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      • Refresh & Reimagine Our Urban Town For A Post COVId 19 World
      • Coming Soon To Tompkinsville Spring/Summer 2021 Park
      • Happening Now In Tompkinsville Spring Summer 2021
      • Racial Impact Study Would Enhance Equitable Outcomes - By Kelly Vilar
      • Community Spotlight on Jersey Street
      • Landfill Fashionistas Live On >
        • Art and Action for Social & Environmental Justice
      • Notes from a Landfill Fashionista: Meat Consumption - A Major Polluter By Amara Cordero, Youth Writer
    • The Landfill Fashionista: Podcasting for the Environment
    • Our Urban Town Winter 2021 Blog Version
    • Our Urban Town Winter 2021 >
      • Congratulations to the Friends of Tompkinsville Park and to Artist Musa Hixson
      • The Fabulous Art of Shani Mitchell
      • Landfill Fashionista Art Wall of Portraits at Snug Harbor Cultural Center Through June 2021
      • Take Yourself Off Mute By Rev. Dr. Alfonso Wyatt
      • Grassroots Litter Program Underway
      • Supporting The Mental Health of Teens During COVID-19 Pandemic By Dr. Grace Feyijinmi
      • A Case For Moving Towards a More Culturally Responsive Education For Black and Brown Children By Fern Metcalf
      • Writings of Tysen Metcalf
    • Mental Boxing With Tysen
    • Spring/Summer 2020 >
      • "Tompkinsville’s Urban Village" by John Kilcullen
      • "Two Lynchings, One Borough: The Legacy of a Racialized Community" by Debbie-Ann Paige
      • "Conversations with Staten Islanders The Right to Lifer and the Progressive" by Roxanne Mustafa
      • "Census2020 Staten Island" by Tatiana Arguella
      • "Bittersweet: A Poem for the Environment" by Kristy Anderson
    • Spring/Summer 2019 >
      • "Living A Life Centered on Helping The Community" by Amoy Barnes
      • "Food for Thought" by Melishia Brown
      • "My Thoughts on Immigration" by Friday Martinez
      • "My Period" by Tiffany Davis
      • "REsistah Radio On AIR" by Kelly Villar
      • "Youth & The Power of Words: Thoughts on Teaching Creative Writing to Young People" by Raymond Ramirez
      • Haikus & Pantoums
    • Spring 2018 >
      • "Finding Your Authentic Feminine Power Voice" by Deborah Quinones,
      • "Why We Fight For Housing Dignity On Staten Island" by Deacon Mary Bourne
      • "The Black Helicopter Mom Chronicles" by Tammy Greer Brown
      • "Dyslexic Friendly Communities" by Laura Cavallieri
      • "A Daughter of DACA" by Judith Prado
      • "The Call For The Young Women’s Leadership School On Staten Island" by Susan Master
      • "Profiles of the Past and Present"
      • "The Food Deserts of Staten Island" by Susan Fowler
      • "Profiles of the Future"
      • "Paying It Forward" by Rosalind Diaz
      • "The New Surge of Women Entering the Political Arena: A Moment or a Movement" by Jasmine “Jasi” Robinson
      • "Nature and Justice" by Rev. Gabriella Velardi
      • "Why I March?" by Lorie Honor
      • "War is a Justice Issue" by Brittany Ramos DeBarros
    • Fall/Winter 2018 >
      • "The Debate: Jane Jacobs & Robert Moses On The Developing North Shore" by Kelly Vilar
      • "Why We Fight For Housing Dignity On Staten Island" by Deacon Mary Bourne
      • "Making Businesses Work on Bay Street" by Lorie Honor
      • "The Role of Civic Groups in Shaping Development & Advocating for Communities"
      • "Visualizing The North Shore" by Nicholas Zvegintzov
      • "Reflections on Serving the Poorest Staten Islanders" by Zulma Cruz
      • "Staten Island’s Unacknowledged Crisis of Environmental Devastation" by Saul Porter
      • "Out of School, Out of Work, But Not Out of Options" by Elizabeth Speck & Faoziyat Sanusi
      • "We’re Still Here" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "Thriving Students Reflect Thriving Communities" by Lou Bruschi
      • "The Mis-Education of Staten Island Development" by Kelly Vilar
      • "Maritime Education A future for Staten Island youth" by Captain Ann Fraioli
      • "Nature and Justice" by Rev. Gabriella Velardi
      • "The Promise of Tompkinsville Park: Why we don't give up." by Katie McCarthy
    • Summer 2017 >
      • "Editor's Page URBY and Democracy" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "We’re Still Here" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "Adaptation To Climate Change" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "Reclaim Our Harbors Through Maritime Education" by Isabel Bruschi
      • "Visualizing The North Shore" by Nicholas Zvegintzov
      • "Issues: A Hip Hop View" by Brendyn Owoyemi
      • "Recreation" by Nicolas Vilar
      • "My Concerns for the Growing North Shore of Staten Island" by Delcia Coye
      • "The Power of Play" by Kelly Vilar
    • Winter 2017 >
      • "The Mis-Education of Staten Island Development" by Kelly Vilar
      • "Thriving Students Reflect Thriving Communities" by Lou Bruschi
      • "Bringing Arts, History & Education to the Table: “Sandy Ground at St. John’s” Finale and Our Next Steps" by Robert Fanuzzi
      • "Dyslexic Friendly Communities" by Laura Cavallieri
      • "Breaking Barriers" by Naomi Watts
      • "Truly Organic" by Carmen Abercrombie
      • "Confessions of a Black Helicopter Mom Part Two" by Tammy Greer Brown
      • "An Essay on Social Justice" by Tysen Marcellus Metcalf,
      • "Maritime Education A future for Staten Island youth" by Captain Ann Fraioli
      • "#rebuildcromwell Open Letter No. 16"
    • Inaugural Issue Fall 2016 >
      • "The Debate: Jane Jacobs & Robert Moses On The Developing North Shore" by Kelly Vilar
      • "The Cromwell Update" by Steve Joseph
      • "The Role of Civic Groups in Shaping Development & Advocating for Communities"
      • "Making Businesses Work on Bay Street" by Lorie Honor
      • "Graffiti and Street Art on Staten Island" by Chris Penn
      • "Why have a Maritime Education & Recreation Corridor?"
      • "Staten Islander's Deserve Housing with Dignity" by Nick Petrie
      • "No School Seats, No Development" by Barbara Sanchez
      • "Confessions of a Black Helicopter Mom" by Tammy Greer Brown
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D.O.V.E Series Part 2 Community Conversation- Healthy Relationships: What is That?

