Events

Upcoming Events

Jun 19

Juneteenth in Bed-Stuy 2026

Celebrate Juneteenth in Bed-Stuy with the RISE Project, Neighbors in Action, Councilmember Chi Ossé, and other community partners! Enjoy games and competition, self-care, and food in the vibrant sunrays of freedom.

Jul 15

Co-Designing Community Justice: Community Engagement, Youth Voice, and Local Ownership

This three-part webinar series combines expertise from our new Community Justice Solutions and established Neighborhood Safety Initiatives to explore how communities can create safer environments and build long-term solutions for public safety. This session explores the work of the Bronx Community Justice Center and examines models of youth engagement that shift power and change narratives.

Aug 12

Co-Designing Community Justice: Placemaking as a Safety Strategy

This three-part webinar series combines expertise from our new Community Justice Solutions and established Neighborhood Safety Initiatives to explore how communities can create safer environments and build long-term solutions for public safety. The closing session discusses how transforming physical environments can transform community outcomes and spaces into sites of connection, healing, and belonging.

Past Events

Sep 25

Punch x Center for Justice Innovation: The Healing Power of the Arts

A part of our collaboration with the Manhattan Theatre Club for their play ‘Punch’. Watch the play and hear from community change-makers—including Center Staff Layman Lee—who activate the arts as a vehicle for advocacy and social change, and unpack how people access art as a tool for self-expression, individual transformation, and universal connection.

Sep 25

The Power of Peer Mentorship: Effective Strategies for Preventing Youth Violence

Join us for a drop-in call about key strategy for effective youth engagement in community violence intervention programs which will include an overview of peer mentorship as a violence prevention strategy, peer mentorship approaches, and implementation tools and strategies. This will be an opportunity for to share successes and discuss challenges in implementing peer mentorship.

Sep 17

Annual Lower Manhattan Community Resource Fair

Back for another year, we are offering help, social services, and resources to Lower Manhattan! We’ll be bringing together organizations working in employment, housing, healthcare, mental health and substance use treatment, and more.