October 30, 2024
Subject: Reference for Howard Brandstein, Executive Director of Sixth Street Community Center
Dear Sixth Street Community Center Board of Directors:
I am pleased to write this letter affirming my support and recognition of Howard Brandstein, the Executive Director of the Sixth Street Community Center, with whom I have had the pleasure of collaborating since 1994. I first became acquainted with Howard when I joined the Center as a full-time tenant on the third floor, serving as the Director of Earth Celebrations.
Over the past three decades, I have continually been impressed by Howard’s unwavering commitment to initiatives that address the vital needs of our community, such as urban environmental advocacy, support for community gardens, affordable housing, sustainable agriculture, and other challenges that confront the Lower East Side neighborhood .
Howard’s professionalism in managing a multi-use space-home to a variety of groups with diverse missions and activities-has always been exemplary. Since 2020, Earth Celebrations has rented space at the Sixth Street Community Center for our Ecological City: Art & Climate Solution Workshops, which run from March through May each year. Howard’s steadfast dedication, leadership, and reliability have been instrumental to the success of our workshops and other projects. He is not only a highly respected figure at the Sixth Street Community
Center, but also a valued pillar in the broader community, tirelessly supporting initiatives that contribute to the well-being and vitality of the Lower East Side.
Please feel free to contact me at your convenience if you require additional information about my experiences working with Howard. I am confident in recommending him as a dedicated and impactful leader.
Warm regards,
Felicia Young
Executive Director, Earth Celebrations