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SUMMARY:Exhibit: The Shirley Chisholm Way: Brooklyn's Blueprint for Chang
 e
DESCRIPTION:Join Prospect Park Alliance and Shirley Chisholm Cultural Ins
 titute (SCCI) for a new exhibit that explores how Brooklyn’s beloved dau
 ghter broke down gender and racial barriers to fight for her community\,
  becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress. \nThe exhibit is or
 ganized around seven life lessons drawn from Chisholm’s tenacious career
 . It features stunning portraits of Chisholm by artist Al Johnson and ra
 rely seen photographs and memorabilia from the Congresswoman’s campaigns
 \, curated by Barbara Bullard\, Creative Producer and President of SCCI.
  These materials offer inspirational insights into how Brooklyn’s belove
 d daughter broke down gender and racial barriers to become the first Bla
 ck woman to serve in Congress. This exhibit provides visitors with a spa
 ce to reflect on Chisholm’s legacy as Prospect Park Alliance welcomes th
 e installation of a new monument in her honor at the Parkside and Ocean 
 Avenue entrance in 2027. \nThe exhibit\, curated by Barbara Bullard\, Cu
 ltural Producer and President of the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute
 \, is part of Prospect Park Alliance’s ReImagine Lefferts initiative\, w
 hich is transforming the museum to explore the legacies of resistance an
 d resilience of the Indigenous people of Lenapehoking\, whose unceded an
 cestral lands the park and house rests upon\, and Africans who were ensl
 aved by the Lefferts family. \nThe Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute (
 SCCI) has been at the forefront of art\, culture\, and justice and econo
 mic sustainability since 1977\, with the official permission and partici
 pation of Congresswoman Chisholm herself in its inception and developmen
 t. Its purpose is to preserve the legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisho
 lm through the initiatives cultivated during her public service career w
 ith 21st century activism and innovation. SCCI is aligned with grassroot
 s groups and frontline communities through creating substantive communit
 y-based partnership and collaboration along with strategic interoperativ
 e relation\n\nhttps://www.prospectpark.org/event/the-shirley-chisholm-wa
 y-brooklyns-blueprint-for-change/2026-06-13/
URL:https://www.prospectpark.org/event/the-shirley-chisholm-way-brooklyns
 -blueprint-for-change/2026-06-13/
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