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      • "Conversations with Staten Islanders The Right to Lifer and the Progressive" by Roxanne Mustafa
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      • "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
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    • 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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MLK Day of Service on Monday January 18, 2021 at 12 noon.

1/14/2021

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​MLK Day of Service is Monday, January 18, 2021 at 12 noon. Please join the Friends of Tompkinsville Park, Staten Island Urban Center and the Pride Center of Staten Island for a 2021 MLK Day of Service cleanup at 'Little Bay Street' corner of Victory Blvd and Bay Street opposite the Park.
Event will follow all Covid precautions and PPE will be available along with gloves and supplies. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own gloves if they like
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Resistah Radio Presents Decolonize Your Mind on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 4pm -6pm  www.makerparkradio.nyc

1/12/2021

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The Landfill Fashionista Multimedia Art Exhibition: Image, Environment & Culture Through the Lens of Staten Island Girls of Color opens January 16th

1/6/2021

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Resistah Radio Presents Hindsight is 2020.... Music for welcoming tomorrow.. Tuesday, December 29 at 4pm-6pm on Makerpark Radio

12/29/2020

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Holiday Giveaway 2020

12/16/2020

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Art & Action Chat - Embodying Shaolin

12/10/2020

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"What a great opportunity to talk with fellow artist activists on Staten Island. Hope you can join us on Friday, December 11th at NOON!," says Kelly Vilar, CEO of the Staten Island Urban Center. 

Embodying Shaolin: a conversation on resistance and resilience. Join Snug Harbor Cultural Center's HB West with Jahtiek Long Art (Creative Climate Awards artist, 2020), Kelly Vilar (founder and CEO, Staten Island Urban Center) and Nati Linares (founder, ISLA, and communications organizer for New Economy Coalition) in a discussion on community narratives, the future of the (sub)urban waterfront, and how arts/culture can be a catalyst for social change. Learn how local artists and cultural producers are redefining Staten Island’s story of place.  
Register:  ​https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-action-chats-tickets-125524841179?fbclid=IwAR3-ZKQRdj20PfSI-7e1ySf9u9MILc48IShIQp7tfv2GrFPMAExFZ9NFn_g
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Staten Island Urban Center participating in Porch Plays at Snug Harbor with music maestro Yvette Washington Wheatley for My Drumsong Drum Circle- Please join us  12 noon session check link for ticket information https://fb.me/e/1AHqbqt80

10/21/2020

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Resistah Radio Presents: You Betta Vote Part 3

10/20/2020

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Resistah Radio presents You Betta Vote Part 2

10/2/2020

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Pop Up Produce Giveaway

10/2/2020

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Resistah Radio Presents... Nasty Women: Music for Women Who Lead on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 4pm @ www.makerparkradio.nyc

9/22/2020

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City of Water Day Historic Walking Tour: Urban Village at the Edge of the Bay-Saturday, Sept 12 at 11am (We start at Lyons Pool)

9/8/2020

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As part of the annual City of Water Day, that celebrates New York's miles of coastal treasures, 530 to be exact, please join the Friends of Tompkinsville Park, the Preservation League of Staten Island and the Staten Island Urban Center for a walking tour of Tompkinsville's martime (both historic and current), coastal protection and infrastructure systems. The historic waterfront town turned urban village strategic geographic location made it essential for many of these structures. Starta at Lyons Pool (6 Victory Blvd-Across from Bay Street Landing)
https://waterfrontalliance.org/city-of-water-day/ 
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NEW DEADLINE: Tompkinsville Park is looking for an artist... Request For Proposal Deadline extended to September 7th.

8/26/2020

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Announcement from the
Friends of Tompkinsville Park


Request for Artist Proposal: Deadline Extended to September 7th, 2020


The Friends of Tompkinsville Park are seeking an artist who will create and spearhead a Participatory Art project in Tompkinsville Park themed around Peace, Justice, and Healing.
We announce our  Request For Proposal briefing to provide  artists information about a rare opportunity for a local artist to assist the community with a Participatory Art Project at Tompkinsville Park.  
We are seeking proposals from artists that would engage our community  in the creation of an art installation in the park (for display up to 1 year). Budget for project is $5,000 (this should include an artist fee)  Proposal deadline and details to be shared at RFP Briefing.  For more information, please RSVP to  TompkinsvilleParkFriends@gmail.com. 

