Saturday in the Park: Music, food and fun at Canarsie Family Love Festival
Elected Officials and Community Leaders Join Families for a Day in the Park
On a beautiful, warm Saturday afternoon, Canarsie Park was filled with families enjoying a day of food, fun and music at the Canarsie Love Festival on Aug. 19. The event was organized by Debbie Tiamfook of the Foresee Community Outreach Center and her niece Tunisha Walker as part of Canarsie Strong, a neighborhood-based activist group.
Canarsie Strong was a grass-roots project formed in response to what Tiamfook called “sketchy and disrespectful homeowner assistance” from government agencies and certain charitable providers.
According to Tiamfook, “Foreclosures were rising, unemployment was up and relief was scant, so Canarsie Strong asked the banks to suspend foreclosure action and to waive mortgages for one year without penalty.”