Laurelton Operation Clean Up Returns

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For the second year, The Laurelton Operation Clean Project will build on the momentum of last year and create a more just and beautiful neighborhood. The Laurelton Operation Clean Up Project is a coalition of organizations determined to make a difference in the community. In less than a year, the project mobilized over 75 volunteers easily to clean up Merrick Boulevard last year and successfully lead the organizations in creating a mural at the LIRR Laurelton station representing the beauty of the Tudor homes of Laurelton and celebrating local activists that have been making a difference in the community for over thirty years.

Local Activists Are Celebrated Through The Laurelton Operation Clean through Mural Design

 

The first event of the season will take place May 5, 2018. Everyone is encouraged to come out and volunteer with the clean up. It will take place at the following location:

225th & 141st Road, LIRR Laurelton Station- 8 AM

The project will focus on cleaning up the surrounding green space areas of the Laurelton LIRR station. The lead partnering organizations for the kick off will be The Nu Mu Chapter of Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc.  and  The Borough President Melinda Katz Volunteer Program.

On May 5, 2018 Operation Clean will work to improve the grounds of the LIRR station in Laurelton

To volunteer and for additional information, please contact: LaureltonOperationCleanUp@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.