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Group uses theater to promote peace
One group seeks to promote peace through public readings and performances of literature from around the world.
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Adopt a geranium
This event, which is part of Downtown Alliance’s larger Going Green Downtown initiative, provided free geraniums to anyone who lives in, works in or visits lower Manhattan, according to a press release from Downtown Alliance.
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Graffiti group memorializes the dead
Bronx group spray paints murals to memorialize the dead.
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Bronx morticians cope with humor
After days filled with burned, stabbed, shot and decapitated bodies, some Bronx morticians cope by maintaining a sense of humor.
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Domestic abuse survivor gives back
Wanda Roman, who escaped an abusive relationship, now counsels other domestic violence survivors.
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Justice sought for death of Brooklyn man
Family and friends of a mentally ill man who died in 2008 after he was Tased by an NYPD officer held a candlelight vigil this week.
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At religious festival, freak show opens
Nestled between a sausage stand and a cannoli cart, a freak show tent at a downtown festival draws small crowds.
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Some mark 9/11 with cold beer, fond memories
O'Hara's Restaurant and Pub near Ground Zero doubles as local watering hole and 9/11 memorial site.
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Man comes to terms with AIDS after 27 years
Michael Stone was living with AIDS — and he was trying to kill himself through drug and alcohol abuse. But eventually he realized he had to stop.
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Green movement targets low-income communities
Governments across the country promote environmentalism in low-income communities. But many residents say those programs feel distant and irrelevant to their lives.