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Ajamu Brown In November 2009, Ajamu became one of 40 individuals selected to participate in the TogetherGreen Fellowship Program – a nationwide program funded by Audubon and Toyota to support conservation projects, train environmental leaders and offer volunteer opportunities to significantly benefit the environment. This generous award will help to support his community project of developing a green-map designed to educate and engage residents, businesses and decision makers about the locations of sustainable living activities in his community of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Once the maps are completed, Ajamu plans to use them to facilitate a series of neighborhood workshops at his neighborhood’s oldest African-American led environmental organization \u2013 the Magnolia Tree Earth Center \u2013 on the importance of environmental stewardship, energy conservations and food sovereignty.<\/p>\n Clarisa James – Green Stuy Video Project Leader Clarisa is the Executive Director of DIVAS for Social Justice. Ms. James has an MFA from the Integrated Media Arts Program at Hunter College and has dedicated her life’s work to training youth in under served communities in creating socially conscious media and bridging the digital divide. From 2009-2012, Ms. James trained 24 youth in documentary style film and photography for the Bed Stuy Community Eco-Mapping Project. Under Ms. James direction, the youth produced the following community garden short films: Hattie Carthan Community Garden, Red Gate Garden, Umoja Garden, Mt. Lebanon Garden, The Bed Stuy Farm, Quincey Community Garden, Shiloh Community Garden, and the Jefferson Ave. TNT Block Association Garden.<\/p>\n Sha Sha Feng – Web\/Graphics + Mapping Project Leader Sha Sha combines the best of both the arts and technology to develop socially conscious media. She is a multimedia programmer and designer and holds a BA in Computer Science and Music and MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College. Her work includes a range of experiments which integrate web based art and open source technologies.<\/p>\n Alena Shurauka – DIVAS Web & Graphics Intern<\/em><\/p>\n Alena grew up in Minsk, Belarus, where she attended Belarusian State University. She moved to the U.S. as an exchange student in 2003. She is now finishing her degree with double-major in Media Studies & German at Hunter College. Her interests include interactive media art, technology, industrial design, typography, German Language and Literature.<\/p>\n DIVAS Student Participants: 2011 2012 Nickesha Lindsay<\/a> – Designed original logo BedStuy<\/p>\n Gardeners Interviewed:<\/em> Mara Gittleman- Founder of Farming Concrete<\/a> Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH – Assistant Commissioner Organizations: People: Ajamu Brown Bed-stuy Eco-mapping Project Founder In November 2009, Ajamu became one of 40 individuals selected to participate in the TogetherGreen Fellowship Program – a nationwide program funded by Audubon and Toyota to support conservation projects, train environmental leaders and offer volunteer opportunities to significantly benefit the environment. This generous award will help to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maps.shashafeng.com\/bedstuy-ecomap\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBed-stuy Eco-mapping Project Founder<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCo-Founder – <\/em>DIVAS for Social Justice<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
\nCo-Founder – DIVAS for Social Justice<\/em><\/p>\n
\n2010
\nStevenson Catul: Lead Web Video Editor, Camera
\nAlfonso Francois-Gonzalez- Sound Man
\nDiana Maldanado- Still Image Photographer
\nLuishka Roberts- Lighting, Interviewer
\nImani Hall- Camera
\nNyAisha Pete- Camera & Sound, Interviewer
\nJasminn Primo- Camera & Sound
\nDeNeika Ward- Camera & Sound<\/p>\n
\nJada Martin-Capers-Still Image Camera
\nAliah Gilkes-Interviewer
\nFatima Fuentes-Still Image Camera
\nSasha Sardinha-Camera
\nJasmine O’Neil- Interviewer
\nShalaun Nelson-Camera & Sound
\nLeah Davis-Camera
\nShatanese Gates-Sound
\nBenjamin Ortiz-Lighting
\nNathan Harris_Camera
\nVictor Reid-Sound<\/p>\n
\nOlga Sanchez-Camera
\nEricka Sanchez- Sound
\nGrisel Nunez- Still Image Camera
\nRyan Sardhina- Still Image Camera<\/p>\n
\nMarjorie Bryant – Mt. Lebanon Garden
\nDorothy Sherman- Quincey Community Garden
\nAltovoise Leary – Jefferson Ave. TNT Block Association Garden
\nFrank Lane – Umoja Garden
\nYonette Flemming – Hattie Carthan Community Garden<\/a>
\nRasheed Hislop – Shiloh Community Garden
\nRed Gate Garden- Sherry WIlliams
\nThe Bed Stuy Farm- Rev. Robert Ennis Jackson<\/p>\n
\nDesigned Gardener Surveys<\/p>\n
\nNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene<\/p>\n
\nTogetherGreen<\/a>
\nDIVAS for Social Justice<\/a>
\nWe Are All Brooklyn, Leading by Giving Grant 2010
\nGreen Stuy Video Project
\nNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene<\/a>
\n2012 Brooklyn Arts Council-Re-Grant, Local Arts Support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"