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Abigail Ellman

Director of Planning and Development,

Cooper Square Committee

Abigail Ellman is an urban planner and action researcher with experience in affordable housing, equitable economic development, sustainable infrastructure, health equity, and community organizing.


FABnyc is a team of  artists and organizers working to preserve, sustain, and grow the cultural vibrancy of the Lower East Side neighborhood. FABnyc was founded in 2001 by...


Rosa Chang

Co-Founder & President, Gotham Park

Rosa Chang is a community advocate who is deeply engaged in issues of climate change, education, community support, the deep importance of place and how our built environment builds...


Promise Gladys Jimenez

Administrative Assistant, Loisaida Center

Born and raised in the Lower East Side, Promise has always had a passion for advocating and supporting underrepresented communities. She obtained her Bachelors in Social Work and Media...


Think!Chinatown was started by Chinatown neighbors that got to know each other through community events. Now, we’ve grown to a network of dedicated volunteers from a broad spectrum of professional...


Megan Brosterman

Chief Operating Officer, Gotham Park

A New Yorker since 2001 and a Lower Manhattan resident since 2008, Megan has a background in finance, corporate law, sustainable fashion, regenerative gardening and soil health. Megan believes...


Paul Garrin

Program Director, ECOLIBRIUM

Paul Garrin is Loisaida Inc.’s Creative Technologist, Founder and Program Director of ECOLIBRIUM. Since joining Loisaida Center in 2019, Paul created the computing, integrated digital media and learning lab...


The Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) is a multi-service, community development organization dedicated to supporting and empowering the economically disadvantaged residents of Washington Heights. CLOTH’s holistic approach to...


Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc. d/b/a Gotham Park is a New York State not-for-profit founded in 2021 with the goal of establishing and supporting a new kind of hyper-urban public...


Founded in 1978, Loisaida, Inc. is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary community development organization located in the Lower East Side area of Lower Manhattan. We stand firm on our original...


The Urban Design Forum is an independent membership organization that advances bold solutions to urban challenges. Our Fellows are architects, landscape architects, planners, developers, public officials, scholars, activists, lawyers...


The Cooper Square Committee works with Lower East Side residents to contribute to the preservation and development of affordable, environmentally healthy housing and cultural/community spaces so that the community...


An East Village-based artist and visual merchandiser, Delphine Le Goff brings storefronts to life in New York City and nationwide.


The Street Vendor Project (SVP) is a membership-based organization of over 2,900 members who champion the rights of street vendors as small businesses to earn a living and contribute...


Asian Americans for Equality is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization based in New York City. Founded in 1974 in Manhattan’s Chinatown to advocate for equal rights, AAFE has transformed...