Honoring People and Community
Ernest Verrett
Ernest Verrett is co-founder of Street Works and co-founder of Dabima, a tech platform making it more affordable for kids to get advice and project management tools to apply to college.
Anjali Deshmukh
Anjali is an MJN co-founder and Street Works co-founder, artist, game designer, and writer dedicated to creating for, with, and in community in public spaces.
Kaleidospace
KALEIDOSPACE is a Queens-based collective focused on the intersection of art, activism, and community: Sunny Roberts, Manuela Agudelo, Kacia Flórez, Kelly Arango, Mark Saldana.
Veggie Nuggets
Veggie Nuggets is a Queens youth climate action group. They have worked on multiple projects, including helping to stop the NRG Astoria power plant and creating a public garden for Queens’s diverse communities to enjoy.
Bayeté Ross Smith
Bayeté Ross Smith is an artist, visual journalist, filmmaker and education worker, working at the intersection of photography, film & video, visual journalism, 3D objects and new media.
Purvi Shah
Purvi Shah seeds healing and transformation through anti-violence advocacy and creating art.