5/16/2022

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Waterfront Access and Divide: Opening Photo Exhibition and Ribbon Cutting at Tompkinsville Park on Saturday, May 21, at 1pm

5/16/2022

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 As we begin to create an Environmental Justice Agenda for our borough, we hope to hear your voice... 

You are cordially invited to join us for the Waterfront: Access & Divide Outdoor Photo Exhibition opening Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 1 pm at Tompkinsville Park. We will cut the ribbon and hear from local activists and leaders as well as the curator Kelly Vilar-head of the Staten Island Urban Center, fellow artists, and photo subjects.  This public immersion experience exhibits local artists and invites spectators to create stories about Staten Island’s waterfront. 
Waterfront Access & Divide is an exhibition of 44 photos that offer a glimpse of people, places, and things in our community. The photos shape potential stories of what is and what can be for our waterfront neighborhood. 

Our community deserves to benefit from the beauty and opportunity that proximity to natural waters provides. Community awareness and support is key as we fight for a waterfront that belongs to the community in the midst of our pursuit of social and environmental justice.  This series of photo vignettes prompts stories worth telling. Use your imagination. What story do you see in these photos?

Additionally, as part of its launch of the Center for Community Development and Action funded by the Staten Island Foundation, Staten Island Urban Center is conducting a survey during the exhibit to poll local residents’ priorities for developing a Staten Island Agenda for Environmental Justice and the needs of our north shore built environment. Survey responses will also be collected online at: https://www.siurbancenter.org/registration-form.html 

“I believe engaging our community to take part in creating a successful waterfront is what will make our waterfront successful,” Survey results will be compiled and shared with the public in an effort to create a comprehensive and resident-prioritized plan for Staten Island’s north shore waterfronts.  Free ices from Nice Ice Baby will be served while supplies last. There will be curated music playing throughout the opening event for all to enjoy.  

