Families Rally for Trayvon
Some 2,000 demonstrators attended the Million Hoodie March in Union Square to demand justice for Trayvon Martin – and protection for their own kids.
Place: Manhattan
via Voices of NY
Hunger Strikers Unite For Tibet
Three men have consumed nothing except water since beginning their protest in front of United Nations on Lo-sar — the Tibetan New Year — on Feb. 22.
via 219 West
Beyond 9/11: Terrorism 101
Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice is at the center of merging the study of terrorism and the training of future law enforcement officials.
via City Limits
Giving Citizens a Budgeting Voice
Residents of four City Council districts will soon vote on how to spend $1 million in their communities as part of a pilot program called participatory budgeting.
via New York Daily News
Anti-Gang Program is a SNUG Fit
Operation SNUG uses mentoring by former gang members and activities like basketball to help steer young men away from street violence.
via DNAinfo.com
Putting the Hudson River to the Test
Hudson River users are testing the waters for contaminants in the wake of July's sewage treatment plant fire in Harlem.
City Tunes in to TV Tourism
New York's cachet as the home of shows from "Seinfeld" to "Gossip Girls" helped drive a record 48 million visitors to the city last year.
via The Villager
Soho Cake Boss is a Mover and Baker
Ron Ben-Israel is set to return for a new season of the Food Network's "Sweet Genius."