by Kaara Baptiste | May 11, 2015 | Featured, International, Neighborhood: Brooklyn, New York, Religion
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, International Chapel of Brooklyn sits at the end of a quiet dead-end street along an industrialized stretch in Canarsie. But every Sunday, amid the auto repair shops and shuttered buildings, that unassuming corner awakens as...
by Kaara Baptiste | Mar 1, 2015 | Featured
In no particular order, here are some gems (deep, trivial and in between) I’m taking with me from this hellish experience. Had I known them before I enrolled at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism…I would still do it again. 1. Feed me, Seymour! Free...
by Kaara Baptiste | Sep 7, 2014 | Featured, International
by Kaara Baptiste Denis Antoine is the Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations. Prior to his appointment in September 2013, Ambassador Antoine was Ambassador-at-Large and Executive Director, Office of International Programs and...
by Kaara Baptiste | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured, New York, Religion
By Kaara J. Baptiste For the audio version of this story, click here As soon as Sunday worship service ends at the Grace Fellowship Church, volunteers swiftly move into action. They break down projectors, pack up equipment and pick up forgotten programs. In...
by Kaara Baptiste | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured, Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Coney Resident Plots Garden Rescue for Vacant Lot By Kaara Baptiste Last year, Minico Roberts, a longtime Coney Islander, started thinking about creating a new community garden in her neighborhood. She was inspired by her experience as a culinary educator at farmers...
by Kaara Baptiste | Apr 10, 2014 | Featured, Neighborhood: Brooklyn
by Kaara Baptiste Shootings in the NYPD’s 60th Precinct, covering Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Gravesend, jumped nearly 85 percent last year, spiking to 24 incidents from 13 in 2012. The incidents included two fatal shootings in Coney Island within 48 hours of...
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