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Just Cause: Supporting Education
Boys and Girls High School is more than just a school. It’s a vital part of Bed-Stuy’s history and a symbol of our ability to provide a viable future for Central Brooklyn’s young people. Our willingness as a neighborhood to rally behind Principal Bernard Gassaway, and raise the school above the city's failing grade level, is a test of our collective resolve and resilience.
Read the latest on the effort to save Boys and Girls High School
Check out Patrick Wall's interactive graphic comparing Bed Stuy schools
Wednesday’s New York Times featured an article announcing the results of two studies examining the relationship between the physical health conditions in low-income neighborhoods and the availability of “healthy” food. The studies, the Times piece reported, seem to contradict the popular notion of a “food desert” by claiming that low-income neighborhoods where obesity and other health disparities are acute, not only have more junk food and fast food joints, but also have more supermarkets, produce retailers and full-service restaurants than more affluent neighborhoods.
According to the study, "Such neighborhoods not only have more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than more affluent ones, but more grocery stores, supermarkets and full-service restaurants, too. And there is no relationship between the type of food being sold in a neighborhood and obesity among its children and adolescents." Mark Winston Griffith responds to this study and more as it relates to Central Brooklyn. Missed it? 