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Deciding Brooklyn’s Future: South Brooklyn Community Forum With Elected Officials

Last night at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Org hosted a community forum with elected officials to discuss the most pressing issues facing Brooklynites today. Brooklyn Org’s President & CEO Dr. Jocelynne Rainey and Brooklyn College professor of sociology Dr. Gregory C. Smithsimon moderated the panel, and Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID Executive Director Kenneth Mbonu and News12 Brooklyn Anchor Edric Robinson introduced the conversation, which covered the topics of  affordability, maternal health, climate, small businesses, and youth, and older adults.

Thank you to our community speakers Somia El-Rowmeim (Women’s Empowerment Coalition of NYC), Jibreel Jalloh (The Flossy Org), Nanda Prabhakar (The Opportunity Hub), Trinisha Williams (Haven Midwifery Collective), and Oluwatoyin Ayanfodun, (Tomorrow’s Leaders NYC) and to Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and New York State Assemblywomen Latrice Walker and Monique Chandler-Waterman for joining us to envision Brooklyn’s future.

See highlights from the evening below:

A group of twelve adults stand posing and smiling for a photo indoors in front of a presentation screen and chairs.
A panel of speakers sits on stage during a community forum at Brooklyn College, with event details and a QR code displayed on large screens behind them.
Three people sit on a panel; the woman in front holds a microphone and smiles, while the man and another woman sit beside her, with the man clapping.
People sit in blue auditorium seats, attentively watching or listening to something off-camera. Some take notes while others observe quietly.
A man in a suit speaks into a microphone while seated on a panel with three other people, two women and one man, during an indoor event.
A man in a gray suit speaks and gestures during a panel discussion, with two women, one in a hijab, seated beside him and a microphone in the foreground.
Two women sit on a stage, each speaking into a microphone; one gestures with her hand while holding papers, the other listens attentively.
Five professionally dressed individuals standing together and smiling in front of a whiteboard in a conference or seminar setting.
A man sits alone in a row of blue auditorium seats, reading a black program labeled "Brooklyn Books Brooklyn." Other people are seated in the background.
Two women sit indoors; one is speaking into a microphone while the other listens attentively, holding papers in her lap.
A man in a white jacket raises his hand while speaking at a podium with a microphone; a woman stands in the background near a wall-mounted phone.
A woman in a hijab speaks into a microphone during a panel discussion, with three other people seated beside her, all holding microphones.
Two people sit on chairs in conversation, one gesturing with his hands while the other listens with arms crossed. Both wear business attire in an indoor setting.
A man in a white jacket raises his hand while speaking at a podium with a microphone; a woman stands in the background near a wall-mounted phone.
Three people sit on a panel; the woman in the center, wearing a pink suit, speaks into a microphone while the others listen.
A person wearing glasses and a light-colored jacket sits alone in a row of blue auditorium seats, with other people blurred in the background.
A man in a gray suit speaks at a podium with a microphone, while a woman stands beside him in a wood-paneled room.
A man in a gray suit and a woman in a gray top and striped skirt sit on chairs, facing each other and talking, with microphones nearby.
A panel of eight people sits onstage in an auditorium, speaking to an audience; the speaker's face is projected on screens behind them.
Three people sit on a panel, with the man in the center holding a microphone and speaking, while the others listen attentively.

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Community Partners
  • East Brooklyn Business Improvement District
  • Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC)
  • Homecrest Community Services, Inc.
  • I Am Caribbeing
  • Local Development Corp. of East New York (LDCENY)
  • Midwifery Collective
  • North Brooklyn YMCA
  • Prospect Park Alliance
  • Resilient Young Minds
  • Sesame Flyers International
  • Something Positive, Inc.
  • The Flatbush Nostrand Junction Bid
  • Trippinz Care Inc.
  • UPROSE
  • The Women’s Empowerment Coalition Of NYC

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