We. Are. Powerful.

BMC, working alongside Communities United for Police Reform, a kick-ass coalition of police accountability organizations from across the city, played a major role in the passage of one half of the Right to Know Act, known as the Consent to Search bill, which will protect New Yorkers from unconstitutional police searches. Unfortunately, in the closest vote of its four-year legislative session, the City Council passed a counter-productive version of the other half of the Right to Know Act, known as the police I.D. bill.  

We will spend 2018 fighting to plug the loopholes left by this deeply flawed piece of legislation, but in the meantime, big props go to CPR staff and Council members Reynoso, Williams and Lander for championing our cause, and members Cornegy and Mealy for their key support.

You think you know Crown Heights? What about what residents, oldtimers and newcomers alike have to say about community policing and safety, education, race relations and local movement history?

Brooklyn Deep and Brooklyn Movement Center, in coordination with the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Weeksville Heritage Center, explored these themes - and more - through the Voices of Crown Heights oral history project.

Now this rich archive is available on the BHS online archives and at BMC’s listening station at 375 Stuyvesant Avenue. Listen and learn.

Long before Hollywood recognized the #MeToo movement, No Disrespect has been calling out patriarchy and harassment on the streets of Central Brooklyn. ND closed out the year with participating in the 5 year anniversary event for “Stop Telling Women to Smile,” and holding the first meeting of male allies in support of ND’s anti-street harassment efforts.

Are you a male-identified Central Brooklynite looking to help organize your peers in support of anti-street harassment efforts? Email us at nodisrespect@brooklynmovementcenter.org.