2014-2015 - The Point

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THE POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic
revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx.
We work with our neighbors to celebrate the life and art of our community,
an area traditionally defined solely in terms of its poverty, crime rate, poor
schools, and substandard housing.
We believe the area’s residents, their talents and aspirations, are The Point’s
greatest assets.
Our mission is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology,
and self-investment in the Hunts Point community.
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THE POINT Community Development Corp.
Board of Directors and Staff
2014 - 2015
BOARD
Michael Glazebrook, Chairperson
Barbara Berliner, Secretary
Jose J. Virella, Treasurer
R. Edward Lee, CSW, Member Emeritus • Sarah C. Lee, Member
Qiana Mickie, Member • Karen Vanterpool, Member • Leighton Wynter, Member
ADMINISTRATION
Maria Torres, President and C.O.O. • Kellie Terry, Executive Director
Rachelle Fernandez • Shukura McDavid • Irene Perez • Dania Silverio
Moises Marquez • Robert Johnson
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Danny R. Peralta • Earl Skinner • Carey Clark • Teresa Rivera
Alejandra Delfin • Melissa Costa • Alicia Clarke • Demi Lei Rivera
Tiffany Williams • Rebecca Rosado • Amy Chen
TEACHING ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Bashira Webb • Kelston Bascom • Joseph Gilmore • Mark Nevers
Yamil Lora • Alejandra Delfin • Ryan Johnson • Polly Solomon • Maria Malizia
POINT INTERNS
Alex Arias• Mileisley Cid• Abraham Perez • Flor Perez • Kristopher Rosa
Davendra Surujpaul • Ruth Tirado • Misra Walker
ICP at THE POINT INSTRUCTORS
Guillermo Giraldo • Bayete Ross Smith • Bami Adedayin • Carla Liesching
Ilene Squires • Meryle Feigenberg • Emmely Pierre Louis • Chantal Heijnen
ICP at THE POINT Teaching Assistants
Widline Cadet • Catherine Feliz • Sara Hylton • Jamaal Levine • Chavi Lujan
Ashley Wu • Bami Adedayin • Caryn Coyle • Alex Hernandez • Angelle Myers • Alison
Chiasson
Isabel Figueroa • Amy Hirson • Temar France • Corey Torpie • Josh Duke • Silvia Suarez
Jasmine Pacheco • Michele Peregrin • Akilah Richardson • Shanice Duckett • Emma
Strugatz
Roy Baizan • Ruby Tull • Margarete Rodriguez • Ben Simon • Alma Torres • Rebecca Leany
Paris Garavaglia • Jazz Hernandez • Logan Wu • Tayvhon Pierce • Laura Gonzalez • Keka
Marzago
Thank you to POINT Staff who connect the community creatively selflessly throughout the
year.
You are all the TRUE HEROES of Hunts Point - Thank you beyond words!
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Support THE POINT
Mail a check payable to:
THE POINT CDC
940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx , NY 10474
• Make an in-kind donation
• Volunteer
• Join our mailing list at www.thepoint.org
and get program updates
For more info. call: 718 542 4139
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO ACTION SENIORS!
Hyde Leadership
Charter HS:
Ixcel Baez
Joshua Hernandez
Daniel Munoz
Frederick Douglas
Academy 3:
Erykah Solano
Ashley Soto
Tracie Williams
Fordham Preparatory:
Avery DeWindt
All Hollows High
School:
Jean Paul Vinals
Bronx High School
For The Visual Arts:
Mandy Lopez
Unity Center for Urban
Technologies:
Emmanuel Pena
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From left to right
Brian R. • Ysabel F.
Avery D. • Ashley S.
Chenlee C. • Daniel M.
Tyler S. • Ixcel B.
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This year we worked in
projects that enhance
building 3 dimensional
objects with different
materials, students learn
how to model and also
assemble found materials.
At the beginning of the year,
group F made masks with
plaster, constructed figures
with wire, and painted
wooden trays to give away
as presents for the holidays.