Waterfront Access & Divide is an NYC Art in the Parks exhibition funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency Statewide Community Regrant Program with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature administered by Staten Island Arts, Staten Island Foundation, NY Renews-Tides Foundation, and individual donors and with the support of NYC Parks Department and Partnerships for Parks’ Catalyst Program. Curator: Kelly Vilar; Photographers: Kelly Vilar, Shani Mitchell, Soraya Candelario, and Everet. Technical Support by  Shani Mitchell. Community Art Coordinators: Everet and Pauline Velez-Romano.

#waterfrontaccess&divide #siurbancenter ​
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Staten Island is Ours! Altered Books Presentation at Staten Island Museum Sunday, May 15, 2022

5/15/2022

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​Staten Island is Ours! An Altered Book Project is a multidisciplinary art-making project created by Caryn T. Davis in collaboration with Kelly Villar and the Staten Island Urban Center, a youth development program for young people of color on the North Shore of Staten Island. This project took place in April and the artwork created will be on display at the museum in this pop-up exhibition.
Altered books are individual art objects created from an existing printed book. Debbie-Anne Paige, Co-President, Staten Island Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, introduced participants to the history of African heritage communities on Staten Island, including the Underground Railroad. And, in turn, participants cut, folded, pasted, stamped, painted, and decorated their altered books with 3-D objects, collage, pockets and more in response.
“At our May 15 presentation, we will elevate and spread the word about Staten Island’s Black history, and about who we are, while we show you the pages of our books and discuss the significance of what we’ve learned.” – Caryn T. Davis
This project is made possible by a DCA Premier Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Community Eid Celebration May 14th 2022 1pm-5pm

5/13/2022

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Resistah Radio Celebrates Mother's Day with Mama's Boys -- Click replay link below

5/8/2022

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Join us on a guided walking tour of the Staten Island waterfront May 8, 1PM-2:30PM ET

4/25/2022

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D.O.V.E Series - community conversations to raise awareness about domestic violence and available resources

4/25/2022

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ReSistah Radio - Decolonize Your Mind with Sarah Blas and Kelly Vilar

4/25/2022

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St George Day at Tompkinsville Park on Saturday April 23, 2022. 12 pm to 4pm

4/12/2022

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ReSistah Radio-AfroLatinJazzWomen with Culturl Arts Producer Lorna Harris and CEO of SIUC Kelly Vilar

4/8/2022

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Girls Gender Equity Town Hall

3/31/2022

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Please join us for Friends of Tompkinsville Park Monthly Meeting

3/30/2022

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Resistah Radio Celebrates Revolutionary Women Who Teach Through Music Tuesday March 29th, 2022

3/29/2022

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​In celebration of Women's History Month please join us for this special broadcast on Resistah Radio Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 4pm at www.makerparkradio.nyc or download the app Revolutionary Women Music for all the ages #mahaliajackson #tainaasilit #arethafranklin #toshireagon #lylajune #jillscott #nikkigiovanni #amythystkiah #miriammkeba #tankandthebangas #telmary #ninasimone #LaBruja
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CitizensNYC presents #WomenSupportWomen: Network Weaving to Build Your Dream

3/17/2022

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Everyday Civics by SIUC Board Member Roxanne Mustafa

3/11/2022

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2022 Starting Your Sustainable Journey with Home & Community Composting

