Reflections from New York

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Hi, my name is Vincent and I live in Fort Greene Brooklyn, with my neighbors and friends. I’ve been here since 2000 but have been in Brooklyn for 36 years. I love this place. We’re not as diverse as Queens, the most diverse place on Earth, but we’re working on it. Diversity is glue in my borough. So when Eric Garner was choked to death by police. I couldn’t breathe. I decided that I had to get involved in any effort to make a difference. It wasn’t hard to do. I joined the first Black Lives Matter march that landed at city hall where I met lots of people and I got involved in other marches and actions – Vince

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