Laurelton Yard Sale This Weekend!

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As we enter the holiday season soon, there will be a Laurelton Yard Sale for community members to start shopping. Great merchandise for your holiday gifts will be available at an affordable price. All proceeds will support the Erika Lyn Huie Downs Foundation. Erika grew up in Laurelton and was a supporter of charitable organizations that uplifted all communities, especially children. The foundation is led by Violet and David Huie along with Erika’s children Laiah and Justin, as well husband Michael. The sale will take place November 11th and 12th, 2023. If you cannot stop by the sale consider giving to the Erika Lyn Huie Downs Fund here.

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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.