He was friendly, warm and engaging, and had a wide and deep presence in New Haven, especially in Westville. He was president of the Friends of Edgewood Park, and he had a pilot’s license. In addition to English, he spoke German, French, Japanese, Bantu, and Swahili. He was an artist, a computer analyst with IBM, played flute and trombone, lived in Brussels, Belgium, and Bremen, Germany. Our condolences to his family and to his large community of friends. Semi Semi-Dikoko was born in Congo, worked in many countries and moved to New Haven in 1991. The success of the Pond Street Block Watch was one of the cornerstones of the city’s presentation when New Haven won the national All-America City designation in a competition in Mobile, Ala., in June 1998.īy Lucy Gellman, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Arts Paper The work they did together helped reduce crime in the Pond Street neighborhood, located on the Newhallville-Hamden line, to zero for 26 straight years. Williams and the block watch also collaborated with the Yale School of Forestry and the Black Student Alliance at Yale to plant daffodils throughout the neighborhood. “To me, Hazel embodied a Sister Warrior and Mother Earth!” “‘Fierce’ is the first word that comes to mind when I think of my dear friend Hazel,” who could be a “mom, aunt, sister all rolled up in one,” said friend Letitia Charles. She did not hold back,” but she always gave advice “in a caring, loving way.” “We have a lot of people who stand up and talk about it,” Vereen said. “She was a fierce advocate for people in the community standing up and taking ownership of their block,” and was adamant “that people should participate” in the political process, said Barbara Vereen, the city’s 20th Ward Democratic Committee co-chairwoman. Williams, founder of Newhallville’s Pond Street Block Watch, was a passionate advocate for neighbors taking responsibility for their neighborhoods, a gardener extraordinaire and - not to be minimized - master of all things baking and dessert-like. This is a brief description of the work he did and the causes he took on. #DEBRA PANZARELLA HOW TO#political prisoners, had a weekly show on CTV where he introduced viewers to activism, history and the current events of the day and taught them how to analyze, protested against nuclear power, was an AIDS-prevention activist and worked at the New Haven Needle Exchange Project, and when the pandemic began, he gave out masks, condoms, water bottles and gloves to people from his front porch. carried out - Panama, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc., demanded the release of Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal and all other U.S. In addition to his work in the Black Panther Party, he played a core role in New Haven’s struggle against apartheid in South Africa, organized many annual May Day celebrations on the New Haven Green, spoke out and organized against police brutality, was a supporter of Palestinian rights, demonstrated against the various wars, bombings and invasions the U.S. I’m going to train them to be activists while I have this chance.” He was a mentor to many and held steadfast to the principles of the original Black Panthers. “The students are here for only four years and then they go all over the world. In almost six decades, we have no doubt he touched the lives of tens of thousands of New Haven residents, activists and Yale students. Many, if not most, of PAR’s readers, worked with him on justice and community issues in New Haven. Phil Shay, will officiate.Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of George Edwards, an extraordinary and compassionate activist. And Bentley and William Allenbrand, Clarksville, Tn., a brother, Anthony (Diane) Allenbrand, Sinclairville, four sisters, Gail Rankin, Forestville, N.Y., Yvonne (Ronald) Karr, Jamestown, Cecil (Charles) Pacos, Brockton, N.Y., Dorothy Panzarella, Jamestown.Ī Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. and Rebecca Allenbrand, Long Island, N.Y., four grandchildren, Cameron and Sydney Eback, Cross Junction, Va. and Staff Sergeant John (Mindy) Allenbrand, Clarksville, Tn., three daughters, Jean (Nathan) Eback, Cross Junction, Va., Debra Allenbrand, Buffalo, N.Y. He is survived by his best friend and eternal love, Susanne Schweizer, whom he married on Augin Leon, two sons, Joseph Allenbrand, Winchester, Va. He was a member of South Stockton Wayside Chapel. on Jthe son of Aloysius and Helen Bancuski Allenbrand.ĭennis was a 1970 graduate of Cassadaga High School and was employed as a custodian at Sinclairville Elementary school for forty three years, where he was loved and respected by all and he retired in 2014. Tuesday (February 2, 2016) in WCA Hospital. Allenbrand, 66, of Sinclairville, died at 9:39 p.m.
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