The Community Celebrates Laurelton Family Day

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Laurelton Family Day was huge success and enjoyed by many in  the community .  The event was coordinated with  the  support of Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman, The Queens Borough President’s Office, Senator Leroy Comrie and Councilman Donovan Richards. Laurelton Family Day  featured healthy activities to encourage wellness in the community such as acupuncture, blood pressure screenings, rock climbing and much more.

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the fair, Laurelton Operation Clean Up lead it’s third project focusing on cleaning up a mall off of Francis Lewis Boulevard.

Many civic and community based organizations came out to support Laurelton Family  Day: The Federated Blocks of Laurelton, DIVAS for Social Justice, Pop’s House, NYPD Explorers, The 229 Street Block Association, 1 World Fest.,  and many more.

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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.