Oral History Archive

Filtering by community activism back to all
Keith Suber
Community activist and reformed gang member
April Leong
Founder and principal of Coney Island's Liberation Diploma Plus High School
Ronald Stewart
Community activist and resident of Coney Island for more than 50 years
Lolita Divilova
Community Board 13 member and Brightwater Towers homeowner and board member
Tim Law
Bilingual educator and founder of Chinese American Social Services Center in Bensonhurst
Pamela Pettyjohn
Longtime Coney Island resident and president of Coney Island Beautification Project
Angela Kravtchenko
Architect who is a Coney Island resident and a community activist
Sofya Lobova
A longtime resident of Haber Houses and leader of the Russian-speaking community
Ansen Tang
Director of United Chinese Association of Brooklyn in Bensonhurt, Dyker Heights, and Sheepshead Bay
Stanislav Baev
Coney Island resident and founder of the not-for-profit American Alliance for Protection of Animals
Abby Jordan
Growing up Latina in Brighton Beach with a special connection to nature and the ocean
Karen Dawn Blondel
Environmental justice organizer who was born in Coney Island and raised here in the 1960s and '70s
Mathylde Frontus
On growing up in Coney Island and founding the nonprofit Urban Neighborhood Services
Grace Lo
Homeowner and community activist in Coney Island's West End for almost 30 years
Shirley Aikens
Community activist and president of the Carey Gardens Tenants Association
Ted Enoch
Partnerships for Parks' Catalyst community specialist on waterfront parks along Coney Island Creek
Georganna Deas
Coney Island resident Georganna Deas has spent forty years advocating for a better Coney Island
Lou Powsner
Coney Island businessman and neighborhood activist