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Community Control for Neighborhood Resilience: A Hester Street 20th Anniversary Conversation
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On Wednesday, November 16, from 1:30-2:30 PM EST, join us for the first in a series of panel conversations that will bring together Hester Street staff and partners, and experts in the field to discuss a variety of issues facing the fields of community-based design and planning. Moderated by Hester Street’s Rasmia Kirmani, with panelists […]
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Brownsville Youth Leadership Council: Community Safety Action Plan
Project 2022–2022
The Brownsville Youth Leadership Council was convened in 2020 by the Brownsville Community Justice Center to address the root causes of violence in their community, support youth leadership, and develop creative solutions to heal community trauma. Hester Street partnered with these youth leaders to develop a community safety action plan. We developed curricula to educate […]
Futures NYC
Project 2021–Present
Hester Street collaborated with Make the Road New York and VOCAL-NY to launch Futures NYC, an initiative anchored in policy and driven by creativity, using art and design to imagine futures that become possible when the City puts policies in place that guarantee care, compassion, dignity, and power for all New Yorkers. Through Futures NYC, […]
NYC Council Land-Use Training
Project 2021–2021
Hester Street partnered with Local Progress and the Advocacy Institute to design a training tailored to the needs of newly elected NYC Council Members around land use and zoning. The training included historic and contemporary applications of land use, showcased the effects of policy on New Yorkers, and illustrated processes and programs relevant to Council […]
