Shaping Our Future, Right on Your Block
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Marcos Salazar in All Politics is Local
Do you know who your elected county committee representative is? And yet that is your most accessible representative. I would venture to say that the vast majority of people do not. Along with District Leader, County Committee is a political position that only political insiders know or care about. However, your committee person plays an [...]
Your District Leaders: Pro Bono but Powerful
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Marcos Salazar in All Politics is Local
District Leader is the person you go to when you need snow and abandoned cars removed, abandoned buildings boarded up, trees pruned and potholes repaired. While an unpaid elected position that only political insiders typically care about, District Leader is an extremely important local office that performs a valuable set of duties on behalf of the [...]
Hakeem Jeffries: Unite the Hill
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Jim Flood in All Politics is Local
Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Wallabout are currently served by one community board, one police precinct and one school district. Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Wallabout are represented primarily by one City Council member, one State Senator and one Congressman. But when it comes to the New York State Assembly, a jagged line separates the [...]
Tish James: Hill Advocate in City Politics
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Thaddaeus Pera in All Politics is Local
City Councilwoman Letitia James has served Fort Greene and Clinton Hill with tremendous popular support since 2003, winning the most recent election with 92% of the popular vote. In that time she has been a fierce advocate for the common citizen and the progressive agenda in the council chambers. Recently The Hill caught up with [...]
Our Boots on the Ground
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Michelle Herrera Mulligan in Our Man in Afghanistan
No matter what opinion we may have, in favor or against, the United States’ current engagement in the war in Afghanistan, we all honor the men and women who choose to risk their lives to serve our country. Below, please read one man’s account of moments passed during a year of duty. As an army [...]
Irondale: Acting Out on The Hill
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Emily Wasserman in Arts on The Hill
Jim Niesen, the Artistic Director of Irondale Ensemble, talks about walking to Fort Greene from his home in Boerum Hill. As soon as he arrives at the corner of Fulton and Lafayette, the intersection where the streets cross right past BAM, he can feel a certain pull. That intersection, for him, is like the “spokes [...]
StoryCorps: The Value of Listening
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Many of you, at some point in time, have heard some of the very intimate, often heart- wrenching two-person interviews on NPR recorded in portable recording studios all around the country. These are produced by StoryCorps, a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through recording and listening to stories. [...]
Mark Morris Dance Group Reaches Out
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Kate Hanley in Arts on The Hill
Walking past the modern white building at 3 Lafayette Avenue that houses the Mark Morris Dance Group, you might wonder what happens inside those walls besides occasional performances that would give you a chance to peer out one of its many windows, or linger on one of the trellised decks. The answer is, plenty. Being [...]
The Hill is Swingin’
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Mia Narell in Arts on The Hill
Parlor Jazz— that Saturday night of music in a parlor on Vanderbilt Avenue —was a long time coming. Jim Morehand began working as an artist’s representative in the ‘90s, after graduating from Pratt, and it was after adding a jazz vocalist to his roster of artists that he started exploring the ways and means of [...]
Urban Bush Women: Celebrating 25 Years
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the founder and principal choreographer of Urban Bush Women (UBW), says UBW’s work is “creating art as a catalyst for social change.” Brooklyn experienced this first hand when UBW, rooted in the African Diaspora and community connections, began hosting “hair parties or meetings with organizations and corporations and with teens, mothers [...]
