CitizensNYC Blog
Cooking at Home with Zach Engel
Grab your cutting board and ready your spice rack as James Beard Award winning chef, Zach Engel, teaches you one of his favorite recipes for his delicious shakshukah! Joining him is longtime friend and NYC food writer, Jake Cohen, as the two discuss their love of food and community.
Citizens Committee Summer Sessions: Strings with Soul
Enjoy a musical performance right in your living room featuring the ever so talented Brandee Younger, and jazz bassist Dezron Douglas. Celebrate the musical artistry NYC has to offer and hear from our Grantee Partner and founder of IAH Studio, Iymaani Abdul-Hamid, on the important impact artists have in our communities.
CitizensNYC Summer Sessions: Enjoy Wine Like an Expert
Grab a glass of your fav Rosé, Cab, or Chard and hear from our diverse panel of master somms and industry leaders, featuring wine mavens Anna-Christina Cabrales, Keith Goldston, and Scott Gould. Learn their Do's and Don'ts as they help you navigate wine and its changing hospitality landscape like an insider.
Stories Project: Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario
Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario has worked alongside several non-profit organization before creating her own, Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE).
Stories Project: Rodney Deas
Rodney Deas, aka "Radio Rahim" is a long-time activist in Brooklyn. He has been in the entertainment industry for decades, involved in radio and producing; he was involved in the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement and co-founded the Paul Robeson Freedom School in Bedford Stuyvesant.
Stories Project: Anthony Posada
Anthony Posada is an artist, activist, and lawyer. Aside from his job as public defender at the Legal Aid Society, he is the founder of Project Attica, an organization devoted to engaging youth and under-served communities in social justice issues through art-based activities.