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Who is
East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC)

We believe that people working together have the power to change their communities and their country for the better. We challenge talented leaders to imagine the change they can accomplish, connect individuals and institutions to build power, and mobilize people by the thousands. We set audacious goals, create savvy strategies, and take on the powerful interests that stand in the way.

And we get results!

East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC) is a non-partisan organization composed of

dues-paying member institutions, including congregations, schools, and homeowners associations. We have deep membership bases in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville/Ocean-Hill, Bushwick, Crown Heights, and East New York.

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Our Strategy Team

The EBC strategy team is the central authority for our organization, comprising esteemed leaders from our member organizations who spearhead new issue campaigns, monitor the advancement of ongoing campaigns, and address the financial and structural aspects of the organization.

The Core Campaigns

The Nehemiah Oral History

Nehemiah Homes is one of the most successful affordable homeownership initiatives in NYC history. Learn how the initiative illuminates the past, inspires the present for the future.

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Opinion: Creedmoor Plan is a Chance for a New Generation to Call Queens Home

By Will Spisak and Rev. Carl Adair. • 16 Jul, 2024

Lots of people are talking about the state’s plan for 2,800 housing units at the Creedmoor site. Understandably, many life-long residents of the area fear that the project would change the character of the surrounding neighborhoods. Their parents or grandparents worked hard to buy homes in Glen Oaks Village or Hollis Hills: this new plan feels like a threat to their legacy.

Brownsville school receives major changes to its library due to student families voicing concern

By Katelynn Ulrich • 30 Jan, 2024

More than 100 repairs have been made in several district 23 schools. The total repairs by the end of this year will total to 168. It's part of $10 million from the city to make the changes. At P.S. 137 in Brownsville, the library received new flooring. Other fixes throughout the district include staircases, outdoor space and more. Students and families rallied together with the help of the East Brooklyn Congregations to get the changes made. "Some people may think they're little things but when you add all of them up you show our young people that we care about them. We want to have an environment where our young people can thrive," said Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Brooklyn Pastor Shaun J. Lee

Rally Backs Affordable Housing Initiative in Wingate

By BK Reader Staff • 25 Jan, 2024

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