We happy to announce that the Art Not Arrests installation and summer art classes for kids has found a new home at the Walt L Shamal/Dean Street Community Garden located at 1093 Dean Street between Franklin & Bedford
We thank the garden for opening their gates and their hearts to this exciting community project.
We will be updating you about the Farmer’s Market coming to the garden on Saturdays from June 30th – November 3rd, 8 AM – 2 PM.
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Screening of The InterruptersSaturday May 12th
(rain date Sunday May 13)
at the Crow Hill Community Garden
730 Franklin Avenue
(between Park & Sterling Place)
Garden opens at 7:15
seating limited to the first 30 people
Film starts at 8:15
Please bring a folding chair or blanket to sit on
The violence interrupter program is the model on which S.O.S. Crown Heights is based.
Alan James, S.O.S.’s manager will introduce the film and talk about the success of violence interruption in our community.
About The Interrupters
The Interrupters is an award wining documentary about three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn, persistence of violence in our cities.
At April’s Crow Hill meeting we introduced TBOC: Take Back Our Community – an initiative for neighborhoods to work block by block to identify problem areas and work to clear them. The spirit behind TBOC is to create safe and vibrant communities through neighbors working together on shared problems. You can think of it as a network of block associations that support each other and have a common administrative focal point.
CHCA has divided the area bounded by Franklin to Atlantic and Bedford to Classon into 33 blocks. We are hoping that you will want to help to get your block involved by getting the word out about this program. It’s easy, we will provide you with fliers to distribute to see if your neighbors want to participate.
Can you help us take this first step?
Once a block has a few interested people we will meet with the group to explain the next steps.
You can download this presentation to learn about the program in it’s entirety, but right now we want to focus on getting the word out to see who is interested.
Please contact nina@crowhillcommunity.org to get involved.
SUMMER’S COMING
AND THAT MEANS SO IS
THE 5th ANNUAL ABOUT TIME KIDS DAY
SPONSORED BY ABOUT TIME BOUTIQUE,
CROW HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND FAM
Started in 2008, by Kevin Phillip of About Time Boutique (and The Candy Rush), Kids Day on Franklin Avenue is a fun filled day of laughter and fun, rides and games, cotton candy and prizes for the kids in our community, AND IT’S ALL FREE!!!
Watch the video from 2010
But, it does take money and a lot of hard work to pull it off.
And that’s where YOU come in.
Kevin, Garnett and Daylon (youth co-ordinator) need help with 2 things:
Fundraising and volunteers on the day of the event.
Franklin Avenue Merchants do their part in contributing to the event but a bulk of the money is raised through bake sales on Franklin Avenue run by the kids themselves.
If so, please contact Garnett: garnett@socialmediaforkids.com
And PLEASE support this incredible community event by buying from the bakes sale, Remember ALL money raised goes directly to the KIDS DAY, the rides, the food, the games & the prizes!!!
The Art Not Arrests (ANA) structure in our garden is looking gorgeous and now we want to start planning for the next portion of the project: creating free summer arts programming for youth in our community.
There are 4 ways you can help us.
(more details about each option below)
More information about the project can be found on the Art Not Arrests website
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1. Donate to the cuff campaign to fund the art classes
The Art Not Arrests’sponsorship displays are currently located within many of the local businesses along Franklin Ave -Please help Ground Up Designers and the Crow Hill Community Association raise money for the Art Not Arrests summer art program, by personally sponsoring one of the zip-cuffs used in the installation. If you make the suggested $3 sponsorship donation, you are welcomed to leave your name in (or written directly on) the donation box to have a piece of the installation added with your name on it. If you would rather, you are also welcome to visit the garden to choose a zip-cuff and sign your name on it personally. Some of the donation boxes may not be immediately visible due to space constraints — If you don’t see the donation box, please ask the person at the counter how you can make a donation & leave your name. They will happily point you in the right direction. 100% of the money raised through these donations will go toward the Art Not Arrests summer art classes, hosted in the Crow Hill Community Garden, by the Crow Hill Community Association. Any money raised above and beyond what is required by the CHCA to host the summer art classes will be used toward individual scholarships for selected students – allowing them to continue their art education after the summer classes are over. Any additional funding will be donated to other arts related anti-violence initiatives in Crown Heights Brooklyn. You can find donation boxes and flyers at the following businesses along Franklin Ave:
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2. Teach a class in the garden this summer
Calling all artists, musicians, writers, crafters, anyone who would like to teach a class in the CHCA garden this summer to the youth in our community. if you have an idea for a class you would like to teach we want to hear from you.
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3. Parents, helps us get the word out
Once we have a class schedule, we will need to sign kids up.If you are a parent in the community please contact us with ways we can reach out: we need contacts at schools, daycares, after school groups, etc. Please send complete information to artnotarrests@gmail.com: with “outreach info” in the subject line
And 4. VOLUNTEER!!! Can you commit some time to help make this project a success? We need a couple of people who will have time this spring/summer to help us make this project as good as it can be.
Please contact Nina: CHCA Project Manager nina@ |
Community members ask us all the time: “What can I do to make a difference?”
This week we will be sending a daily email spotlighting a different project taking place in our community that needs help.
Some will be short term, others long term.
Some will require funds, others a time commitment.
All are worthy of your attention.
All are important.
We have been talking about the TBOC initiative at our last few meetings and now we are ready to start organizing:
block by block.
This is a program that is designed to provide community members with the tools to take control of “quality of life” issues in their community.
If you live between Bedford and Classon,
between Eastern Parkway & Atlantic
and are interested in being a part of this exciting and important community project, come to April’s meeting ready to get started.
If you can’t attend or would like to learn a bit more about the program in advance, we have posted the outline for you to download.
As you can see, the installation is well under way
Thank you to Lana & Kristen from Ground Up who have created the project
and to all the volunteers who helped with the installation
To learn more about the project and the FREE summer art classes for kids
please visit ArtNotArrests.com 
Date: Saturday, April 7th 2012
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Crow Hill Community Garden – 730 Franklin Avenue
Help Ground Up Designers build the framework for the Art Not Arrests project. This event will satisfy all urges to get dirty, use power tools, and play outside. We’ll be there both Saturday and Sunday, come help out if you can! Food and beverages will be served. Zip-cuffs will be availible to be decorated and added to the installation at the event.
Please RSVP on the Facebook Event.
