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"They might as well
have held the 61st
Grammy Awards in the Boogie Down Bronx
with the number of Bronxites that won,
were honored, or
attended the big event
in Los Angeles on
Sunday, February 10."
Read all about it in the
BronxTimes...
The 21st Annual Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s Parade will
be held at noon on Sunday, March 10 from Lafayette
Avenue and East Tremont Avenue. It marches on East Tremont
Avenue
to Harding Avenue, where there will be a reviewing stand.
Bronx Speak Up on February 23, 2019 (11am- 5pm) at Lehman College. Join
Bronx Coalition of Parks and Green
Spaces for their annual Speak Up
event. Community members are invited
to celebrate 25 years of community
activism. There will be presentations,
workshops and networking! Lunch
provided but please bring your own water bottle.
Read more...
Black
History Month: The Birthplace of Hip Hop. Urban Park Rangers specialize in interpretation of historic
turning points, both natural and man-made,
in our city's long history. Join us and learn about the
history of
this popular music genre that began as an underground urban
movement. Sunday, February
24, 2019, 1:00
p.m.–2:30 p.m. At Cedar Playground.
Read more...
Interfaith
breakfast - How do we build faith
organizations for healing and undoing racism?
Faith-Based Anti-Racism:
How
do we make a
difference? - Thursday, February 28th, 9:30am
-
12:00 noon
at The Loft in Manhattan.
Registration
required.
Flyer here...
Join VISIONS
Bronx Advisory Board Awards
Dinner
On
March 7, 2019 at Tosca Marquee
frp, 6:00-9:00pm.
Emcee:
Gary Axelbank. All proceeds support
FREE services for
Bronx residents. Purchase your ticket, place an ad or
become
a sponsor
here...
"IT'S THE BRONX:" a celebration of Bronx
hustle is a festival, designed by Round
Seven to proudly showcase the talent
and innovative spirit
that embodies our
borough by way of music, art, media, and
food. The festival takes place at the
newly
renovated Union Crossing Bronx building
on March 23-24, 2019.
Read more...
New York
Botanical Garden - The Orchid Show:
Singapore February
23 - April 28, 2019
On Orchid evenings, the Energy and Nightlife of
Singapore
Come to the Bronx. Explore the "Garden in
a "City"
as you sip a Singapore sling while freestyle
dancers
and DJs perform throughout the night.
Read more...
College
Fair Ambassadors would like to invite you and
your
friends to the 22nd Annual College Fair that will
take
place on Saturday, March 16th from 12:00-4:00pm
at Denny
Farrell Riverbank State Park. If you have any further
questions, please feel free to call 212-694-3634.
Flyer here...
 The
Continuing Education &
Workforce Development
Department
at Hostos Community College
offers educational, career,
and personal
development
opportunities designed to address
the
needs of the South Bronx, Bronx, and
Upper Manhattan communities.
Visit Hostos...
Bronx
Community Board 6 is proud to announce that they
are
sponsoring a first annual scholarship contest for
graduating high school seniors. We will be giving a
total of
$5,000 in scholarships to five students ($1,000 per
student) which can be used towards college, a trade school,
or professional certification. The deadline for students
to apply is April 1st, 2019. Please see the contest
details and
Flyer here.
What's
happening in your
 neighborhood?
Visit your
Community Board
for monthly minutes, meeting dates, and Community
Events, Read the
letter from
Bronx Borough President, Ruben
Diaz Jr.,
explaining how important the Community Boards are to
serving our
neighborhoods.
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and more! Click here...
The
Bronx Council on the Arts Sustainability Artist
Workshop
Series seeks to equip artists with information
and tools so that they can thrive and build
sustainable careers
in artistic fields.
Workshop themes
may include financial
literacy,
self-advocacy, activist art,
intellectual property, and more.
Four
upcoming events begin on February 20 .
For the
events series,
see
Flyer here...
Mayor de Blasio announced funding for a new youth
court
in the Bronx, which will train young people to serve
as
jurors, judges and attorneys as
well as to adjudicate real-life
cases
involving their peers.
Read more...
Unlikely
alliance could rebuild America: From the
South Bronx to Paterson, New Jersey to Broad Street,
Philadelphia,
William “Billy” Procida knows what it takes to build in
hardscrabble, inner-city neighborhoods. A general contractor
turned developer turned fund manager, Procida
has a unique
vantage point on the Qualified Opportunity Zone program,
which aims to revitalize poor communities with redirected
investment profits.
Read more...
Stamp Out
Mailbox Fishing: Important tips for Tax Time
mail your
checks or money order
at the Post Office only.
Protect Your
$$$. More tax
time tips are available.
Flyer here...
New social
media campaign aims to improve living
conditions for NYCHA
residents. NYC (WABC) -- A new
social media
campaign aims to encourage NYCHA residents, local businesses
and elected officials to call attention to sub-par living
conditions in public housing. See the Channel 7 video
here...
Bronx
Organizations: Do you have any
upcoming activities NY State
of Health can
take part in?. The NYS
Department of Health is making a huge push this upcoming
Open Enrollment for Health Insurance t in the
Bronx. If you have a community event you would like for
the NYS Dep. of Health to attend to discuss Open Enrollment
please contact: 518-474-3287. DTraecelle Carter
,Director of Outreach, New York State Department of Health,
Albany. Information
online here...
Do you have
questions about how Accessing Public Benefits may impact
your immigration status? Help is available
here...
Catholic Charities NY now offers free diapers for all
children in need in the Bronx. That’s right. All babies
in Bronx families struggling to make ends meet – defined as
incomes of 200% of the poverty level – are eligible for free
diapers. You can pick them up at four Catholic Charities
HomeBase eviction prevention centers in the Bronx.
Call
1-833-RENTSOS.
Read more...
provides
energy savings
and rebates for your
home
or business.
What's Happening
in the Bronx?
CLICK HERE...
Through April 7, 2019, The Bronx Neighborhood
Health Action Centers, in partnership with Bronx Sole and
#Not62...the Campaign for a Healthy Bronx... invite you to join
the 1 Billion Steps
Challenge. Group participants are welcome!
Flyer here...
Introducing the NYC Senior Service Providers Volunteer
Coalition
Volunteer Guide. With more than 1.5 million adults age
60 or older living in New York City, the NYC Senior Service
Providers Volunteer Coalition created an
electronic guide to connect volunteers who
want to serve older adults. See how you can
help
here...
Bronx
Nonprofit Looking for Volunteers: Masa invites you
to
build a brighter future for the children of the South Bronx,
By
tutoring for two hours a week you can be a part of the
change.
Join them in transforming communities through
education —one family, one child at a time. They are
seeking dedicated volunteers to provide tutoring and
homework help to elementary, middle-school and/or
high-school students at our South Bronx community center.
For Details on Masa's After-school Program, Volunteering and
Requirements
click here...
Do you have
questions about how Accessing Public Benefits may impact
your immigration status? Help is available
here...
Bronxites...Emergency
Blood Donor Effort: EMERGENCY NEED!
Please donate at a blood drive to help kids and
others. For more information and to search for Bronx and NYC
Metro locations
click here...
Grow Your Business with BOEDC. Bronx based
small businesses and local entrepreneurs of all sizes and
sectors are able to receive a boost of $2,000 to $50,000
with help from the
Bronx Revolving Loan Fund
Loans can be used as
working capital, for the purchase of machinery or equipment,
inventory and accounts receivable.
Reminisce with Bronx Historian, Bill Twomey:
Do You Remember?
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