Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Lori Weissman / Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy    A true Urban Historian, with a voluminous knowledge of the area, Elissa earned her...

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...

CORINNE JENNINGS LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Nominated by Elissa Sampson Corinne Jennings co-founded Kenkeleba in 1974 with Joe Overstreet and Samuel C. Floyd to support African American culture.  Kenkeleba...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Laura Sewell, East Village Community Coalition Carolyn Ratcliffe is the co-founder of Art Loisaida Foundation, aka Artistas De Loisiada. She co-founded the Committee...

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...