Elders Speak!

Elders Speak! is an oral history project focused on the perspectives and lived experiences of elders of color who live, have lived, work or have worked in northern Greenpoint, the Northside of Williamsburg, the Southside of Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, East Williamsburg and neighboring areas of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick. In doing so, it highlights the beginning of a local social movement that has, to varying degrees and on intersecting issues, persisted since the 1960’s.

This is an ongoing project. If you or someone you know would like to participate please reach out to us via our contact page here.

Elevated Voices

Elevated Voices is a collaboration between elders who live in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, and Fort Greene; Pratt Institute’s Preserving Activism Beyond and Between Pratt’s Gates; and 7Cinema, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit video and media production organization. Its purpose is to make transportation access, service, and infrastructure more equitable by elevating the voices and experiences of elder community members and disseminating these oral histories to the general public. The project is supported by the Taconic Fellowship through Pratt’s Center for Community Development. Hear more from participants and learn more about the project here.