During the last few months
they make train model, learn
how to cut stencils and work
with spray paint, this work
was made in preparation
for a collaborative
project with Graffiti artist
Nosm. Nosm mural is an
interactive project, he has
painted a series of bottles
where students will write
and illustrate them with
messages. Group B also
constructed figures with
pipe cleaners and made 3d
popping Christmas cards
and snowmen decorations
with empty bottle caps. Both
groups work collaboratively
in making a Halloween
banner for the Halloween
Parade. The second part of
the year group B classes has
focus on learning different
elements of art.
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Literacy this year has been
a mixture of self reflection
journaling, team building
activities, and learning to
express and compromise
our needs - like free time
and play. Through these
lessons the youth learned
about one another and
themselves. It has been
so much fun sharing
conversations, activities, and
games with all the students.
As a Literacy Instructor it is
important to acknowledge
that our emotions and
behavior have its own form
of literacy that must also be
nourished and encouraged
within our youth. By doing
so, we prepare our youth for
dealing with what life brings
them, as well as supporting
the youth to explore,
validate, and advocate for
their own emotional and
social process.
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“Mi mamá me ayuda en mis
tareas y hace la comida
mi mamá le ayudo con la
limpiesa en el cuarto que
tenemos.”
“My mom help me in my
tasks and cook food. I help
my mom to clean the room
that we have. “
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Guessing one anothers character and
sharing who we see
ourselves as.
Sharing how we
feel about change
through art.
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Arts and Crafts with
Katie and Jesenia: Students
express their artistic talents
through weekly art projects.
Bringing Books to Life
with Rich and Molly:
Students turn popular
children’s books into minitheatrical performances.
Cultures Around The
World with Grace & Molly:
Focuses on providing
students with perspective
on varying cultures across
the globe.
Self Expression with CJ &
Katie: Teaches students how
to express their opinions
and views in an effective
way.
Music Appreciation with
Kevin & Karo: Teaches
fundamental theory of music
and introduces students
to some of the musical
masterpieces from the great
composers.
Creative Writing with
Molly & Anthony: Creative
outlet for students to write
short stories with social
commentary on their lives.
What’s your future? with
Ben & Grace: Prepares
middle school students for
the high school application
process, and pushes them to
think about their aspirations
after high school.
Youth Theater with
Anthony: Students write
scripts and act them out.
Zumba with Jesenia &
Rachel: Fitness through
multicultural dance moves.
Newspaper Club with
Karo & Ben: Teaches
students the process of
seeking out stories, writing
stories, and getting stories
published.
Service Club with Ben
& Jesenia: Club for middle
school students to engage in
community service projects.
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The Cirque teen class
meets twice a week during
the school year and is
for students age 13-21.
This year the teen class
presented three full-length
circus productions at The
Point: A Halloween Variety
Show, A Winter Holiday
themed show, which opened
with a tribute to victims to
police violence and other
violent crimes, and a in the
spring the class presented a
circus-theatre adaptation of
the book Seedfolks, by Paul
Fleischman, adapted and
directed by Polly Solomon.
Primary focuses for the
Teen class this year have
included integration with
other programs at THE
POINT, peer teaching,
increasing performance
experience and expanding
our range of skills. In the
fall we participated in the
People’s Climate March
with A.C.T.I.O.N. Some
participants appeared
in circus performances
outside THE POINT from
Coney Island to Cincinnati,
OH, Chicago, IL, Germany
and Denmark with other
circuses including The
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
and Circus Mojo. And
we hope to be a strong
presence at the Unicycle
Festival this summer!
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Cirque du Monde works
with Groups D, E and F in
the After-School program.
Groups D and E have class
on Tuesdays with Polly
and Jean-Tae, and learn
circus skills including plate
spinning and tightwire.
Group F has class on
Thursdays with Polly and
Yves where they enjoy
advancing their circus skills
which include unicycling,
tumbling, diabolo and
juggling.
The Group F students
that show good focus and
maturity during their after
school circus class have the
opportunity to join the Teen
Cirque class. Many of the
Cirque du Monde coaches
and interns got their start in
the teen circus class.
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Groups D and E work
on spinning plates
with Polly and JeanTae (photo by Amy).
Groups D and E warm
up with Polly (photo
by Jean-Tae).
