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 | 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 | May 14, 2014 | New York, Religion
by Kaara Baptiste The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is set to open next week, but a controversy is brewing over a film critics say will open old wounds. An interfaith coalition gathered today at The Interfaith Center of New York to express...
by Kaara Baptiste | Mar 16, 2014 | International, New York
You’re in a New York City courtroom, anxiously waiting for the judge to call your case number. You’re 14 years old. You’ve been in this country for maybe a few months. You don’t speak English. You speak a Mayan dialect a Spanish interpreter may not be able to...
by Kaara Baptiste | Mar 12, 2014 | Employment, Featured, Health, Neighborhood: Brooklyn, New York
by Kaara Baptiste Prayers are going up to keep a local hospital from shutting down. On Tuesday afternoon, a coalition of religious leaders from various faiths wrapped up a 48-hour fast intended to keep SUNY Downstate Medical Center active in Brooklyn. The SUNY...
by Kaara Baptiste | Nov 20, 2013 | Employment, New York
by Kaara Baptiste Denise Dees, 58, has more than 30 years of experience working in administration. But since her law firm was bought out and she was laid off in 2010, she has spent three years looking for work on an exhausting and frustrating job search. ...
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