2025年4月2日 · We met Ayo Harrington in the Orchard Alley Garden on East Fourth Street, a pleasant, well-cared-for oasis in the old Lower East Side (now East Village) neighborhood. Growing up as an African American in the Civil Rights era, I …

Ayo Harrington has lived in the East Village since the 1960s, and been deeply involved in the community garden, urban homesteading, environmental, resiliency, educational equality, and civil rights movements. She first moved here as a teenager to live with her older sister, who was active in radical Black organizing at the time. Ayo followed suit,

2023年5月12日 · In August 2020, Village Preservation conducted an oral history with Ayo Harrington. Various topics were covered, many of which surrounded her work in community gardens, urban homesteading, environmental resilience, educational equality, and …

NYCVOAD is led by member organization staff and volunteers who are champions in the New York City disaster community. Many volunteer their time to serve on our Board Board of Directors, in our working groups or as participants in open meetings. Ayo Harrington, LES Ready! Brian Baer, The Elevated Studio. Angela Calabro, SBP.

2022年5月25日 · In her role as president of the 200,000 strong United Parents Associations of NYC, Ayo greatly amplified its mission bringing training and resources to thousands of parents and educators. She played a major role in orchestrating establishment of the Department of Education’s Chancellor’s Parent Advisory Council, Office of Parent Engagement ...

2021年12月2日 · She was involved hands-on in reclaiming abandoned buildings as housing, including her own home in Alphabet City, which she completed in 1989; she describes having permanent, stable, and affordable housing as a rarity, especially for a Black person living in New York City, and especially for a new mother.

Ayo Harrington, Co-Chair. All the Way E 4th St Block Association. Renne Epps, Executive Committee Member. ... New York City Department of Education – Ayo Harrington New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene – Ayo Harrington New York City Housing Authority – …

We met Ayo Harrington in the Orchard Alley Garden on East Fourth Street, a pleasant, well-cared-for oasis in the old Lower East Side (now East Village) nei

Ayo Harrington – Community Activist We met Ayo Harrington in the Orchard Alley Garden on East Fourth Street, a pleasant, well-cared-for oasis in the old Lower East Side (now East Village) neighborhood.