Laurelton Operation Clean Up Hosts General Interest Meeting With Greenthumb to Promote Environmental Justice Projects

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The Laurelton Operation Clean Up Project made great strides for the community this weekend. Laurelton Operation Clean Up hosted a General Interest Meeting in partnership with Greenthumb to promote membership for the community’s future garden: The Laurelton Community Garden of Resilience. Laurelton Operation Clean Up and DIVAS for Social Justice will act as lead stewards of the garden . All are welcome to join. The Laurelton Library provided the meeting space. Community residents were informed about the future garden and given the opportunity to sign up for membership.

Assemblywoman Hyndman
speaks to the community.

Community Residents also engaged in volunteer work by promoting The Laurelton Beautification Project. Laurelton Operation Clean Up is hosting a contest for the mall medians in Laurelton. The contest will provide three prizes for the most beautiful mall medians in Laurelton. Volunteers placed flyers in neighbors doors to inform them about the contest. 

 

For more information about Laurelton Operation Clean Up contact: laureltonoperationcleanup@gmail.com

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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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