3/9/2022

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​Ready to learn small changes you can make which will add up to big benefits for the environment?  Then let’s talk about compost! 
The NYC Compost Project Hosted by Snug Harbor is here to share tips and easy strategies for reducing your organic waste and increasing your positive impact.  Join us for an hour and we promise you’ll never take out your trash the same again!  The first 30 registrants will be entered into a raffle to win a countertop composter. This event is rain or shine. 
WHEN: March 10 |  4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
WHERE: Virtual via Zoom | Link to Zoom webinar will be provided in the confirmation email after you register
ADMISSION: Free! | Registration required
The NYC Compost Project, created by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) in 1993, works to reduce waste in NYC and rebuild NYC’s soil by providing New Yorkers with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost locally. NYC Compost Project programs and staff are funded and managed through the DSNY Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability (BRS) in partnership with host institutions.
This event is produced in partnership with Staten Island Urban Center, Staten Island Therapeutic Garden, and Bait-ul Jamaat - House of Community.
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Friends of Tompkinsville Park Monthly Meeting

2/26/2022

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Youth Discussion on Managing Stress on Monday, February 28th, 2022 at 6pm

2/22/2022

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ReSistah Radio Presents Black History--Lift Every Voice ! Tuesday, February 22, 2022 4 pm at www.makerparkradio.nyc

2/22/2022

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Resistah Radio celebrates the Year of the Dragon

2/21/2022

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ReSistah Radio presents Songs from a New York Puerto Rican Matriarch

1/14/2022

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Replay of Resistah radio Broadcast of Songs from
​a New York Puerto Rican Matriarch
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Please join us for some wintery fun... on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 at Mahoney Park

1/9/2022

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Community Conversation: Public Health & Safety with Katal Center for Equity, Health & Justice

12/15/2021

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Resistah Radio Presents Neopopsoulhiphoplatinjazz Holiday Songbook on MakerPark Radio.

12/13/2021

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Please join us... SIUC Environmental Justice Mixed Media & Environmental Justice Award Project

