The 300 East 5th Street Block Association's Seed to Table project brings neighbors out in Kensington.
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March 13, 2013 | Bronx Free Press
“The Bronx was highlighted in a sense that night,” said Thompkins, who was honored for her outstanding leadership efforts in her neighborhood before approximately 600 guests. “I went to that event understanding its full scope, the mission of Citizens Committee and the importance of it,” she added. “Had they not funded us, there are a lot of things we would not have been able to do.” Read more...
Bronx Crime Fighter Starts Anti-Violence Groups
March 1, 2013 | WNBC: The Debrief with David Ushery
"To organize, however, you need some [money]. Citizens Committee helped us do that, that was our first grant. And with that, we were able to create youth workshops, because we engage and embrace our youth, we don't let them go. We don't disregard the people in the community, we include everyone in it." Read more...
February 24, 2013 | Daily News
Cynthia Thompkins, 56, gathered about 40 residents to form a neighborhood association, organized walks for peace through dangerous streets, launched a women’s anti-violence group and in June, was elected president of the 46th Precinct Community Council. This Monday, Thompkins’ efforts to improve her community will be honored by the Citizens Committee of New York City. Read more...
A Little Red Beacon for Immigrant Laborers Shines On in Bensonhurst
February 18, 2013 | New York Times
In the post-Hurricane Sandy period, New York’s immigrant day laborers have emerged as a vital resource. The mold and detritus might not have been cleared away without them, and the rebuilding process has once again sent residents clamoring for their muscle power. Few realize, however, that one of the most established day labor resources in the region was nearly toppled by the storm, at the moment when it would be needed the most. Read more...
In New York City Housing Projects, a Call for Environmental Help
January 2, 2013 | New York Times
In 2009, when Ms. Paniagua decided to plant gardens on the lawns at the Manhattanville Houses, she said, she had no idea that the process of getting permits and financing would take almost three years. She and others working with her ended up turning to a nonprofit group, Citizens Committee for New York City, for the $3,000 they needed for gardening supplies. Read more...
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Claremont Park Blooms With Help from Longtime Volunteer
April 23, 2013 | DNAinfo
Beginning in the late 1990s, [Debra Myers] shifted her activism to Claremont Park and other local green spaces, which she believes function as community hubs that unite residents, promote healthy living and keep kids out of trouble and full of local pride. Myers enlisted neighborhood volunteers to help remove trash and weeds, paint benches and plant flowers, eventually forming the group Friends of Claremont Park and the Mount Eden Malls. Read more...
March 3, 2013 | New York Times
The Citizens Committee for New York City held an awards dinner for 450 guests at Gotham Hall. The organization provides grants of as much as $3,000 to low-income groups to help improve their communities. The grants are awarded to resident-led volunteer community groups to design and implement their own neighborhood projects. Read more...
One Group's Plight to Rebuild Sustainably After Sandy
January 13, 2013 | Care2
Despite being housed in a badly damaged building, YANA and its volunteers have continued to provide hot meals, free medical treatment and legal counseling, acting as a donation distribution site and even training and dispatching canvassers and construction/demolition crews throughout the peninsula. Read more...
CSI Student Takes Student Relief Into His Own Hands
January 7, 2013 | CUNY Newswire
Spears, a sophomore Political Science major at CSI, took a look around Staten Island the day after Sandy struck and decided to start his own grassroots organization to help demolish homes that were terribly damaged by Sandy in order to expedite the rebuilding efforts. Read more...