OPERATION CLEAN UP!

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The residents of Laurelton are determined to beautify Merrick Boulevard and are calling on all residents, business owners with Laurelton pride. Operation Clean Up will meet once a month to actively clean up Merrick Boulevard. The schedule is as follows:

Saturday: May 6th- 8AM

Saturday- June 3rd- 8AM

Saturday- July 8th- 8AM

Saturday- August 5th- 8AM

Saturday- September 9th- 8 AM

All interested volunteers should meet at the Laurelton Library on May 6, 2017 at 8AM located at:

134-26 225th Street

For more 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.

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