Star of Brooklyn: Terrance Stroud
FORMER PRESIDENT, BROOKLYN AVENUE BLOCK ASSOCIATION
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: College is often the starting point for many an activist’s careers in civic service and this was true for East Flatbush native Terrance Stroud, who started a chapter of the NAACP in 2000, during his time studying at Brooklyn College. The local branch of the national civil rights organization flourished under his leadership, winning national awards, and may soon be reactivated by current students, with his help.
Since then, Stroud, 38, has graduated from law school, led the Brooklyn Avenue Block Association, joined the Community Board 17 Land Use Committee to fight outsized development and promote downzoning, and joined political education nonprofit P2O, also known as Political Power Through Organizing.