On October 11th, 2022 several thousands of people from across the world, Joined Executive Director K. Bain of Community Capacity Development (CCD) along with the New York Public Advocates Office, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, various community led violence interruption groups along with other New York City organizations, national and international partners. The aforementioned […]
Above and Beyond At CCD, we recognize and acknowledge individuals from all walks of life who are dedicated toeffect positive change and make remarkable contribution to promote equity and Justice inmarginalized communities. Our personalities of the month are the 11 Commissioners of NYCRacial Justice Commission who spearhead the relentless campaign and successful outcome of theNovember […]
The Human Justice operational goal is to save lives and promote safe neighborhoods through anti-gun violence initiatives and community led public safety. Our community led strategy is evidence based and data driven as we continue to receive landmark success in all our establishedsites in Staten Island, Queensbridge, Canarsie, Harlem, Astoria and Woodside: • Staff Completed […]
In the midst of the Whitewashing a Violent Holiday and Using a false Narrative to Drive Capitalism, Community Capacity Development acknowledge and celebrate the legacy of Native Americans, the historical and contemporary resistance efforts to colonization.In the spirit of national revival, thanksgiving should be celebrated as a day of atonement and mourning. It should be […]
Novelist Aya de Leon (left), Nelson German, head chef and owner of alaMar, and Jacqueline Garcel, CEO of the Latino Community Foundation. All three are Afro Latinos who live in the Bay Area. (Blanca Torres/KQED) Nelson German, the chef and owner of alaMar, a seafood restaurant in Oakland, remembers the day a Black family asked […]
Bank of America recently announced a new zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage plan for first-time homebuyers, which will be available in certain markets, including African American and/or Hispanic-Latino neighborhoods in Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami. What BofA is calling “The Community Affordable Loan Solution™” aims to help eligible individuals and families obtain an affordable loan to purchase a […]
“We believe there are some options we have, because when you involuntarily place someone on a bus, we believe that actually skates the law,” Mayor Eric Adams said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference on Sept. 13, 2022, in Houston, Texas. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images NEW YORK — New York City is […]
Damian Baeza Rendon, 20, is charged in a series of Manhattan sexual abuse attacks stretching back to June An alleged sex fiend from Mexico was nabbed in a series of sexual assaults on women across New York City stretching back to June, including one incident where he allegedly licked a woman’s breasts, and another where he allegedly […]
The New York City Council on Tuesday passed a nonbinding resolution calling on Mayor Adams to restore nearly $500 million in cuts to school budgets — some of which the Council itself approved during negotiations over the city budget in June. The resolution, which asks the city to use unspent federal stimulus money to reverse $469 […]