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Angel, Xia and Amy
at the People’s
Climate March with
circus friends from
Vermont.
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Omar and JeanTae rehearsing
for a Bindlestiff
Cavalcade of Youth
on Coney Island.
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THE POINT’s teen
community leadership
group A.C.T.I.O.N. engages
local Bronx youth to work
to identify social and
environmental justice
issues facing Hunts Point
and learn how to be
community organizers
and activists. A.C.T.I.O.N.
is committed to learning
and addressing said issues
with the guidance and
support of community
members, organizational
partners and other
stakeholders. A.C.T.I.O.N.
members receive training
in leadership, media, and
environmental policy. The
program also provides
academic support
throughout the school year
and assists with internship
placement and college
access opportunities.
Our campaigns include
Urban Food Justice,
Redefining Rehabilitation,
Sheridan Expressway
Campaign, and Waterfront
Justice. This year the youth
had the opportunity to
participate leading The
People’s Climate March,
an historic event event to
advocate global action
against climate change,
which took place on
Sunday, September 21,
2014, in New York City.
With an estimated 311,000
participants, it was the
largest climate change
march in history.
Each of the campaign
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groups also had
opportunities to create
events and collaborate
with key partners to
move along their goals.
For Urban Food Justice
this year, youth focused
on collaborating with
Community Food Advocates
on their Lunch 4 Learning
Campaign and with the
Blank Plate program on
small presentations on food
justice and composting.
Redefining Rehabilitation
worked with artist Melanie
Creen on the Don Quixote
project, using this literary
masterpiece as the
backdrop to talk about the
school to prison pipeline on
film.
The Sheridan Expressway
team collaborated with
youth from Youth Ministries
for Peace and Justice
and artist/activist Alicia
Grullon to create the Youth
Take Over The Bronx Teen
Summit as an opportunity to
gather young people along
the Sheridan Corridor to
talk about opportunities for
organizing and learning
about environmental justice.
Lastly, Waterfront Justice
worked with New York
City Environmental Justice
Alliance on THE POINT’s
South Bronx Community
Resiliency Agenda and
even participated in a focus
group designed to gauge
their input in design a
more resilient waterfront
community!
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A.C.T.I.O.N. in the historic People’s Climate March as part of the first contingency of youth of color marching out.
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Women’s Group is an
empowerment and support
group for women-identified
youth. We meet weekly and
discuss things that affect us
as young women of color, as
well as: sex ed, body image,
healthy relationships and
more. Our biggest project
is our zine titled POP. All
of our members contribute
to our zine by submitting
artwork, poems, and
articles.
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This year students worked
alongside the seasoned
Chef Kelston Bascom in
a professional kitchen
setting. They learned
culinary skills ranging
from the proper usage of
knives, kitchen safety and
sanitation, to equipment
and food identification.
They cooked smoothies,
salads, sauces, appetizers,
starches and vegetables.
They took a class dedicated
to eggs (eggs 101), chicken
fabrication and baked
different desserts. We
had two amazing guest
Chefs, David Kupferstein
and Lamarvin Johnson
who cooked and served
150 guests at THE POINT’s
phenomenal final fundraiser
event, “Blank Plate”.
During the ten consecutive
weeks, the students also
worked closely with the
very talented teaching artist
Alejandra Delfin to create an
eating environment for the
community meals as well as
planning the “Blank Plate”
event. They designed menus
for each dinner experience,
shared stories based on
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food memories, planted
culinary herbs alongside
Rachelle Fernandez, (THE
POINT’s very own fiscal
officer) that they used to
decorate the space for
the final event. They also
learned about composting
and food justice issues with
A.C.T.I.O.N.’s food justice
team. This year the class
explored our relationship
to food, taking into account
the local and global issues
related to it.
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Tuesday night live at The
POINT - free, teen Hip-Hop
classes hosted by Forza
Malizia Dance Co.!!! POINT
students have performed
with Forza Malizia Dance Co.
at Columbia University, and
will perform this June with
company again in Spanish
Harlem, applying their
dance education through
live performance!