11/29/2021

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  • Our Urban Town News
    • Our Urban Town Spring Summer 2021 - Refresh & Reimagine Blog Version >
      • Refresh & Reimagine Our Urban Town For A Post COVId 19 World
      • Coming Soon To Tompkinsville Spring/Summer 2021 Park
      • Happening Now In Tompkinsville Spring Summer 2021
      • Racial Impact Study Would Enhance Equitable Outcomes - By Kelly Vilar
      • Community Spotlight on Jersey Street
      • Landfill Fashionistas Live On >
        • Art and Action for Social & Environmental Justice
      • Notes from a Landfill Fashionista: Meat Consumption - A Major Polluter By Amara Cordero, Youth Writer
    • The Landfill Fashionista: Podcasting for the Environment
    • Our Urban Town Winter 2021 Blog Version
    • Our Urban Town Winter 2021 >
      • Congratulations to the Friends of Tompkinsville Park and to Artist Musa Hixson
      • The Fabulous Art of Shani Mitchell
      • Landfill Fashionista Art Wall of Portraits at Snug Harbor Cultural Center Through June 2021
      • Take Yourself Off Mute By Rev. Dr. Alfonso Wyatt
      • Grassroots Litter Program Underway
      • Supporting The Mental Health of Teens During COVID-19 Pandemic By Dr. Grace Feyijinmi
      • A Case For Moving Towards a More Culturally Responsive Education For Black and Brown Children By Fern Metcalf
      • Writings of Tysen Metcalf
    • Mental Boxing With Tysen
    • Spring/Summer 2020 >
      • "Tompkinsville’s Urban Village" by John Kilcullen
      • "Two Lynchings, One Borough: The Legacy of a Racialized Community" by Debbie-Ann Paige
      • "Conversations with Staten Islanders The Right to Lifer and the Progressive" by Roxanne Mustafa
      • "Census2020 Staten Island" by Tatiana Arguella
      • "Bittersweet: A Poem for the Environment" by Kristy Anderson
    • Spring/Summer 2019 >
      • "Living A Life Centered on Helping The Community" by Amoy Barnes
      • "Food for Thought" by Melishia Brown
      • "My Thoughts on Immigration" by Friday Martinez
      • "My Period" by Tiffany Davis
      • "REsistah Radio On AIR" by Kelly Villar
      • "Youth & The Power of Words: Thoughts on Teaching Creative Writing to Young People" by Raymond Ramirez
      • Haikus & Pantoums
    • Spring 2018 >
      • "Finding Your Authentic Feminine Power Voice" by Deborah Quinones,
      • "Why We Fight For Housing Dignity On Staten Island" by Deacon Mary Bourne
      • "The Black Helicopter Mom Chronicles" by Tammy Greer Brown
      • "Dyslexic Friendly Communities" by Laura Cavallieri
      • "A Daughter of DACA" by Judith Prado
      • "The Call For The Young Women’s Leadership School On Staten Island" by Susan Master
      • "Profiles of the Past and Present"
      • "The Food Deserts of Staten Island" by Susan Fowler
      • "Profiles of the Future"
      • "Paying It Forward" by Rosalind Diaz
      • "The New Surge of Women Entering the Political Arena: A Moment or a Movement" by Jasmine “Jasi” Robinson
      • "Nature and Justice" by Rev. Gabriella Velardi
      • "Why I March?" by Lorie Honor
      • "War is a Justice Issue" by Brittany Ramos DeBarros
    • Fall/Winter 2018 >
      • "The Debate: Jane Jacobs & Robert Moses On The Developing North Shore" by Kelly Vilar
      • "Why We Fight For Housing Dignity On Staten Island" by Deacon Mary Bourne
      • "Making Businesses Work on Bay Street" by Lorie Honor
      • "The Role of Civic Groups in Shaping Development & Advocating for Communities"
      • "Visualizing The North Shore" by Nicholas Zvegintzov
      • "Reflections on Serving the Poorest Staten Islanders" by Zulma Cruz
      • "Staten Island’s Unacknowledged Crisis of Environmental Devastation" by Saul Porter
      • "Out of School, Out of Work, But Not Out of Options" by Elizabeth Speck & Faoziyat Sanusi
      • "We’re Still Here" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "Thriving Students Reflect Thriving Communities" by Lou Bruschi
      • "The Mis-Education of Staten Island Development" by Kelly Vilar
      • "Maritime Education A future for Staten Island youth" by Captain Ann Fraioli
      • "Nature and Justice" by Rev. Gabriella Velardi
      • "The Promise of Tompkinsville Park: Why we don't give up." by Katie McCarthy
    • Summer 2017 >
      • "Editor's Page URBY and Democracy" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "We’re Still Here" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "Adaptation To Climate Change" by Annecia Steiniger
      • "Reclaim Our Harbors Through Maritime Education" by Isabel Bruschi
      • "Visualizing The North Shore" by Nicholas Zvegintzov
      • "Issues: A Hip Hop View" by Brendyn Owoyemi
      • "Recreation" by Nicolas Vilar
      • "My Concerns for the Growing North Shore of Staten Island" by Delcia Coye
      • "The Power of Play" by Kelly Vilar
    • Winter 2017 >
      • "The Mis-Education of Staten Island Development" by Kelly Vilar
      • "Thriving Students Reflect Thriving Communities" by Lou Bruschi
      • "Bringing Arts, History & Education to the Table: “Sandy Ground at St. John’s” Finale and Our Next Steps" by Robert Fanuzzi
      • "Dyslexic Friendly Communities" by Laura Cavallieri
      • "Breaking Barriers" by Naomi Watts
      • "Truly Organic" by Carmen Abercrombie
      • "Confessions of a Black Helicopter Mom Part Two" by Tammy Greer Brown
      • "An Essay on Social Justice" by Tysen Marcellus Metcalf,
      • "Maritime Education A future for Staten Island youth" by Captain Ann Fraioli
      • "#rebuildcromwell Open Letter No. 16"
    • Inaugural Issue Fall 2016 >
      • "The Debate: Jane Jacobs & Robert Moses On The Developing North Shore" by Kelly Vilar
      • "The Cromwell Update" by Steve Joseph
      • "The Role of Civic Groups in Shaping Development & Advocating for Communities"
      • "Making Businesses Work on Bay Street" by Lorie Honor
      • "Graffiti and Street Art on Staten Island" by Chris Penn
      • "Why have a Maritime Education & Recreation Corridor?"
      • "Staten Islander's Deserve Housing with Dignity" by Nick Petrie
      • "No School Seats, No Development" by Barbara Sanchez
      • "Confessions of a Black Helicopter Mom" by Tammy Greer Brown
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