Metro Briefs

Continued from page 3 hold and why should you join? Learn more and apply here: https://form.jotform.com/223394138968065. Anyone age 16 and up can apply to their local board now through February 14, 2023.

Campaign to save Magnolia Earth Tree Center

On February 2 at 9:30 a.m., local community leaders and officials will launch a campaign to save the Magnolia Earth Tree Center (MTEC). The campaign will seek to raise $300,000 to address urgently needed repairs that will set the center on the path toward restoring its important role as a community hub and serving as a monument to Hattie Carthan’s vision and achievements for her neighborhood, and to re-introduce the center and the values it embodies to a new generation of Bed Stuy residents.

ASALH Black History Month Festival

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will hold a virtual Black History Month Festival from February 1–28. This year’s events will address “Black Resistance” in the arts, the Black press and the Black church. Visit the festival all month long at https://asalh.org/festival/.

––compiled by Karen Juanita Carrillo