Pivotal Place: New York City

The Value of Artist Residencies

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Poet Kwoya Fagin reflects on her residency at The Pocantico Center. The impact of the time and setting were invaluable to her as an artist and as an individual, she says.

By Kwoya Fagin

The word stanza is an Italian word, and it literally means “room.” A poem may contain several rooms, each with similar connecting ideas, but each possessing a sense of individuality. Because of its beauty, precision, and original concept, the Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico could be called a poem. Each room is a separate entity and possesses its own influences and ideas. It makes perfect sense that an artist would enjoy living and creating within a work of art.

Publish Date: 
02/08/2012

Poets House, Inc.

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Poets House is a national poetry library and international literary center that celebrates poetry as it is created, read, and heard. Since its opening to the public in 1986, Poets House has been a place where anyone can “step into the living tradition,” as described by Lee Briccetti, its executive director. “There’s no place exactly like this in the world.”

New York City’s sweeping arts and cultural scene is rounded out by Poets House, Inc., a national poetry library and international literary center that celebrates poetry as it is created, read, and heard. Since its opening to the public in 1986, Poets House has been a place where anyone can “step into the living tradition,” as described by Lee Briccetti, its executive director. “There’s no place exactly like this in the world.”

Poets House, Inc.
Poets House, Inc.
Poets House, Inc.

Nonprofit Dance Makes Big Impact on New York City, Report Finds

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Nonprofit dance organizations are significant contributors to New York City's economy and residents' quality of life, according to a report published by Dance/NYC. The report also found that the city's dance organizations—particularly smaller groups—demonstrate a "strong start-up culture of dance," with a handful of staff producing high levels of new creations.

Nonprofit dance organizations are significant contributors to New York City's economy and residents' quality of life, according to a report published by Dance/NYC, a branch of Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee Dance USA. The report, State of NYC Dance, also found that the city's dance organizations—particularly smaller groups—demonstrate a "strong start-up culture of dance," with a handful of staff producing high levels of new creations.

Publish Date: 
11/17/2011

White Paper Examines Economic Impact of Immigrant-Related Local Ordinances

Publish Date: 
10/26/2011
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The Americas Society has released the first comparative white paper that examines the economic impact of immigration-related city policies on the local business environment. The paper, The Economic Impact of Immigrant-Related Local Ordinances, focuses on 53 cities that passed either restrictive or non-restrictive city ordinances between 2006 and 2008, and which were still being enforced through 2009. 

The Americas Society has released the first comparative white paper that examines the economic impact of immigration-related city policies on the local business environment.

Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc.

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Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc. (YMPJ), a group based in the South Bronx, organizes youth to tackle issues of environmental justice while developing their leadership skills. South Bronx native Alexie Torres-Fleming founded YMPJ in 1994 to "create a space that forms young people to be prophetic voices for peace and justice."

All New Yorkers deserve clean water, clean air, and open space, but not all have access to the basics of a healthy environment. The Bronx River and Soundview-Bruckner neighborhoods, located in the poorest congressional district in the United States, are hemmed in by four highways and home to heavy industry. The South Bronx residents lack green space and experience extraordinarily high rates of hospitalization for asthma.

Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc.
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc.
Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc.

A Fall Bounty of Arts in the City

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Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, New York City program director, reviews an extraordinary summer of arts and culture, and looks ahead to an exciting fall season of programming. But, he argues, none of it would be possible without support from enthusiastic audiences made up of New York City residents and tourists, as well as private donors.

By Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas

As New York City is enveloped by the autumn air and the season’s latest fashions, many of us are left with lasting impressions of its vibrant summer cultural scene.

Publish Date: 
09/29/2011

West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.

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WE ACT works to build healthy communities by assuring that people of color and/or low-income participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices.

Environmental justice—drawing upon the experiences of the civil rights and environmental movements—developed as “a response to the disproportionate burden of pollution and health disparities, environmental degradation, and health risks borne by people of color and low-income communities.”[1]  For one Manhattan neighbor, Harlem, it can literally trace its environmental justice roots to

West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

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Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. cultivates the talents and professional growth of hundreds of African-American poets. Founded in 1996 by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, it was created to counter the under-representation of poets of color in writing workshops and MFA programs.

Maya Angelou once said, “I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

Over the past 15 years, Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. has done just that, by cultivating the talents and professional growth of hundreds of African-American poets.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.

Short Description: 

WE ACT works to build healthy communities by assuring that people of color and/or low-income participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices.

Environmental justice—drawing upon the experiences of the civil rights and environmental movements—developed as “a response to the disproportionate burden of pollution and health disparities, environmental degradation, and health risks borne by people of color and low-income communities.”[1]  For one Manhattan neighbor, Harlem, it can literally trace its environmental justice roots to the Hudson River and Harlem Piers.

West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

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Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. provides financing and expertise to create safe, fit, and affordable housing as a way to help people move up and out of poverty. The groundbreaking Green Communities Criteria was created as a way to set cost-effective standards for creating healthful and energy-efficient homes.

Low-income individuals and families suffer disproportionally from environment-related health effects and are among the hardest hit when energy costs rise. Bringing environmentally sound and energy-efficient buildings to low-income communities provides health, economic, and environmental benefits to everyone.

But what does it take to make “green” building affordable?

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
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