Celebrating Community
In appreciation of the teachers and paraprofessionals who have been working hard this past year (during the pandemic), PS 676 held a Teacher Appreciation Week from May 3-7. There were numerous activities throughout the week so the students and community could give thanks to the teachers and paraprofessionals. Many of them involved food and creativity by the kids at the […]
Displacement Is No Myth Across the country, gentrification continues to be a sexy political topic for those least vulnerable to its effects, booming in and echoing out of consciousness. Regarding gentrification and the Black church in NYC, displacement is top of mind. For those most negatively affected by gentrification; lower-income, and long time residents, mostly people of color, gentrification […]
Italy has always been a Catholic country thanks to the Pope living in Rome. That being said, ever since the XII century in the boot there’s a little Protestant community, called Waldensian Evangelical Church, which makes a lot of noise in both Italian and European public debate. The Waldensians number only 25,000 in Italy and 45,000 worldwide of which 5,000 […]
The event was called The Church: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Kids and adults were involved, and there were three different acts with music (guitar, drums and piano) in between and during each one. “It was more or less looking at the church, what used to happen, comparing it to today, and thinking about how it can be better for the […]
This obituary was originally published in the July 2017 print edition. After almost a century of living in Red Hook, Rose Valenti (née Yodice) passed away on June 5, 2017 at the age of 98. Rose was born on February 1, 1919 at 343 Van Brunt St. Rose was one of seven children with three sisters (Millie, Anne, and Fannie) […]