🌱 Nets Distribute Thanksgiving Meals + Protest For Equality

Happy Monday, people of Ditmas Park-Flatbush! Here's what's going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Occasional morning rain. High: 52 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

1. A man from Flatbush, Christopher Marshall, 39, died 10 days after being hit by a car in Brownsville. (New York Daily News)
2. The Nets distributed 2,000 Thanksgiving meals to Brooklyn families struggling with food insecurity on Saturday, including in Flatbush. (NetsDaily)
3. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law on Saturday to make a temporary food supply program permanent. The program has helped sustain 4,000 farms and distributed 17 million pounds of food to food pantries across New York State. (Gothamist)
4. Around 350 protestors gathered at Barclays Center on Friday night, following Kyle Rittenhouse's full acquittal. The march across the Brooklyn Bridge was attended by Equality For Flatbush. (Gothamist)
5. The Central Brooklyn Lions Club urges people with diabetes to eat healthier, as they commemorate Diabetes Awareness Month this November. (Caribbean Life)

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Today in Ditmas Park-Flatbush:

• Community Board 14 Human Services Committee meeting (6:30 p.m.)
• Dance N Drip at Empress Cece (7:30 p.m.)
• Alternative Thanksgiving dance class (8 p.m.)

Ditmas Park-Flatbush Patch Notebook

• Prospect Park: "It doesn’t get more scenic than a stroll in the park on a November day. #PhotoOfTheWeek by @rachelschwartzmann" (Instagram)
• Life Of Hope held their open house soirée over the weekend. (Twitter)
• It's the 10th Year Anniversary of the Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club honoring "unbought & unbossed" leaders, according to Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn. (Twitter)

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