and BRIC are committed to nonpartisanship. This event is not a political debate. The event is 501(c)(3) compliant.
Confirmed Speakers
- Ligia Guallpa, Workers Justice Project
- Chino Hardin, Center for Nu Leadership
- John Leyva, BMT/Save 63 Tiffany St.
- Kendra Chiu, North Brooklyn Angels
- D33 Councilmember Lincoln Restler
- D40 Councilmember Rita Joseph
Invited Speakers
- D34 Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez
- D35 Councilmember Crystal Hudson
- D36 Councilmember Chi Ossé
- D37 Councilmember Sandy Nurse
- D39 Councilmember Shahana Hanif
- D41 Councilmember Darlene Mealy
- D42 Councilmember Chris Banks
- D45 Councilmember Farah. N. Louis
Community Partners
- Age Friendly Central Brooklyn
- BloomAgainBklyn
- Brooklyn Community Pride Center
- Brooklyn Level Up
- Brownsville Community Culinary Center
- Community Help in Park Slope (CHiPS)
- Envision Freedom Fund
- Carroll Gardens Association
- Documented
- Fifth Avenue Committee
- The Flossy Organization
- Fort Greene Park Conservancy
- Girls for Gender Equity (GGE)
- Griot Circle
- Heights and Hills
- Laundry Workers Center
- Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY
- Raising Health Partners
- Street Vendor Project
- United for Brownsville
- Worker’s Justice Project
Brooklyn Org
Our network of changemakers—Brooklynites, Brooklyn backers, businesses, and broader believers in equity and justice—is powered by a shared vision of making Brooklyn a beacon for the world.
