The stars came out to receive their awards, and they were all Brooklyn stars. CAMBA's Small Business Services (SBS) program saluted local business owners in its first annual Brooklyn Entrepreneur Awards event, Celebrating Brooklyn Entrepreneurship . The presentation on May 31 ^st at BRIC in downtown Brooklyn highlighted the accomplishments of the entrepreneurs who have advanced their businesses and achieved success with the support of SBS and our partner nonprofits, including Business Outreach Center (BOC), the Brooklyn Public Library, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the Center for Family Life and the Local Development Corporation of East New York (LDCNY).

Attendees saw a video highlighting CAMBA's efforts in its earliest days to support local business owners, and the most recent success stories of the SBS program. The honorees, as selected by CAMBA and its partners:

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation honored Kate Henderson and Darrin Defeo of Bed Stuy Acupuncture & Message Therapy ; the Brooklyn Public Library honored Anyanwu Glanville of The Human Root ; BOC honored Laci Chisholm of Fit4Dance ; CAMBA’s Small Business Services honored Julian Pierre founder of Jtees Printing ; the Center for Family Life honored the Worker Owned Cooperative of the Year, Brightly Cleaning ; and LDCNY honored   Angela Price of The Black Cake Company .

BIVO (Brownsville In, Violence Out) continued is public awareness campaign June 1 by organizing the community in a show of linked hands across its catchment area along Rockaway Avenue. Holding "All Hands Matter" orange towels, more than 100 people joined Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel stretching from Pitkin to New York Avenues.