BROOKLYN-USA.ORG BROOKLYN & BEYOND Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office Helping to cut the ribbon on a 13-foot-tall bronze statue of Marvel Comics superhero Captain America, who described himself as “just a kid from Brooklyn,” Borough President Adams proclaimed “Marvel’s Captain America Day” in Brooklyn at the dedication ceremony in the Children’s Corner at Prospect Park. 25 Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams and The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, held a candlelight vigil in Grand Army Plaza with police officers, interfaith leaders, and community members in the wake of acts of violence nationwide, including two men fatally shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota as well as five Dallas law enforcement officers killed during a protest of Around Brooklynpolice-involved shootings. With Borough President Adams Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams kicked off September’s observance of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in Brooklyn alongside Council Members Laurie A. Cumbo (right) and Rafael Espinal, Jr. (second from right) as well as members of local Lions Club chapters and Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer (T.E.A.L.). Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams greeted Brooklynites marching in his Unity Parade of Flags, featuring scores of diverse New Yorkers from more than 80 countries who carried the flags of 195 nations down Fulton Mall, to kick off his 3rd annual International Day of Friendship celebration in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo Credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams celebrated Caribbean culture with young costumed dancers and local revelers at the West Indian American Day Parade along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights. Photo Credit: Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn BP’s Office Borough President Adams helped commemorate the preservation of the Fort Greene Council’s site for the Grace Agard Harewood Senior Center and Young Minds Day Care in Clinton Hill; the non-profit organization, which has served the community for more than 40 years, was at risk of not having its lease renewed, leading to him and a coalition of local elected officials, headed by Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, advocating for two years on their behalf.
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