Building A Path For All

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The Garden Of Resilience has a new wheelchair accessible path. National Grid ,  Garden Of Resilience and Greenthumb hosted a Volunteer Day on June 22, 2021. The event took place from 9AM-2:00 PM. Almost 20 National Grid employees volunteered their time in building a path for the community garden. Babbie Dunnington served as Greenthumb representative on site to install the wheelchair accessible path. In February of 2021 Dunnington hosted along with Christopher Noel a ADA (American Disability Acts) Design workshop for garden spaces. The Garden Of Resilience is excited to welcome physically challenged individuals to the garden safely. 

Laying down the foundation for the path
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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.