Sixteen months ago, I organized a forum to reflect the frustration of everyday Bed-Stuy longtimers, especially tenants being priced out of their apartments, often by absentee landlords using subterfuge to get them out. Walking through the neighborhood with fliers, I urged residents to come to Brooklyn College, where I teach, for a panel I called Bed-Stuy in Crisis. I stopped by area churches, like Siloam and Concord, and asked congregants to come, even though the campus is considered the far reaches of the city by many central Brooklynites.