from Five Boro Story Project

in collaboration with Downtown Art

As part of LES History Month, “LES Is More: Loisaida Activism” honored the Lower East Side’s living legacy of activism. Local activists shared personal tales of fighting in the trenches and living through tremendous transformations of the Lower East Side.

Featuring stories from Fly (LES squatter movement), Frances Goldin (Cooper Square Committee), and Raul Rios (LatinosNYC).