Say, What??

Rewind, and catch up on what made the headlines this week, in the words of the people who said it best!

"Unfortunately, too many children are raised to chase the dream of a career in professional sports."

--Bernard Gassaway, principal of Boys & Girls High School, on why he's decided to enact a new athletic scholar policy

Bed-Stuy High School Enacts Radical New Student Athletic Policy

“These really weren’t my neighbors. I knew my neighbors. These mobs were outsiders of the Crown Heights community."

--Michael Behrman, a leader of the Lebovitch sect of Jews, on the people who took part in the Crown Heights Riots

Another Face of the Crown Heights Riots: Michael Behrman

"Don't let nobody walk on you. My grandfather was a slave, but I'm not a slave."

--Mary Ward, as she made a brief appearance in front of local press and protesters on her stoop, during an eviction blockade

Eviction Blockade for Longtime Bed-Stuy Resident Keeps Marshals at Bay

“The violence our community faces is not just because of our race, sexual identity or gender. When we are attacked, it’s because of multiple identities; our whole bodies feel it."

--Chelsea Johnson-Long, Safe OUTside the System Program Coordinator of the Audre Lorde Project, on the importance of establishing an ongoing supportive network for LGBT residents in Bed-Stuy

Bed-Stuy to Celebrate its First Annual Day of Gay Pride

“From bottom-up he’s built the space, he’s helped develop the cocktail menu, the food menu, he’ll bus tables. The guy has a great work ethic and is really completely involved.”

Ricardo Pereira on the devotion of his business partner Anthony Mackie to the development and growth of their new restaurant NO Bar

N'Awlins Meets Hollywood Meets The Stuy