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    The People's LES
    • Calendar
    • LES History Month
    • Explore The People’s LES
    • About
      The People's LES
      The People's LES
      • Calendar
      • LES History Month
      • Explore The People’s LES
      • About
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        Community Gardens
        Robert “Bob” Humber
        Robert “Bob” Humber
        Robert “Bob” Humber LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Excerpt from the Tenement Museum’s profile of Bob Robert Humber was born in Georgia, USA on June 12, 1936 to a Panamanian...
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        LES Black and Red by Dennis RedMoon Darkeem
        LES Black and Red by Dennis RedMoon Darkeem
          LES Black & Red by artist Dennis RedMoon Darkeem was created to honor Black and Indigenous histories of the Lower East Side.  The project includes four ‘light boxes’ each...
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        Shawn Garcia
        Shawn Garcia
        Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by John Blasco Shawn Garcia – District Leader in the Lower East Side (74AD) Born and raised in New York City in a Puerto...
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        Debra Jeffreys-Glass
        Debra Jeffreys-Glass
        Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by Ryan Gilliam, FABnyc & Downtown Art A native of Philadelphia, Debra came to NY to seek her fortune in the motion picture business...
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        Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS)
        Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS)
          As a living history of urban activism, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) chronicles the East Village community’s history of grassroots action. It celebrates the local activists who...
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        Wendy Brawer
        Wendy Brawer
        Lower East Side Community Hero Creator of the Green Map System and its director since 1995, Wendy Brawer is a designer, social innovator, consultant, and public educator. Based on the...
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        Charles Krezell
        Charles Krezell
        Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Caroline Ratcliffe, Art Loisaida Foundation photo by Whitney Browne Charles Krezell is the Founder and President of LUNGS – Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens....
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        Ayo Harrington
        Ayo Harrington
        Lower East Side Community Hero photo by Whitney Browne Ayo Harrington is currently the co-chair of LES Ready! Ayo Harrington has been involved in social justice issues most of her...
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        Remembering the Second African Burial Ground
        Remembering the Second African Burial Ground
        by Imani Vieira part of a series honoring Black Histories in the LES   During an excavation for the General Services Administration federal government office building at 290 Broadway in...
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        Carmen Pabón, La Madrina de Loisaida
        Carmen Pabón, La Madrina de Loisaida
        by Imani Vieira Pictured: Carmen Pabón and Luis Rivera, son of Adela Fargas of Casa Adela celebrating at the first Loisaida Festival in 1986. Photo by Marlis Momber. Carmen Pabón...
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