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Bushwick Resident Writes a Letter to Obama About Gentrification

Bushwick resident of Iranian descent, musician Elaheh Farmand, has been living in Bushwick for a little over a year now and has been seeing a lot of things that bothered her

Bushwick Resident Writes a Letter to Obama About Gentrification
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Bushwick Resident Writes a Letter to Obama About Gentrification

Bushwick resident of Iranian descent, musician Elaheh Farmand, has been living in Bushwick for a little over a year now and has been seeing a lot of things that bothered her

Bushwick Resident Writes a Letter to Obama About Gentrification
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Bushwick resident of Iranian descent, musician Elaheh Farmand, has been living in Bushwick for a little over a year now and has been seeing a lot of things that bothered her. “Poverty, homelessness…” “I feel like it’s such a divided class and that I am privileged and I feel guilty any time I can’t help a homeless person or spare a dollar,” she emailed us last week.

“I realized I need to really start doing something myself. I reached out to the City Council today and inquired about any community service projects I could get…

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