Located in Fort Greene, the Pratt Area Community Council is working to build an equitable, diverse and engaged community in Central Brooklyn. As a community development corporation the PACC operates on a number of fronts, including the preservation of safe and affordable housing; supporting local businesses to ensure vibrant economic activity; and informing, galvanizing and organizing community members in order to work toward common goals. To this end, the organization is responsible for sponsoring a number of workshops and education fairs for all members of the community.
Run out of a Park Slope brownstone, the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is a nonprofit organization in supportof war tax resistance. The organization has over 45 national and local affiliate organizations across the country and has meetings twice a year.
Prospect Hill Senior Services is a day center for senior citizens. Here, attendees can participate in activities ranging from yoga, painting classes and computer classes to field trips and Friday movies. Breakfast and lunch is served. The center is sponsored by and housed in St. John-St. Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church.
Partnership With Children is a community-based organization that is dedicated to the mental and emotional well-being of New York City's population of at-risk children and youth. In this school-based program, full-time social workers are on hand to provide counseling and emotional support to children and their families in order to prevent the potentialities of substance abuse and incarceration. The program has also garnered accolades for its work in raising awareness about the bullying epidemic facing city schools.