Exhibit Opening: The Shirley Chisholm Way: Brooklyn's Blueprint for Change

CelebrateThe Shirley Chisholm Way: Brooklyn’s Blueprint for Change, a new exhibit exploring Shirley Chisholm’s legacy. Curated by Barbara Bullard, cultural producer and SCCI President, this exhibit explores how Brooklyn’s beloved daughter broke down gender and racial barriers to fight for her community, becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

The Shirley Chisholm Way is part of Prospect Park Alliance’s ReImagine Lefferts initiative, which is transforming the museum to explore the legacies of resistance and resilience of the Indigenous people of Lenapehoking, whose unceded ancestral lands the park and house rests upon, and Africans who were enslaved by the Lefferts family.

The Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute (SCCI) has been at the forefront of art, culture and justice and economic sustainability since 1977, with the official permission and participation of Congresswoman Chisholm herself in its inception and development. Its purpose is to preserve the legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm through the initiatives cultivated during her public service career with 21st century activism and innovation. SCCI is aligned with grassroots groups and frontline communities through creating substantive community-based partnership and collaboration along with strategic intraoperative relationships with leaders of governmental, and mainstream organizations.

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