Howard
Brandstein is director of Sixth Street Community
Center. Howard is a New Yorker born and
bred, and was raised in Washington Heights. He has
been active for years in the preservation and
rehabilitation of housing on the Lower East Side.
An
organizer of the neighborhood homesteading and
gardening movements in the 1970s and ’80s, he has
been involved with the Center since its beginning in
1978. For 25 years
Sixth Street Community Center has been
committed to empowering the Loisaida
community and celebrating its extraordinary
diversity. We offer programs
assisting low and moderate income residents
which build a fulfilling sense of community
around basic needs for food, health and
education. Our current goals are to (1)
further the education of our young people in
sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health,
(2) expand community supported agriculture in
our neighborhood by reaching out to more low
income households, and (3) strengthen food
safety laws through our campaign against
genetic engineering.
Hanya Krill Marketing and Public Programs Coordinator
of the Ukrainian Museum.
The museum is the largest museum in the U.S.
committed to acquiring, preserving, exhibiting, and
interpreting articles of artistic or historic
significance to the rich cultural heritage of
Ukrainians. At its founding in 1976 by the Ukrainian
National Women's League of America, the Museum was
hailed as one of the finest achievements of the
Ukrainian American community.
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