Past Events

Black History Month BBQ

Sumner Senior Club will be holding a BBQ marking the end of Black History Month with a celebration on February 28th 1PM – 3PM…

Sumner Senior Club 862 Park Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11206

Intergenerational Day of Service

Achievement First Ujima High School is participating in a day of service with RiseBoro on February 28th 10AM – 2PM with 50 students. We will assign the student volunteers among five RiseBoro locations. Those locations are 9 Noll Street, 518 Bushwick Avenue, 535 Bushwick Avenue, 319 Stanhope Street, and…

Student volunteers have been assigned to their location

Annual Knickerbocker Tree Lighting!

Council Member Gutierrez and Council Member Nurse are proud to host the annual tree lighting ceremony. The first tree will light up at Knickerbocker Plaza and the second tree at Maria Hernandez Park. We will meet at Knickerbocker Plaza at 6 pm and will have a parade to…

Knickerbocker Plaza

¡Calabazafest! En Espanol

CalabazaFest!: una fiesta de disfraces para toda la familia ¿Estás listo para una fiesta de disfraces colorida, al aire libre y gratuita que celebra el Día de Muertos, Halloween y las tradiciones de los festivales de la cosecha? ¡Entonces no te pierdas ¡CalabazaFest!, el evento del año en Bushwick! Este…

RiseBoro Youth Center at 1474 Gates Ave, Brooklyn NY

¡CalabazaFest!

RiseBoro Community Partnership is proud to present the Thirteenth edition of ¡CalabazaFest!, the colorful, outdoor, cross-cultural, family-friendly, fun and free costume party celebrating Day of the Dead, Halloween, and harvest festival traditions. Sunday October 29th 2023 11:00 am – 4:00 pm ¡CalabazaFest! has become an eagerly-awaited…

RiseBoro Youth Center at 1474 Gates Ave, Brooklyn NY

Gala 2023

Join us for a special 50th Anniversary Gala! Register now! As CEO of RiseBoro Community Partnership, I couldn’t be more excited for a very special Gala this year, as we celebrate 50 years in the community for good! Since 1973, RiseBoro has fought to ensure all New Yorkers have…

Weylin (formerly Williamsburgh Savings Bank) 175 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY

¡Calabazafest! 2022

RiseBoro Community Partnership is proud to present the twelfth edition of ¡CalabazaFest!, the colorful, outdoor, cross-cultural, family-friendly, fun and free costume party celebrating Day of the Dead, Halloween, and harvest festival traditions. ¡CalabazaFest! has become an eagerly-awaited highlight of autumn in Bushwick, bringing together local community and arts organizations, all…

Maria Hernandez Park, Bushwick, Brooklyn (Rain location RiseBoro Youth Center, 1474 Gates Ave)

¡Calabazafest! En Espanol

RiseBoro Community Partnership se enorgullece en presentar la duodécima edición de ¡CalabazaFest!, la fiesta de disfraces colorida, al aire libre, intercultural, familiar, divertida y gratuita que celebra el Día de los Muertos, Halloween y las tradiciones del festival de la cosecha. ¡CalabazaFest! se ha convertido en un punto culminante muy…

Parque María Hernández, Bushwick, Brooklyn ((Ubicación de lluvia RiseBoro Youth Center, 1474 Gates Ave)

Gala 2022

Join us for our annual Gala! Our theme this year is Building Connections So That All Can Thrive. Register now! At RiseBoro Community Partnership, our mission is to unleash the power of communities to thrive, no matter the odds. We know we can’t do that alone which is why our…

Weylin (formerly Williamsburgh Savings Bank) 175 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY

¡Calabazafest!

RiseBoro Community Partnership is proud to present the triumphant return of ¡CalabazaFest!, the colorful outdoor, cross-cultural, family-friendly, fun and free costume party celebrating the season and Day of the Dead, Halloween, and harvest festival traditions. ¡CalabazaFest! has become an eagerly-awaited highlight of autumn in Bushwick, bringing together local community and…

Maria Hernandez Park, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Gala 2021

Join us for our annual Gala! Our theme this year is Equity Across NYC Neighborhoods. Help us build a city where your zip code does not determine your health outcomes, housing stability or economic power. Registration details coming soon! Register now! Gala 2021 Sponsorship Opportunities!…

Domino Park, Brooklyn NY

Hope Gardens COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic

NYC is coming back stronger with COVID-19 vaccines! RiseBoro is offering free vaccines Wed. July 21 – Fri. July 23, 8 AM – 6 PM at Hope Gardens Senior Center (195 Linden St.) for NYC residents aged 12 and older. No appointment needed.

Hope Gardens Senior Center, 195 Linden Street

Babies Can’t Wait Mayoral Forum

RiseBoro is proud to partner with Power of Two to host the “Babies Can’t Wait” Mayoral Forum on the issues affecting children and families in New York City. The nonpartisan forum will be virtual and run in a moderated Q&A format where candidates will engage in a conversation with Power…

Facebook Live

Volunteer with RiseBoro: Meals on Wheels

Give back by volunteering with RiseBoro Community Partnership's Meals on Wheels Program! RiseBoro packages and delivers over 1,300 meals per day, and we need volunteers to help with meal packaging.

Borinquen Plaza Senior Center at 80 Seigel Street between Graham Ave and Manhattan Ave

2021 NY1 Mayoral Forum

This Thursday, tune into NY1.com  to watch 8 of the leading Democratic Mayoral candidates discuss an issue that is central to the lives of all New Yorkers: housing—everything from development, to public housing, to the homelessness crisis. The 2021 Mayoral Forum on Housing and Homelessness, will air on ny1.com,…

NY1 or NY1 Website

Adult Literacy Workshop

Interested in learning English and/or getting your High School Equivalency Diploma? Join RiseBoro and Apna Brooklyn Community Center for an Adult Literacy Workshop on Thursday, February 11, 12 PM on Apna Brooklyn’s Facebook Live.

Facebook Live

Right to a Roof Launch

A virtual rally calling for a bold new approach with policies and priorities that reject austerity, end homelessness, promote racial equity, and prioritize housing opportunities for those with the most need.

Facebook Live

Cooking with Chef Nikki

Virtual RB Kitchen presents Cooking with Chef Nikki. On October 23, join us at 12 PM for Cooking With Chef Nikki (English session), a weekly cooking demonstration with RiseBoro Culinary Educator, Nikki Warsop-Lindo. The demos will alternate between English and Spanish, every other Friday. Only on our Facebook Live.

Facebook Live

Community Healing & Housing Justice

Join Mirtha Santana, VP of RB Empowerment, at Powering Up with Power of Two, where she’ll talk with Erasma-Beras Monticciolo, Co-Founder + Exec. Dir. of Power of Two to discuss the history of housing inequalities in NYC, the impacts of housing insecurity on children and families, and steps our communities…

Facebook Live