Features Reverend Billy, of The Church of Earthalujah, a New York City based radical performance community.
Category: New York City
#1109: Erika Brenner & Jessica Leinwand
Features Youth Program Manager Jessica Leinwand, Farm & Educational Coordinator Erika Brenner, and students of Food 360, a farm-to-fork job training program that is a collaboration between Family Cook Productionsand Dekalb Farm in downtown Brooklyn.
#1108: Melissa Ennen of the Commons Brooklyn
Features Melissa Ennen, founder of Foodshed Market and The Commons Brooklyn community and educational center in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.
#1105: Tamara Greenfield of Fourth Arts Block
Features Tamara Greenfield, Executive Director of Fourth Arts Block. We discuss how FABnyc works to preserve the arts via development of cultural space that is sustainable, affordable and vibrant. Fourth Arts Block is a model program that interconnects culture, community and sustainability, and works to keep artists from being displaced from the communities they helped build.
#1103: Marilyn Gelber of the Brooklyn Community Foundation
Features Marilyn Gelber, President of the Brooklyn Community Foundation. She talks about the role of the Foundation, which is to improve the lives of Brooklynites by investing in the people and organizations that understand local needs. This is done by education and by making grants both on a small and large scale to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of the people of Brooklyn.