Is the Brooklyn Reporter Caught in the Past?
I was waiting for the local papers to write about the super gerrymandering that went on in our community, but somehow the journalists missed that story. (If you saw the new district map (here), you would understand what I meant)
This week, journalist, Chuck Otey wrote an article about a volunteer event that happened in Bay Ridge in the 90’s. (See here) Otey wrote about pre-pandemic volunteers. WHY? There’s a lot of news and current volunteers in Bay Ridge to write about!
People are volunteering all over Bay Ridge every week. Why doesn’t Otey want to recognize the work of current Ridgites like those working at Good Shepherd Church or the Bay Ridge Community Development Center?
Every time I pass Good Shepherd Church on 4th Avenue, I see the church doing something to reach out to the people in the community. Today they had a blood drive and they regularly give out food too. They probably do other great things, but no one ever writes about it, so we don’t hear about it.
The Bay Ridge Community Development Center is on Fort Hamilton Parkway. Each week they give out food to those who need it. Once I saw a video of a lot of young adults volunteering early in the morning there. That’s pretty amazing – it’s a shame the paper doesn’t see the value in all our current community builders!
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Hugs,
marlene
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