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Bushwick Will Represent at the Brooklyn Museum’s Anti-Gentrification and Displacement Forum Sunday

The forum takes place on Sunday, July 24th, and will feature speakers, musical performances, and discussions followed by a march which ends at a picnic in Prospect Park.

By Cristin Noonan

July 22, 2016 · 2 min read

Community

Bushwick Will Represent at the Brooklyn Museum’s Anti-Gentrification and Displacement Forum Sunday

The forum takes place on Sunday, July 24th, and will feature speakers, musical performances, and discussions followed by a march which ends at a picnic in Prospect Park.

Cristin Noonan July 22, 2016Jul 22, 2016 · 2 min read

A coalition of activists from all over Brooklyn will come together at the Brooklyn Museum this Sunday, July 24th to present The Brooklyn Community Forum on Anti-Gentrification and Displacement.

Event organizers whose credentials include work with The Movement to Protect the People, Brooklyn Anti-Gentrififcation Network, Artists of Color Bloc, and the Brooklyn Museum’s current show Agitprop! have curated a well considered full day’s schedule of events, which will take the form of “musical performances, intimate discussions, workshops, panel talks, and more information which will inform, empower and inspire!” according to the event’s Facebook page.

The event was previously scheduled to take place on July 10th, but was moved due to an air conditioning outage at the Brooklyn Museum.

Among the delegations representing Bushwick residents is youth group Monsters of Brooklyn , who will perform at 4:30 p.m. The group’s work centers on themes of gentrification and displacement, and the…