Community Heroes – a community organizing and public art project celebrating the everyday heroes of our neighborhoods

A community organizing and public art project celebrating everyday heroes, neighborhood by neighborhood.

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Visit & Get Involved

Fort Greene Community Heroes (2022)

July 2021 - June 2022
Fort Greene Park & Commodore Barry Park (Brooklyn, NY)
Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Friends of Commodore Barry Park

Meet Community Heroes

Najee Omar

Janis Russell

Michael Neckles

Ketriana Yvonne

Roberta Davenport

Albert Wilklow

Beatrice Sheftall

Edna Grant

Sheba Mills

Xiaoming Li 黎宵鸣

Ed Brown

Emily Ann Myrick

Meet more community heroes

Who is a community hero in your neighborhood?

Submit your nomination

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