TR Express: In moments like these

July 12, 2016October 17, 2020 Brooklyn Deep Central Brooklyn, Community Safety anthonine pierre, bklyn boihood, police violence, ryann holmes Leave a comment

We’ve been here before. Trying to process how easily black people die at the hands of police; how easily hashtags pile up: #DelrawnSmall #AltonSterling #PhilandoCastile; and needing to find a way forward through it all. Third Rail pauses to check-in with Anthonine Pierre (Brooklyn Movement Center‘s Lead Community Organizer) and Ryann Holmes (Bklyn Boihood Co-founder) […]

LGBTQ in a Gentrifying Central Brooklyn

July 6, 2016October 14, 2020 Jarrett Lyons Feature, Gentrification, News & Features, Reporting, Uncategorized audre lorde project, bklyn boihood, central brooklyn, gentrification, LGBTQ, qtpoc, ryann holmes, tasha amezcua, z bell 1 Comment

LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) communities have a long history with gentrification narratives. Developers and privileged millennials are the typical faces of gentrification in a historically low- and moderate-income area like Central Brooklyn, but there are many who also see the presence a certain type of white, able-bodied LGBTQ person as an indicator […]