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The Music/Music
Technology Program at
THE POINT offers students
from 14 to 21 years old
the opportunity to explore
music from various aspects
including music reading,
ensemble, and recording
studio. The student gets
a well rounded hands-on
experience on subjects
relevant to our present
like using sequencers,
synths, mixing, microphone
techniques as well as more
traditional skills that include
playing in a melodica
ensemble while reading
music and playing in a pop
band by ear.
At the end of the year
students will have
performed in several
different opportunities that
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include playing melodica
and playing an instrument
like the bass guitar, the
drums, and/or the keyboard
in a pop/rock type of band
as well as a final showcase.
The Students will also
have recorded their own
performances in the
studio and learned about
mixing, Multi tracking, song
structure and songwriting
among many other valuable
skills. The final work would
be displayed in the form of
a CD or audio recording,
video performances, and it
will appear in THE POINT’s
yearbook.
Pop/Rock Band First rehearsal.
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Melodica Ensemble
performs at Cirque du
Monde.
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By Anhais Ferreira, age 14
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ICP at THE POINT is a year
long black & white photo
program, serving kids from
ages 9 to 18, basic film
photography. All students
have hands-on experiences
with a manual camera,
processing film and printing
photographs in a darkroom.
The curriculum includes
writing assignments,
slideshows, discussions,
sharing, a guest artist visit
and a field trip.
Highlights from our
program, are themes for
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each term. Themes like
“Friends & Family”, “My
Community”, Personal
Version and “Photography:
Past and Present”
At the end of each session,
students create portfolios,
have a final presentation,
and know their way using
a camera, and develop
their passion to pursue a
career as a professional
photographer.
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By Chai Leon, age 10
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By Tony Baizan, age 15
By Sebastian Peralta, age 13 “The Wrestler”
By Francisca Lopez, age 18
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By Awa Doumbia, age 14 “Double Negative Portrait/Landscape”
Aficionado Arts has had
a robust year, making
great strides in promoting
Aficionado artists and
hosting several compelling
projects with great visiting
artists, and, of course,
continuing to make art with
local artists of all ages.
The Bronx Artists
Documentary Project
, founded by Bronx
painter Daniel Hauben
and composer Judith
Lane, mapped the
vibrant art scene in the
Bronx by pairing Bronx
photographers with artists in
their studios. The result was
a major traveling exhibit
and soon to be published
book. Seven Aficionado
artists are included in this
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important documentation;
Augustine Cruz, José Rivera,
Tyrone Strother, Ray Lopez,
Lucia Hernandez, Chenkon
Carrasco, and David
Yearwood, the youngest
artist of eighty. David’s
work was also included in
No Longer Empty’s exhibit,
at The long un-inhabited
neoclassical structure Bronx
Borough Courthouse: When
you cut into Present/ you
reveal the Future .
THE POINT welcomed
environmental artist, Lynn
Cazabon and her project,
“Uncultivated” as part of
INCLIMATE , a city-wide
effort curated by Regina
Cornwell that highlights
artists whose work
concretely affects positive
change on climate change
dangers. Lynn has planted
several beds of “edible
weeds”, conducted portrait
workshops where young
people imagine themselves
as these plants, and brought
the infamous Wildman Steve
Brill to THE POINT for a day
of foraging for edible weeds
in the area and a meal
cooked from the harvest.
THE POINT was instrumental
in supporting Piece on
War, a theater work that
transforms the experience
and stories of young people,
contemplating violence in
all forms into theater, song,
dance, painting. The work
was directed by seasoned
Polish theater director,
Wiesław Górski, who over
the years has often made
THE POINT an artistic home.
The project would not have
been possible without
several young talented
performers and musicians
from THE POINT family;
Harold De Jesus, Joely de
Jesus, Jumary Sanchez, the
already famous Hammer,
Alexis Davila and Guessan
Effi THE POINT is currently
hosting The Don Quixote
Project led by artists,
Melanie Crean, Sable
Smith, and Shaun Leonardo
to create an adaptation
of the novel Don Quixote
with young people and
community members
who have been affected
in various ways by the
justice system The project
is centered on empowering
youth to fully participate
in their communities,
which necessarily involves
addressing the School to
Prison Pipeline. The novel
looks at how the State
makes up the idea of the
outlaw to justify its own
policing (albeit through
absurdist humor). It looks
at the negative impact of
the criminalization of youth
in a creative way through
the film, as well as through
educational workshops that
accompany its presentation.
