🌱 How Brownsville’s past school battles shape today’s fight for community control

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In today's newsletter:

• How Brownsville’s past school battles shape today’s fight for community control

Also on today's calendar: Learn about Bone Health After Injury or Surgery with HSS! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Tony requested we not pronounce his name backwards, why? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 86 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 61.
• Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 79 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Black Brooklyn Fighting for Community Control (ourtimepress.com) — Brownsville residents are invited into a larger Black Brooklyn conversation on displacement, gentrification, and who controls neighborhood institutions, highlighted by Ocean Hill-Brownsville’s legacy. A June 18 panel at the Center for Brooklyn History will gather local organizers, authors, and former students to explore community control, housing justice, and strategies to protect historically Black neighborhoods.
   

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📸 Around Brownsville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brownsville

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday June 10

• Learn about Bone Health After Injury or Surgery with HSS! →
  6:30 pm

Wednesday June 17

• Classic Design Luncheon & Lecture: Beyond Blue and White with Genevieve Wheeler-Brown →
  Jay Heritage Center, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  11:30 am

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Other local events

Monday June 8

• 8th Grade Senior Trip 6 Flags
  Is 68 Isaac Bildersee Brooklyn, NY 11236

Wednesday June 10

• Regents Scoring/PBAT Day: No Classes
  Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Lrning Sch Brooklyn, NY 11203

Thursday June 11

• NYCOB Crew Olympics
  Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Lrning Sch Brooklyn, NY 11203

Friday June 12

• Theme day rep your flag
  Is 68 Isaac Bildersee Brooklyn, NY 11236
• School Carnival
  High School for Medical Professions Football Field
  8:00 am

Tuesday June 16

• KHELS: PTA Elections 2026-27 School Year
  Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Lrning Sch Zoom, Virtual Meeting
  5:00 pm
• Honor roll & 8th grade awards celebration
  Is 68 Isaac Bildersee Brooklyn, NY 11236
  6:00 pm
• Regents Administration (No exams will be held on June19)
  Nyc Geog Dist #32 - Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 11221
  8:00 pm

Friday June 19

• Drone Lab + Open Projector →
  Delight Factory, 303 Saratoga Ave
  8:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• Project Sunshine Play-A-Thon →
  Chelsea Piers Field House - Brooklyn, 601 Dean St
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Museum Gets $48M Green Energy Upgrade (bkreader.com)
• Brooklyn Entrepreneurs Can Compete For $450K in Funding (bkreader.com)
• 5 hidden dining gems to try while in NYC for FIFA World Cup (nydailynews.com)

New York

• Kylie Jenner's Turks and Caicos Wardrobe Gave Me a Serious Case of Wanderlust (harpersbazaar.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Y-not?! (Thank you Terry N. for sending it in!)
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