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Life is Precious Fest

Published: July 22, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: August 2, 2025
Where: Walt L. Shamel Community Garden

Address: 1095 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216, United States

Where life is precious, life is precious." — Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Mia Vasquez, an esteemed member of the Brooklyn Public Library’s Jail Services team and a native New Yorker, has struggled to make rent for the past year, in part because the library is overly dependent on non-union, part-time labor. In an attempt to combat precarity, and keep our friend housed, we’re throwing them a good old-fashioned rent party!

There will be...

Suggested donation $5-15 venmo @VasquezMia

No one turned away due to lack of funds

More info to come!

Time: 2:00-8:00 pm EDT

Free!

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