Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Shelley Worrell, CaribBEING

Shelley is on a mission to make Caribbean culture in Flatbush, Brooklyn, an official affair—which, in everything but name, it has been for a long time. Starting in the 60s and 70s, immigrants from all 28 Caribbean countries began to move in large numbers to Flatbush and Crown Heights; to celebrate and showcase these diverse cultures into a single idea, Worrell coined the name and non-profit, CaribBEING. Through film series, arts and culture programming, and a new solar-powered CaribBE