As we kindle our Advent lights, we know that it is Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. We hold in our hearts and our prayers the whole House of Israel, who once again have been subjected to an unspeakable assault, this time in Sydney, Australia while celebrating their sacred holiday. May our lights brighten these dark times and our faith inspire us to turn our prayers to acts of friendship and solidarity with the Jewish People.

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On Wednesday, New Yorkers of all walks of life gathered to honor those lost in this weeks brutal and senseless mass shooting in midtown Manhattan. GNB was in attendance to offer its prayers, condolences, and love to the victims and their families. May those lost Rest in Peace, and may their families find solace and hope in these trying times.

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GodSquad Clergy Prayer Breakfast

A heartfelt thank you to all our Faith Leaders who gathered for the GodSquad Clergy Prayer Breakfast during this essential time of prayer for our world, nation, city, and organization. We had an amazing time in fellowship, worship, praise, and prayer. As we invoked the name of our Creator, a renewed wave of POWER swept through us, revitalizing our hearts and deepening our commitment to the work we’re called to do. The best is yet to come!

FLA Alumni Program

This weekend, we proudly kicked off our FLA Alumni Program with graduates from our Flatbush Leadership Academy. The program is designed to empower alumni to foster community connections, give back, and support the development of the next generation of FLA participants. At GodSquad, we are dedicated to cultivating leaders who will uplift our community and improve our world.

Calling all families and survivors of gun violence to join us for our Families for Safe Cities “Meet & Greet” this Saturday, October 19th. We are expanding our umbrella to provide support services, not only to mothers who have lost their children to gun violence, but fathers and siblings as well.

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Become A Mentor Today!

The time has come once again to seek the support of our clergy community in reaching out to potential mentors for our Flatbush Leadership Academy. We encourage you to share this with your networks and assist us in positively impacting the lives of our young people.

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Single Parents University Open Enrollment

Are you a single parent looking for support and tools to thrive? Join our Single Parent University cohort. We offer workshops, financial help, childcare, and community. We would love to help you invest in yourself and your family’s future!

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Upcoming Community Partner Events

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PTA Fun Run in Prospect Park

Join the Brooklyn PTA Fun Run on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10 AM. Bib pickup and pre-race activities will begin at 9:00 AM. The PTA Fun Run demonstrates the tremendous strength of our local public school communities. Parents, students, and educators run to collectively raise funds for our neediest schools and uplift the full school community. The Fun Run is a 3.3 mile loop, starting and finishing on the main park drive just outside the LeFrak Center. As a fun run, we welcome everyone– young, old, experienced and not, runners, walkers, strollers, tricycles, scooters, wheelchairs– all are invited to join! Please register here!

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As one of six children, born in Brownsville and raised in South Jamaica by a single mom who cleaned houses, Eric and his family did not always know if they would come home to an eviction notice on the front door or food on the table. And when he was beaten by police in the basement of a precinct house at 15, Eric faced a life-changing act of injustice.
But instead of giving into anger, Eric turned his pain into purpose and decided to change the police department from within. He joined the NYPD and became one of its most outspoken officers, calling out racism and bias in the department and pushing for major reforms.
As a founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, Eric would often police the streets in a bulletproof vest one day during the high-crime 1980’s and 1990’s and protest bad behavior by cops the next, marching side-by-side with his fellow civil rights advocates. He rose to the rank of captain, helping to build the first computerized system for tracking crime in the city, which led to historic gains in public safety.
Eric’s efforts to change policing began his lifelong work to improve and protect New York. From the NYPD, he moved on to the State Senate, where he represented sections of central and Brownstone Brooklyn. In Albany, Eric built winning coalitions to advance New York City’s values and goals, helping to push through measures to protect tenants and workers, combat gun violence, end the NYPD’s abuses of stop and frisk, and advance human rights — including marriage equality. He also became the first person of color to chair the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee.
Eric was then elected Brooklyn Borough President in 2013 by putting together a diverse coalition of Brooklynites to become the borough’s first Black leader. As the representative of one of the nation’s largest counties, Eric fought tirelessly to grow the local economy, invest in schools, reduce inequality, improve public safety, and advocate for smart policies and better government that delivers for all New Yorkers.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the city, Eric moved a mattress into his office and worked around the clock to deliver donated meals and PPE to essential workers and vulnerable New Yorkers, demanding government produce more equitable relief.
In addition to continuing to fight for struggling New Yorkers and a better quality of life for all, Eric became a national leader on public health policy after learning he had developed Type 2 diabetes. Following his diagnosis, Eric completely changed his diet and his body, reversing the disease and launching a personal mission to educate New Yorkers about preventative care and wellness. His work has already led to successful proactive public health efforts across the city and increased education in schools and with high-risk populations in lower-income areas, partnering with civic organizations and health experts.
Eric is a lifelong New Yorker. He received his master’s degree in public administration from Marist College, and is a graduate of New York City Technical College and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is also a proud product of New York City public schools, including Bayside High School in Queens. Today he lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where he has resided for over 20 years. Eric is the proud father of Jordan, an aspiring filmmaker and a graduate of American University.

Pastor Gil Monrose – Gilford Monrose is a pastor, philanthropist, and a proud husband and father, renowned for using his platform to bring together people of all backgrounds. Pastor Gil proves that a flourishing city is not a soulless one by bridging the gap between communities, congregations, government, and law enforcement in his everyday work as the Faith Advisor for the Mayor Eric Adams of New York City. He is appointed to expand the Center For Faith and Community Partnerships. This office sector builds bridges among City government, diverse religious communities and nonprofit organizations to better serve all New Yorkers.

“Leading, building, and promoting the awakening of a generation of socially conscious and free thinking leaders.”

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I use the serenity prayer…not always successfully, but it is helpful to consider

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference, living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; taking this world as it is and not as I would have it.

The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances (“things”) that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter. The written prayer has been alternatively attributed to the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), (his having claimed authorship, and its having been used in a 1943 sermon by him in Heath, Massachusetts, and thereafter), but also to Niebuhr colleague Winnifred Crane Wygal [Wikidata], who presented it March 1933, and again in a 1940 book (in the latter case attributing it to Niebuhr). Despite this history and confusion, William FitzGerald takes Wygal’s case, arguing sexism as the reason for misattribution, while Fred Shapiro’s work, with greater nuance, has alternated his conclusions, but presents both the messages that the “[o]rigin is debated” and Wygal as author in materials relating to the The New Yale Book of Quotations, published in 2021.

Regardless of origins, the prayer has achieved very wide distribution, appearing throughout church groups later in the 1930s, and in Alcoholics Anonymous and related organizational materials since at least 1941. Since at least the early 1960s, commercial enterprises such as Hallmark have used the prayer in its greeting cards and gift items. The prayer has also made its way into popular culture, including in works by Bill Watterson and Neil Young, and programming including True Detective.

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