Visual Arts is very grateful
to Leslie Weinberg, an
accomplished silk painter,
and Suzanne Krepps from
Fresh Art who introduced
us. Leslie donated a huge
amount of silk painting
supplies and books related
to the craft, allowing
Aficionado to revive our silk
painting chops from many
years ago — always a big hit
amongst our artists.Winter
and Spring Aficionado
Workshops focussed on
adapting a work by Brandon
Ballengée, who donated A
Love Motel for Insects (a
light installation that attracts
insects essential to the
health of our eco-system).
Frameworks of Absence,
his current work, explores
the heart-breaking loss of
hundreds of species in this
sixth great extinction and
by far and away the most
destructive in the history
of the planet — mostly
caused by the human hand.
Through various techniques
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of drawing, painting,
and stencil, ExtinctionResurrection workshops
continue the
honoring of these lost
souls. The results will serve
to complete the Lifelines
Mural, conceived by the
Penn-Olin design team, to
celebrate their success in
bringing Rebuild by Design
to Hunts
Point that will protect the
future of the peninsula from
climate change and storm
surge, and will
be featured in The Hunts
Point Fish Parade and
Festival — on flying kites!
Dodo Bird by Robert Lupo
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Torn Ghetto of the
Bronx by
David Yearwood,
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OPEN HYDRANT has
enjoyed another banner
year! After an exciting
season featuring Conquer
Your Shakesfeare Series
and An Evening with
Durang/Durang, a total of
seven actors were able to
join Equity! HSBC’s Brian
Schwartz, Jeff Bartfeld and
Christine Goni invited
us to perform selections
from Fools in Love at The
Russian Tea Room, as well as
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sponsoring a Santa Visit to
the South Bronx! Executives
from Timberland built
two dressing rooms, and
donated a hundred chairs
to give our theater a brand
new look. Finally, OPEN
HYDRANT was thrilled to
perform Fools in Love for
Lincoln Center’s Borolink
Program!
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Abada Capoiera’s Henry Figureoa teaching with PS 62 students.
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THE POINT CDC’s In-School
Program 2015 took place
in two boroughs this year.
In the Bronx, THE POINT
worked with the DOE Office
of Temporary Housing to
bring programming to MS
323 Bronx Writing Academy
and PS 62 Inocensio
Casanova.
At MS 323, TPCDC was well
represented by Cirque
du Monde Social Circus
(Polly Solomon and Angel
Hernandez) and The
Knowledge House (Jerelyn
Rodriguez) teaching both
circus performance and
Entreprenuership and 3D
design to groups of 6th
graders. Both workshops
culminated in a final
presentation with Citizen
Schools in our very own
Live from the Edge Theatre
in December 2015. age
making, Brazilian Martial
Elizabeth Perez and
Mark Nevers w/ PS
62 Students.
Jerelyn Rodriguez
of The Knowledge
House with MS 323
students.
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Red Hook Digital Media
Photo Project Led by
instructors who are part of
POINT programming and
now teaching themselves,
supported generously by
Estate 4 and Red Hook Labs,
the project is now in its third
great year. Joseph Gilmore,
Bashira Webb, and Mark
Nevers have been leading
classes at South Brooklyn
Community High School,
Summit Academy and the
Red Hook Initiative. Besides
teaching camera skills,
which have led to a number
of terrific exhibitions, they
also have done the South
Brooklyn yearbook as
well as produced many
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student magazines. In
an exciting international
partnership, they led the
Brooklyn side with Red
Hook Labs and Summit
Academy in a collaboration,
sponsored by the FOAM
Museum and The City of
Amsterdam, called “Look
Across The Water,” where a
group of Amsterdam teens
and and local Brooklyn
youth exchanged photos
and impressions of their
respective neighborhoods,
culminating in a terrific
show of their work hung
together. There have
been class trips to Vogue
Magazine at Conde Nast
and an outstanding tour
by Tonne Goodman, the
Fashion Director and
Ivan Shaw, Photo Editor
and a wonderful trip to
Anomaly a cutting edge
media agency. Needless
to say, the instructors
and the students of The
Red Hook Digital Media
Project have produced
dynamlc and outstanding
work while connecting and
empowering themselves
and their neighborhoods.
