Melissa Aase CEO of University Settlement, Jo-Ann Yoo ED of Asian American Federation, MBP Mark Levien, CM Chris Marte, Manhattan Parks Commissioner Bill Castro and Mae Lee ED of the Chinese Progressive Association, Li-En Chong, Co-Founder of The Yellow Whistle, – and many other guest speakers!Good to see Veronica Wong, U.S. Advocacy Director and Keena Suh SRPCC partner and Pratt Institute Associate Professor.

Listen on Youtube

AND…

Resource Fair – in “The Pit” at Broome! University Settlement, Community Board 3, Asian Americans for Equality, Senator Kavanagh, Stanton CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), Chinese Progressive Association, NY Immigration Coalition, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, and…Music!

Meet the Organizers: Sokie Lee (NYC Clean Volunteers – Let’s Clean New York) and Jason Chen (NYC Dept. of Sanitation, and UA3 (Community First).

Thanks to the Girl Scouts, M’Finda Kalunga Garden & Sara Roosevelt Park Community Coalition, Youth Explorers and 5th Precinct’s PO Randy Chan and many many other volunteers!!

Wow.

(presenters K Webster and Ryan Gilliam)

Thank you to FABnyc for honoring ALL our neighborhood heroes – and Park heroes Kim Fong and Debra Jeffreys-Glass – during the 2022 LES Community Hero Awards* 

And our honorees from 2021:

Kim Fong (K Webster presenter):
Debra Jeffreys-Glass (Ryan Gilliam) presenter:

*”The LES Community Hero Awards are intended to recognize community members whose contributions have been deeply meaningful and yet are often the ‘unsung’ heroes of the neighborhood. The awards were created in 2014 as part of the first celebration of Lower East Side History Month in May, now an annual event.”

Stop by. Write your own wish for the world, this park, this city.
Here Saturdays 12pm-2pm June through August (weather permitting).

AND THE TURTLES TOO!!
Thank you to all who made IMPD so successful!!

Enjoy!