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...

By Ryan Gilliam In the winter of 1914, there was mass unemployment.  At a time without government assistance hardly existed, most charitable giving was managed by churches, synagogues, and religiously...

Lower East Side Community Hero 2021 Nominated by Carolyn Ratcliffe, Art Loisaida For over 20 years as a grassroots organizer and policy developer, Anthony Feliciano has been a true advocate...

by Imani Vieira As part of a series honoring Black Histories in the LES Education for enslaved people in New York during Antebellum America was a rarity. But there were...