Congratulations to their
talents and skills for making
it happen!
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A.C.T.I.O.N. students learning how to make a website.
The Knowledge House is
a social enterprise that
builds an education to jobs
pipeline in underserved
communities by connecting
youth development
organizations to digital
literacy, technology
education, and career
resources. In January
2015, we hosted our
#SocialGoodHacks
Hackathon, where students
were able to create projects
for social justice. We also
took A.C.T.I.O.N. students
for our Alumni Summit, as
they learned how to code
and design WordPress sites.
#SocialGoodHacks Hackathon
Learning how to code.
Learning about WordPress.
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• Melissa Fernandez • Merck Family Foundation • Michael Glazebrook • Michael Kamper
• Michael Laing • Michelle Cordero • Mileisley Cid • Misra Walker • Morris Heights
Health Center • Monroe College • Montefiore Medical Center • Mr. Willie Dynamite •
Mrs. Cybeale Ross • Mrs. Manfredonia • M.S. 424 • Ms. Heather of City Year • Ms. Louise •
Ms. Marie • Myrtho Gardiner • Natasha Campbell • New Settlement Apartments College
Access Center • New York Foundation • New Yorkers for Parks • News 12 The Bronx •
NOCD-NY • NY Cares • NYC Bridge Project • NYC Parks • NYC-EJA • NYU School of
Occupational Therapy • Office Of Congressman Jose E. Serrano • Omar Rodriguez •
Open Hydrant Theater • Ofronama Biu • Outward Bound NYC • Paul Lipson • PAL @ PS
48 • PASE • Paul Lipson • Paul Roth • Paul Smith • Pio Mendes • Planned Parenthood
• Principal Jean Foley • Project Hope • PS 48 Marching Band • PS 75 • PS 62 • Real
Life Church • Recycle a Bicycle • Red Hook Initiative • Rhea Keller • Reshma for Public
Advocate • Robert Bowne Foundation • Russell Goings • Russell Greenleaf • Sabor con
Nilsa • Sari Siegel & Julian Lamb • Scholastic Awards • SEBCO/SISDA • Shakespeare
Society • School of Visual Arts • Simon Bolivar Foundation • South Brooklyn Community
High School • St. Athanasius School • St. Ignatius School • STEM 2 GETHER • Stephanie
Campos • Stephanie Dyer • Stephen Frialy • South Brooklyn Community HS • Summer
Stage NYC • Summit Academy Charter School • SUNY NEW PALTZ • Superman Sound •
Sustainable South Bronx • Suzanne Martell • Tanya Field & The BLK ProjeK • TATS CRU *
Teaching Assistants and Guest Artists • The 41st Precinct • The After School Corporation •
The Brenner Family Foundationr • The Bronx Children’s Museum • The Bronx Puerto Rican
Day Parade • The Columbus Campus Pep Band • The Hamond Family Foundation • The
House of Spoof Collective • The Hunts Point Academy of Music • The JM Kaplan Fund •
The Justice Committee NYC • The Latin American Baseball Academy • The Laundromat
Project • The New York Women’s Foundation • The Pinkerton Foundation • THE POINT
Board of Directors • The Scherman Foundation • The Wine Cellarage • THEARTOFLYRICS
• TME Pro Studios • Tim Vetter • Tools of War • Tribal Stone • UNITAS • United Health
Center • United Health Plan • Universal Partnership • UPS • Urban Word NYC • Urban
Youth Collaborative • Variety the Children’s Charity & Young Variety • Vista Foods • William
Marshall • W.O.M.E.N. • YMCA Castle Hill • YMCA New Americans Welcome Center •
Yolanda Colon • Yolanda Rodriguez
Visitors to THE POINT’s Campus and supporters of events year round • All families who
trust us with their children on a daily basis • All POINT staff families for supporting us on
our mission to build community - thank you for the inspiration!
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