Tag Archives: The Point CDC
Protesters oppose incinerator plans
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
Advocates say trash would be burned in poor neighborhoods Bronx community groups took to the streets of Manhattan on April 9th to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to test new garbage disposal technology they fear will end up hurting the South Bronx. Representatives from The Point CDC, Nos Quedamos, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice [...]
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New exhibition celebrates the Bronx
Posted on 06. Apr, 2012 by By Amora McDaniel .
Works by 32 artists show borough’s many sides at Freedman House Once known as the “home for poor millionaires,” an elegant mansion on the Grand Concourse has burst to glittering life as the home of a new art exhibit featuring 32 artists whose work meditates on the Bronx’s past and future. Connoisseurs and artists mixed [...]
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Hunts Point artists share ‘outsider’ theme
Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by Paul DeBenedetto.
An exhibition at Mott Haven’s BronxArtSpace gallery in August showed off the work of four local artists who have used different art forms to transcend stereotypes about people with disabilities. Jose Rivera grew up an orphan on the streets of San Juan. At the age of 14 he enrolled at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, [...]
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South Bronx celebrates Earth Day in the rain
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Hundreds streamed into St. Mary’s Park for the fourth annual South Bronx Earth Fest on April 16 for music, dancing and educational events, but one thing was clear: the environment was center stage. Green-themed games abounded, such as a Butterfly Project table, where kids crawled around while learning about butterfly habitats, and Materials for the [...]
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Grant promises unemployed 300 'green jobs'
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
The recipient of a $4 million federal grant is promising that 300 unemployed residents of Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris will find jobs under a new training program for “green” jobs. The Consortium for Worker Education will use the money to establish a Center for Environmental Workforce Training to teach both [...]
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Neighborhood voices: Urban farming NYC
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
Check out this video about the growing movement in the South Bronx and beyond! Featured in the video are The Point CDC, Bissel Gardens, Friends of Brook Park, Part of the Solution, Brotherhood / Sister Sol, slides courtesy of the Majora Carter Group, Bascom Catering, and more!
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South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront
Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will be used to build the South Bronx Greenway and open it to the public within three years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in March. The greenway [...]
