Celebrating Community
Sitting across from Manhattan on Columbia Street, The Longshoreman, founded by Michelle Ewan and Lisa Detwiler over a year ago, is restaurant that aspires to reach back into Carroll Gardens’ proud history. “We’ve tried to bring our love of Italy and Italian culture into the making of The Longshoreman,” says Michelle, during an afternoon interview with the two. They banter […]
Nearly 60 eighth-graders from Red Hook’s PAVE Academy traveled to Warren County, New Jersey, to spend three days on the campus of the Princeton-Blairstown Center (PBC) last week. There, the scholars participated in tailored programming designed to increase community bonding and foster teamwork and communication skills. “We hoped our students would have a stronger sense of community after this trip. […]
While there was heated contention between the City and Roman Catholics earlier this fall – regarding the dismissal of St. Frances Xavier “Mother” Cabrini in the She Built NYC campaign – progress with external initiatives are taking place to honor her. A statue will be made in Cabrini’s honor and a Brooklyn post office may be rechristened to share her […]
1. Cabrini’s original name was Maria Francesca Cabrini, before she took her vows in 1877 and changed her name to Frances Xavier, in tribute to Francis Xavier. 2. Before becoming a nun, Cabrini was a teacher. She, herself, was taught by the Daughters of the Sacred Heart and had earned a teaching certificate with them in 1868. She was a […]
Upon coming to America in 1889 from Italy, Saint Frances Xavier “Mother” Cabrini and her seven Sisters helped newly arrived Italian immigrants in Lower Manhattan who were struggling with poverty. Her order organized catechism and educational classes, opened an orphanage and founded Columbus Hospital (now part of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center). Cabrini herself taught at St. Joachim’s parish, the Church […]
She Built NYC concept She Built NYC is a public arts campaign that honors women through the installation of monuments that recognize and celebrate their historic impacts on and contributions to New York City (NYC). Former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and First Lady Chirlane McCray launched it in June 2018, after research showed that only five out of the City’s […]