For a year now, the Brownsville Community Culinary Center has served up food “inspired by the history of the African diaspora” and offered a culinary training program, reports The Bridge.

Chalkbeat talks with a NYC principal with “deep experience” in helping children cope with trauma.

B. Nandi Jacob hopes her comedic play about an undocumented immigrant, opening April 7 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, draws attention to the plight of Caribbean immigrants, reports Caribbean Life.

Bklyner looks at what Council member Alicka Ampry-Samuel has already done in her first two months representing the 41st district, and what she hopes to do for her native Brownsville.

The son of Ugandan immigrants is challenging Yvette Clarke for the House of Representatives seat she has held for more than a decade. Kings County Politics speaks with Adem Bunkeddeko.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that demolition has begun on a historic church in Brownsville.

In Brownsville, Public Advocate Letitia James and Assemblywoman Latrice Walker spoke about safe sex to a community that is “becoming the most vulnerable group affected by sexually transmitted diseases,” writes Kings County Politics.

The statue of the Our Lady of Loreto church in Brownsville has been removed, a move that does not bode well for preservationists of the century-old church that once served Italian immigrants, reports Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

In a BRIC TV video, two Brownsville teens speak openly about sex and reproductive health.

A NYC Department of Health program aims to improve birth outcomes in Brownsville, which has had the highest rate of preterm and low birth weight babies in the city.

The Uni Project brings pop-up reading rooms to Brownsville where youths have the chance to “read, draw and explore,” reports BK Reader.

Local store owner Royston “Uncle Roy” Antoine is hoping to represent Brownsville on the City Council, reports Kings County Politics.

After a judge removed a temporary ban on the demolition of Our Lady of Loreto in Brownsville, preservationists staged a protest calling for the century-old Italian church to be saved, reports Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

To the relief of Italian community members and preservationists, a judge has issued a temporary halt to the demolition of Our Lady of Loreto in Brownsville, reports Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Our Lady of Loreto, the century-old church built by Italian immigrants, faces demolition but supporters, and a Queens senator, hope to save the historic building, report Brooklyn Downtown Star and Brooklyn Daily Eagle.