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Posts by Author Archives: Julia Kott
Julia Kott is a writer and researcher living in Brooklyn. You can follow her on Twitter at @julia_kott.
Greenpoint Crunch Members Struggle to Cancel Accounts During the Pandemic
One Crunch member says he’s spent over 20 hours trying to quit the gym.
Emily Gallagher Officially Starts Her Term as Assembly Member
“I really want for people to know how to access all the support that they need.”
Brooklyn Democrats Allow Nonbinary Candidates to Run for Office
“Nonbinary people, transgender people, gender nonconforming people are welcome.”
How to Support the North Brooklyn Device Drive
The North Brooklyn Device Drive is collecting and distributing e-learning devices to students in District 14.
Hundreds of Students in North Brooklyn Cannot Access Remote Learning
“It’s a false narrative to say that kids aren’t learning anything this year. Kids are learning a lot about the world around them. They are learning about how messed up our leadership is.”
Meet Ewa Winnicka, a Polish Journalist Writing About Greenpoint
Ewa Winnicka, a Polish journalist living in Warsaw, has always been interested in migration, “I think it’s one of the strongest experiences one can have,” she says. Her previous books […]
Look “Between The Windows” For This Public Art Project in Greenpoint
A vinyl banner with bright colors flutters in the wind above an electronics shop on Manhattan Avenue depicting a powerful image: a police officer grabbing the hair of a Black […]
North Brooklyn Neighbors Celebrates 26th Anniversary
North Brooklyn Neighbors celebrates their 26th anniversary this week, but the pandemic poses a major challenge to the fundraising efforts, boardmembers say. The grassroots nonprofit began in 1994 as a […]
Polish Anti-Authoritarian Signs Pop-Up in Greenpoint
Posters, street art and murals continue to pop-up around the city in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the signs in Greenpoint have their own local flavor. A […]