Love Grows At Garden Of Resilience

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Garden Resilience hosted its very first wedding on August 19, 2023. Stacie Bruce, a local resident of Springfield Gardens visited the garden a few weeks back. Bruce was dropping off her compost and was taken by the beauty of resilience. Ms. Bruce recently became a wedding officiant of New York and was set to marry her friends, Melissa and David. The couple wore matching red pumas as a symbol of their bond and a wonderful ode to the 50th anniversary of hip hop. Youth volunteers of Garden Of Resilience worked to get the space wedding ready by creating a welcoming message on the chalkboard and planting additional flowers. We wish Melissa and David love always.

Stacie Bruce officiated the wedding of Melissa & David
Youth Volunteer poses with Melissa & David
Youth volunteers pose with Melissa & David
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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.