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Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author, educator, corporate leader and Chair of Community Solutions’ Board, received Australia’s highest civilian honor this week, the Companion of the Order of Australia. The announcement was made on June 10th,  Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday and an Australian holiday.

There are 15 vacant lots within Brownsville and East New York and New York City’s Economic Development Corporation is giving you the opportunity to activate them!

Myron had been sleeping on the streets of Phoenix, AZ with his brother for 30 years before Project H3 met him. One hot night in July 2009, Myron’s brother died in his arms. After that, Myron struggled with depression and alcohol problems. Yet thanks to the work of the 100,000 Homes Campaign and its extraordinary local partner in Phoenix, Project H3, life has changed for Myron.

The first weekend of May brought two opportunities to explore Brownsville, Brooklyn through the eyes of legendary urban writers: activist, Jane Jacobs, and literary critic, Alfred Kazin.

We always knew this day would come, but it used to seem much further away! Today, the 100,000 Homes Campaign announced that its participating communities had housed more than 50,000 chronic and vulnerable homeless Americans. That number includes more than 1,000 families, 5,000 seniors, and 15,000 veterans of the United States armed forces. We couldn't be prouder to celebrate this day.

There is a close alignment with Community Solutions’ values and those of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC). JVC is a Catholic, Jesuit year-long service commitment, with more than 300 volunteers, known as JVs, who live together in approximately 60 communities throughout the U.S. and the world. We currently have two JVs who are working with us to end homelessness, Caitlin DiMaina at the 100,000 Homes Campaign in Los Angeles and Bryan Woll, who is working with the Brownsville Partnership in Brooklyn.

Community Solutions and our 100,000 Homes Campaign is supporting the @home Campaign, which uses film, social media and a s

About the program:

The Greg Jackson Community Fellowship is an opportunity for young scholars from Brownsville to give a year of service back to their community. Created in honor of our late founding director, Greg "Jocko" Jackson, the annual fellowship supports a young college graduate from Brownsville to work with the Brownsville Partnership to advance the neighborhood. The Fellowship was established with proceeds of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Award that recognized Rosanne Haggerty and the Brownsville Partnership in 2012.

Greg Jackson, the late founding director of the Brownsville Partnership, described with nostalgia the Brownsville, Brooklyn he knew as a child. He recalled regular “rent parties,” during which neighbors chipped in to help out those who had lost a job or fallen ill, and how residents literally pooled their pennies in collection jars to build the Brownsville Boys Club (which later became the Brownsville Recreation Center) to invest in the future of their young people.