In the face of great adversity they find the strength to smile...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Whole Earth Bakery & Kitchen needs your support, Washington Square Park and the list goes on, please help
This is Richie, Peter Silvestri's loyal friend who spent Christmas volunteering at Bowery Mission and in the face of eviction, sadness and stress he was encouraging Peter to focus on optimism and hope although it is so hard to be in the position of constantly being evicted. As I said in the rally in the park, Filomena Silvestri died at 94 knowing her dream, Whole Earth Bakery and Kitchen since 1978, she, her dream, her son were not evicted out on the street but we as a community came together and Amy Zimmer's piece in Metro I believed help out big time along with local politicians and we won a mini-miracle. Please stop in 130 St. Marks Place and say hi, hug, buy food, if you have any ideas to help please share them and the hours are very long...Peter is there later in the day. 212-677-7597
In the face of great adversity they find the strength to smile...
In the face of great adversity they find the strength to smile...
In memory of Pat Brown who loved very intense passion people. He had the gift to make many people feel loved and they loved him back. He talk karate to blind people, he inspired many people in all walks of life where ever he focused his interests. When 9-11 took our brave souls like him, the Express to Heaven, I thought New York might not recover but I never imagined this kind of community crushing development that took gentrification to a new level I call supersification.
Bob Arihood' blog got me to see the characters and I feel compassion for them. Karl is wearing Roger (my mom's boyfriend that passed away) sweater and Karl always make me laugh telling me Roger says hello. He is with Spike and she and I talked briefly about what I might describe as the dynamics or lack there of, of love and she was right on. If only we could find more support networks, housing and compassion.
I urge you to go to my Washington Square Park Post and also visit this man's blog and myspace to learn how to help... http://youtube.com/washingtonsquarepark
Also please visit St. Brigids and my posting on the old NYPD historical building where they honored their community facility obligation and how we need that in every building in the East Village and city wide because this crushing development -- a kind never seen before in NYC is mainly all for the mega rich and they only thing they haven't done is provide bus, trains and NYU trolleys (which are mostly empty) to move us out.
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