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This Brooklyn Program Is Tackling the Opioid Epidemic ‘After Hours’

AHP is a syringe exchange program, a social and mental health services provider, an opioid use disorder treatment facility, and about a dozen other things that would be impressive on their own.

Bushwick Farmers Markets: Here’s Where to Get Fresh and Local Produce this Summer

Riseboro markets and pop-up, Ridgewood Youthmarket, and Graham Avenue Farmers Market!

Bed-Stuy’s Eighth Grade Girls Excel at National Chess Championships and Win Second Place

“Less and less black and brown girls are feeling intimidated. The feeling that they can compete is an incredible transformative experience.”

Lift Like a Girl: A Bushwick Powerlifting Gym Centers Female and Non-Binary People

With special events for minorities, as well, like a training session called Muslim Women Learn to Lift, Black Girls Lift, and Fuerza Latina.

Bushwick-Based Beatbox Collective Supports Mental Health Awareness and Inner-City Children

The Beatbox House is a Bushwick-based, award winning, and touring beatboxing collective

2020 Census Outreach Focuses on Brooklyn Communities with the Lowest Response Rates via New Data Map

New interactive map by CUNY helps organizations with the upcoming population census.

Bushwick Pet Care Business Owner Saves Local Pup

Not all heroes wear capes. Some carry leashes.

Bushwick Is Hosting a Shoe Drive Brunch for Promgoers in Need

Soul to Sole is a nonprofit event helping to dress local students for their special night.

Clean Bushwick Initiative is Working to Create a Trash-Free Neighborhood

Three local women gear up to create a green and sustainable community.

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