Say, What?

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

“The way that a lot of my kids and their families are forced to live is unethical in a country with so much wealth.”

--Jesse Chanin, a 27-year-old high school English teacher who lives in Fort Greene on why she participated in the Occupy Brooklyn Protests

Wall Street Movement Breezes Through Brooklyn

“We need to tell our own stories, but we need to tell the truth. We don’t need to invent. The stories are a part of our culture. The stories are there.”

--Documentarian and film archivist Pearl Bowser on what she would like to see from black contemporary filmmakers

Reel Sisters do Real Things: Pearl Bowser

“I was in such a rush, I forgot to put on my underwear, but welcome.”

--Jade Foster, the curator of a traveling poetry salon known as The Revival ,breaks the ice with the waiting crowd as she arrives late for her debut show

A Poetry Salon Makes a (Temporary) Home in Bed-Stuy

“My name is Lira Potts, I live on Halsey Street, and I’m here to say that I snitch. My frustration has overtaken my fear. If that means you need to take my life, then take my life. But I’m going to snitch. If you’re doing something you’re not supposed to be doing on my block or even five blocks away from me, I don’t care, I’m gonna tell you, I’m gonna tell you and I’m gonna tell on you.”

--A conversation at a police precinct meeting surrounding how the “no snitch” rule in the community has slowed progress in the ability to fight crime prompts a response from a community member

The 81st Police Precinct Meets

"She's so interactive with the kids and her music is really special. Some people can't travel or spend lots of money on music programs, so this is a really great, inexpensive, local way to get it.”

-- Sue Harris explains why she’s pleased to bring her grandchildren to a Mil’s Trills Show in Bed-Stuy

The Whimsical Mil’s Trills Hits Bed-Stuy!