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Nina Rivera Designs Digital Billboard Against Youth Violence
This morning, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn joined with the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Jeanne Mullgrav and The Center to Prevent Youth Violence (CPYV) at MTV studios in Times Square to unveil a new digital billboard, designed by Bronx teen Nina Rivera to promote SPEAK UP NYC, a citywide youth violence prevention program funded by the City Council.
Espaillat Votes For Marriage Equality
Shortly after 10:30 pm tonight, the New York State Senate passed marriage equality by a 33 – 29 vote. After voting “Yes” on the legislation, Senator Adriano Espaillat (D – Manhattan/Bronx) released the following statement:...
The New York Community Trust Awards $4.7M In Competitive Grants
The New York Community Trust, the largest private funder of City nonprofits, has made the following grants. The next round will be announced later this year in October. ...Renaming The Food Stamps Program
Anti-hunger advocates in New York want to change the name of the food stamps program to help avoid the stigma of receiving the benefit for the poor and working poor....Bronx Rally Against Same-Sex Marriage
Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. and Radio Vision Cristiana, a New Jersey-based Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts religious programming, are planning a march in opposition to the legalization of same-sex marriage....
A Fresh Start For Men Serving Time On Rikers Island
Nationwide, the unemployment rate for all formerly incarcerated individuals is an astonishing 66 percent. In one program operated out of Rikers Island, however, the unemployment rate for its graduates at one year after their release is more than cut in half—to 29 percent....
Bronx Japanese Relief Bake Sale
We teach kindergarten at Santa Maria School in Bronx, NY. Our students have been learning about Japanese culture and recently discussed ways to help Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake and the tsunami....South Bronx: Highest US Hunger Rates
A new poll finds the city still has the hungriest congressional districts in the nation....
Protest Of Immigrant Contractors Deal
Leaders of the South Bronx Community Congress plan a protest at the Jerome Avenue gate of Woodlawn Cemetery tomorrow, Thursday, February 17, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., during an emergency meeting of the Woodlawn Cemetery Board of Directors....Bronx Organization To Receive Funds
Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in the South Bronx has been awarded a Space for Change Planning and Pre-Development Grant to help translate its vision for an exemplary art space into a buildable plan....New York's HOPE Survey
The Department of Homeless Services is counting down to the seventh annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) survey on January 31, 2011....
LGBTQ Runaway & Homeless Youth
In commemoration of National Runaway Prevention Month, the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav is hosting a series of forums in the five boroughs designed to build support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth....
Stop Domestic Violence Event
Hundreds of New Yorkers will climb the 756 steps of 1411 Broadway at 39th Street on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 6:45 p.m. to help raise awareness of the problem of domestic abuse and demonstrate support for battered women in New York....Children With Incarcerated Parents
For the first time in state history, a coalition of government agencies and family advocacy groups convened on Monday, November 15, at New York Law School, to develop a strategic plan to address the needs of the more than 100,000 children in New York who have an incarcerated parent....SUS Kicks Off Their Holiday Gift Drive
Services for the UnderServed (SUS), a non-profit agency serving homeless New Yorkers for more than 30 years, will kick off its 2010 Annual Holiday Gift Project drive at this year’s Veterans Day Parade....
5th Annual Comité Noviembre
The Artisan Fair & Exhibit was established in 2006, in celebration of Comité Noviembre's, 20th anniversary. Over 40 artesanos puertorriqueños from throughout the US and Puerto Rico participated and the event boasted an attendance of over 5000 people in this very first Fair. Last year's Fair continued to exceed CN's expectations with over 60 artisans participating and a steady 5,000 people....Community Care Center Opens In Bronx
The grand opening of the Bronx Community Care Service, offering low-income families state-sponsored health insurance programs for children, attracted community members to a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. The event also featured various activities for children....
What Is National Coming Out Day?
National Coming Out Day is an internationally observed awareness day that recognizes and celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and their supporting communities: families, friends, and work colleagues....Anti-Defamation League Statement
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed outrage at the violent, brutal torture of a gay man in the Bronx....
Former Hooker Teaches In The Bronx
Would you be happy if you learned that your elementary-grade kids are being schooled by a former sex worker?...
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