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tel/fax:
718.362.4784
Please note our new postal address when sending
contributions to the legal fund:
121 5th Avenue, PMB #150
Brooklyn, New York 11217
About DDDB
Our coalition consists of 21 community organizations and
there are 51 community organizations formally
aligned in opposition to the Ratner plan.
DDDB is a volunteer-run organization. We have over 5,000
subscribers to our email newsletter, and 7,000 petition
signers. Over 800 volunteers have registered with DDDB
to form our various teams, task-forces and committees
and we have over 150 block captains. We have a 20 person
volunteer legal team of local lawyers supplementing our
retained attorneys.
We are funded entirely by individual donations from the community at large
and through various fundraising events we and supporters have organized.
We have the financial support of well over 3,500 individual
donors.
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A SUCCESSFUL RALLY!
Nearly 4,000 attendend the Rally Against Ratner's Skyscraper City and
for Sane Development in brutal heat and no shade at Grand Army Plaza–many
more than came to Forest
City Ratner's "affordable housing" PR stunt on June 11.
Photos
on Flickr.
Much more coming up soon.
Thank you BROOKLYN!
Parasol
Power, Dope on the Slope
Bears Gardeners Strut Their Stuff
Some of the sweating crowd
Councilmember Charles Barron
Councilmember Letitia James
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
singing in defense of the community.
Steve Buscemi and Rosie Perez, DDDB Advisory Board Members
Bob Law, DDDB Advisory Board Member
Reverend Clinton Miller, Brown Memorial Baptist Church.
Clinton Hill
Nellie Hester Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council
Paula Revere "The Developers are coming..."
Robin Cloud and Roger Paz, our Emcees. THANK YOU!
photos below by: Nura
Qureshi
Some early rally coverage...
Crowd
Gathers to Protest Size of Atlantic Yards Plan
New York Times
In the largest public demonstration so far by opponents of the Atlantic Yards
project planned near Downtown Brooklyn, a crowd that may have exceeded 2,000 gathered
at Grand Army Plaza yesterday in a rally condemning the project’s scale
and what many called inadequate public comment. continue...
DDDB
rally no massive turnout, but resistance shows growth
..."Three years and counting, we stand at a crossroads in the fight for
the heart and soul of Brooklyn,” declared James. “Here we are three
years and counting and there’s no done deal." ...
read
full report from Atlantic Yards Report
Posted: 7.16.06
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