A Cleaner Merrick Boulevard With The Support Of Businesses

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Councilman Donovan Richards and his team led The Laurelton Operation Clean Up Group this month in visiting local businesses on Merrick Boulevard and providing them with guidelines and resources. Laurelton Operation Clean Up designed a resource packet for business owners with the assistance of NYC Business Solutions.

Councilman Donovan Richards & His Team

While Councilman Richards and Laurelton Operation Clean Up Members visited local businesses teams picked up garbage and weeded tree pits on Merrick Boulevard.

The partnering organizations working with The Laurelton Operation Clean Up this month were:

CEO & DIVAS for Social Justice
NY Explorers
229 Street Block Association
Federated Blocks Of Laurelton

Councilman Richards greets the owner of Farm Country

Councilman Richards With Arch Auto Parts Manager and Operation Clean Up Members Bonnie Huie & Ajuba Granville
Home Chef Owner & Councilman Richards

Laurelton Bicycle Owner & Councilman Richards

The community event provided an opportunity for business owners to connect with Councilman Richards and voice their concerns.

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Clarisa James
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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