Participatory Art Project Goal 
The goal of this participatory art project is to promote Tompkinsville Park as a space for our community that can offer renewed feelings of peace, justice, and healing.  Our park and local community have endured the effects of continual drug trafficking as well as alcohol and substance abuse in the park, which has detracted from it’s beauty and constrained community participation and enjoyment. 
Tompkinsville Park is adjacent to a transportation hub for buses and a train station nearby and it is often the center of resource distribution such as health service information,  census data info, and COVID 19 mask giveaways. The park is also the space for community celebrations such as the St. George Festival, Winter Solstice Radiant Revelry with Honk NYC, impromptu drumming and meditations, and numerous park clean ups .
Over the years Tompkinsville Park has been the meeting point for several social justice activist efforts of which we are most proud of.  The park sits in the center of a vibrant and multicultural corridor of small businesses and restaurants and we believe it has so much potential. 
Thank you,
From the Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group

The Tompkinsville Park Participatory Art Project RFP is funded by Citizens Committee of NYC and Partnership For Parks Catalyst Grant.  The fiscal conduit for Friends of Tompkinsville Park is Canvas Institute. (Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group Members include: Bobby Digi, JoAnn Sacks, John Kilcullen, Katie McCarthy, Kelly Vilar, Steve Jones in consultation from Ted Enoch of Catalyst Program of Partnership For Parks, Carmine Raimondi, City Parks Foundation, and the NYC Parks Dept)
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Our Urban Town Community Conversations- Tuesday Aug 4th at 5:30

7/28/2020

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Staten Island Urban Center invites you to a presentation and community conversation on the waterfront, Tompkinsville Park, and recreation opportunities in support of Our Urban Town: Reimagining Our Waterfront Community. As an underdeveloped part of the borough, the North Shore is in need of a new econometric plan for the future that considers deeper socioeconomic issues including poverty, lack of affordable housing, limited access to recreation and park facilities, education inequities, health disparities, and numerous neighborhood environmental issues.

This session will feature a presentation from community artists and leaders followed by a facilitated community visioning conversation about how to advance priorities for local open space, recreation opportunities, and parks.  

This community presentation and conversation is the third event in a series of conversations and workshops as part of the Livable Neighborhoods Program (LNP). LNP, a program of the Municipal Art Society of New York, helps local leaders develop the knowledge and tools that they need to participate effectively in public land use review processes and engage in creative, community-based visioning and advocacy.  By registering for this workshop,  you will also be registered and notified about all upcoming workshops and discussions in this series.

Thank you for joining the conversation.

LNP is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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Request For Proposals From Artists From Friends Of Tompkinsville Park Briefing July 29th; Proposal Deadline is August 21, 2020

7/28/2020

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Announcement from the
Friends of Tompkinsville Park


Request for Artist Proposal


The Friends of Tompkinsville Park are seeking an artist who will create and spearhead a Participatory Art project in Tompkinsville Park themed around Peace, Justice, and Healing.
Please join us on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom as we announce our  Request For Proposal briefing to provide  artists information about a rare opportunity for a local artist to assist the community with a Participatory Art Project at Tompkinsville Park.  
We are seeking proposals from artists that would engage our community  in the creation of an art installation in the park (for display up to 1 year). Budget for project is $5,000 (this should include an artist fee)  Proposal deadline and details to be shared at RFP Briefing.  For more information, please RSVP to  TompkinsvilleParkFriends@gmail.com. 

Participatory Art Project Goal 
The goal of this participatory art project is to promote Tompkinsville Park as a space for our community that can offer renewed feelings of peace, justice, and healing.  Our park and local community have endured the effects of continual drug trafficking as well as alcohol and substance abuse in the park, which has detracted from it’s beauty and constrained community participation and enjoyment. 
Tompkinsville Park is adjacent to a transportation hub for buses and a train station nearby and it is often the center of resource distribution such as health service information,  census data info, and COVID 19 mask giveaways. The park is also the space for community celebrations such as the St. George Festival, Winter Solstice Radiant Revelry with Honk NYC, impromptu drumming and meditations, and numerous park clean ups .
Over the years Tompkinsville Park has been the meeting point for several social justice activist efforts of which we are most proud of.  The park sits in the center of a vibrant and multicultural corridor of small businesses and restaurants and we believe it has so much potential. 
Thank you,
From the Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group

The Tompkinsville Park Participatory Art Project RFP is funded by Citizens Committee of NYC and Partnership For Parks Catalyst Grant.  The fiscal conduit for Friends of Tompkinsville Park is Canvas Institute. (Friends of Tompkinsville Park Core Group Members include: Bobby Digi, JoAnn Sacks, John Kilcullen, Katie McCarthy, Kelly Vilar, Steve Jones in consultation from Ted Enoch of Catalyst Program of Partnership For Parks, Carmine Raimondi, City Parks Foundation, and the NYC Parks Dept)
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Black Lives Matter Even On Staten Island

7/28/2020

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Our Urban Town Talk Series: Reimagining Our Staten Island Waterfront Community--Join the Conversation

6/24/2020

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Join us for Upcoming Workshop and Discussion Series on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 4pm Registration: ​http://www.tinyurl.com/OURURBANTOWN To see the full length 30 minute documentary go to: ​https://www.siurbancenter.org/community-development.html
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Resistah Radio Presents Celebrando Puerto Rico: A Tribute to Puerto Rican Music Thru the Ages

6/14/2020

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Resistah Radio presents Minnesota Goddamn! Music of Nina Simone & Friends on www.makerparkradio.nyc

6/4/2020

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The Landfill Fashionista: Image, Environment & Culture Through the Lens of Girls of Color on Staten Island Multimedia Art Exhibition Coming Soon....

6/4/2020

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    • 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
  • volunteer or donate
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