Does your nonprofit advance racial justice in Brooklyn? Apply for our $100,000 Spark Prize by June 28th at 5PM. Learn more and apply today at bcfny.org/spark 📷: Past Spark Prize Winner Groundswell Community Mural Project (Groundswell) #RacialJustice #Brooklyn

Excited to collaborate with StoriesFromTheStoop & Amanda Linda for intergenerational storytelling workshops on June 29 & July 6! Check out their newsletter for details:

Canadian wildfire smoke continues to to impact NY State. FDNY & NYPD are distributing free N95 masks @ locations across the city this weekend. For air quality alerts, sign up for NYCEM - Notify NYC @ nyc.gov/notifynyc. Find the latest air quality info @ airnow.gov.

Happy Summer Solstice! We'll be celebrating today at some of Make Music New York's free performances throughout the 5 boros. Thousands of NYC musicians are performing all day long. Check the program guide makemusicday.org/ny/listings, then hit the great outdoors & enjoy our city’s talent!

Join our Intergenerational Storytelling Workshops! We're seeking 5 older adults (60+) and 5 youth (15-20) to participate in two workshops on June 29 and July 6 in Park Slope with Amanda Linda & Stoop Stories. Details here: mailchi.mp/a3627ce649c0/b…

Fri June 30 from 3pm to 7 pm on 34AveOpenStreets & 93 St. Explore & celebrate oral histories that help define World's Borough. Listen to oral histories, explore neighborhoods through stories, hear from experts. Part of This is NY: Celebrating our Immigrant Heritage and Communities

Today's "Queens Stories" exhibit is being postponed due to air quality concerns. Please stay safe, and stay posted for a new date! - mailchi.mp/d3bd1e3fbe49/b…

NYC rent is at all time highs, with average rent in Brooklyn at $4,347 and in Queens at $4,003. A third of NYC households spend more than half their income on rent. New Yorkers can't go on like this!

Say whatever you want about New Yorkers, this is what we’re really like

Good news for New Yorkers!

Join our friends for the Hey Neighbor NYC Public Art Unveiling tomorrow, Saturday Sept 30th, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park! Hey Neighbor connects New Yorkers using photography, storytelling & public art. RSVP + more information here : heyneighbor.nyc

* November Events with Five Boro Story Project * Save the dates for a Story Circle Workshop on Monday November 6th with Queens Memory & DOROT, and a Film Screening on Wednesday November 15th with Amanda Linda & Stoop Stories. Details here: mailchi.mp/bf00bec70b19/n…

Next Weds, Nov 15, join us at Amanda Linda for the Intergenerational Stoop Chats Film Screening! Stoop Stories will premiere two documentary shorts celebrating Brooklyn's stoop culture, plus enjoy music & poetry performances from some of Bk's finest. mailchi.mp/ab184c3848fb/f…

#LewisLatimer was born to escaped slaves #OnThisDay in 1848, becoming an inventor; I was honored to be invited to speak at his museum in #Flushing nine years ago at a FiveBoroStoryProject event (3.28.15) historichousetrust.org/item.php?i_id=… facebook.com/pages/Lewis-H-… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_How…

Old Skool Street Games Festival on May 18th - mailchi.mp/dc9434c57cd9/o…

Street games are coming back to the Lower East Side! At the Old Skool Street Games Festival on May 18, play stoop ball, box ball, skelly, double dutch, hopscotch and more! Share memories of playing in the street at our story recording station. Learn more: mailchi.mp/dc9434c57cd9/o…

Old Skool Street Games Festival this Sunday! - mailchi.mp/4b5330c1ec45/o…

Share stories across generations July 17 & 24 - mailchi.mp/497a44150b82/n…

Share stories across generations July 17 & 24 - mailchi.mp/497a44150b82/n…

Bring back kids with thick New York City accents like these from the '80s