January 2021

Before 2020 ended, Magnolia Tree Earth Center broke ground for expansion.  The Center is the brainchild of environmental activist Hattie Carthan.

The story goes that in the 1960s, Carthan was on the bus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn when she noticed a lovely, tall magnolia tree.  As an admirer of the tree, she led a group of community residents to save this rare evergreen when it was threatened to be destroyed by nearby construction. 

Happy New Year Grassroots Wire readers!

As we try to forget a terrible 2020, let’s remember an important, untaught history lesson and the landmark document that delivered one of the most important developments in world history.