CBH Talk | The Honorable Ed Towns in Conversation with Deputy Borough President Kim Council

For five decades former Congressman Ed Towns stood at the center of Brooklyn change as the first African American Deputy Borough president (1976 – 1982) and U.S. Representative for New York’s 10th congressional district (1983 – 2013). Representing historically Black neighborhoods including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Crown Heights, during his decades of public service Towns focused on improving his constituents’ access to affordable housing, education, and healthcare and witnessed the borough’s revitalization, social justice actions, and evolving racial dynamics. Join us as the former Congressman reflects on this history in a conversation led by Deputy Borough President Kim Council with greetings by Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver-Durrah and a special musical performance by Diana Solomon-Glover.