An Introduction to African - American & Latino Bronx River Environmentalists Hon. Barack Hussein Obama, Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act has expanded both Vista & AmeriCorps opportunities/ 2009 Federal Stimulus bill allocated over $50 million to help build portions of the South Bronx Greenway Hon. Jose E. Serrano of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) has directed millions of dollars to the rehabilitation of the Bronx River since the early 1990s EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson (2009 - ) Urban Waters Federal Partnership is advancing both Bronx & Harlem river greenways Alexie Torres-Fleming, founded Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice/ lent the BX River Allinace administrative guidelines and informal ideas compatible with goals of inclusion/ involved YMPJ with the Bronx River early in the 1990s NYS Senator, Ruth Hassell-Thompson, consistent supporter of education programs+ at the Bronx Zoo Arthur J. Sheppard may be the most accomplished overall public horticulturist ever to emerge from this community. Aside from his pioneering work to introduce youths to green trades through the Green Horizons annual fair, he initiated many Horticultural Society of New York programs like the Rikers program, was a Cornell U. Cooperative Extensionist & earlier leader of Magnolia Tree Easrth Center Jessie W. Collins, Educator & Tree advocate; Bronx River Restoration Project Inc. board member from -83-03/ early Chairperson to the Bronx River Art Center Marcel Woolery Sr. of Twin Parks (Tremont) Bronx River volunteer and one-time Foreman from 1977 - 96 Marcel Woolery Jr. (W. Farms industrial worker), Treasurer/ Asst. Treasurer/ periodic supervisor from 1978 - 03 Anita Antonetty, Worked at Rocking the Boat as a Job Skills Advocate/ Mothers on the Move, etc. Diane Sargent, 1989 -1993, Chairperson, Bronx Grenway Committee published BX Greenwy Plan in 1993 Orlando Marin played for one of the first Bronx River Restoration Project, Inc. parties in the early 1970s Genevieve Brooks, former Deputy BX Borough President, co-founder to the Mid Bronx Desperadoes (MBD) which has initiated three parks including Seabury Park (MBD Park), Rock Garden Park and E. J. Mitchell Park. Their former greening program was once an active partner in advocating for the improvement of Starlight Park too! Kellie Terry-Sepulveda, Educator, is the Executive Director of The Point CDC and Chairperson to the Bronx River Alliance Fred Singleton, 1980s BXRR Gun Hill - Allerton promenade rehabilitation director & BXRR photographer Dr. Philson Warner, Cornell U, Rock Garden Park consultant/ Longwood PAL hydroponics program+ Mel Rodriguez founded Bike the Bronx in 2010 Christine Foreman, Friends of Seton Falls Park and earlier Bronx River Alliance advisor, BCEQ board Edenwald Community Center has provided several hundred youth workers to rehabilitate the river Nilka Martell has been an active Bronx River volunteer since 2011 and founded G.I.V.E. (on facebook) Annette Williams, Founding Director, Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training Program at SSB Dwaine Lee & Antoinette Toni Gomez, developed the BEST curriculum under AW leadership Jorge Santiago, original Bronx Riverkeeper in the mid-1990s before the Bronx River Working Group or the Bronx River Alliance which he indirectly catalyzed David Shuffler/ Julien Terrel/ Anthony Thomas of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice velocity-rides.org was founded co-founded by Samelys Lopez of the Bronx Chuck Vasser, an incorporator of the Bronx River Alliance and Community Green word press blog Gene Norman, Architect, has advised the NYBG on historic preservation issues for over two decades Sebert Harper, herbalist and public greening veteran runs horticultural therapy programs Guy Todd Rahiem Williams of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, W. Farms Friends of the BX River Kenny Agosto of the Allerton - Pelham Parkway community has been active with the Friends of Pelham Bay Park Henry Font (local resident) helped establish Barretto Street Garden in Hunts Point w/ help f/ the Trust for Public Land Nessie Panton has been gardening at River Garden since the 1980s Karen Washington is a national leader in community gardening & co-founded the Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference. Learn more @ blackfarmersconf.org/ Majora Carter, Bronx River Working Group Chairperson & Environmental Justice activist/ businesswoman A.C.T.I.O.N. team at the Point CDC in Hunts Point engages all generations to live healthfully/ Sharon Lee De La Cruz, Director mind-builders.org/ has been preserving and documenting traditional culture for over 25 years Wanda Salaman, Executive Director of Mothers on the Move Dr. Dena Robins, BCEQ, worked to improve science education at Monroe High School in Bronx River (Mr.) Andrea Valencia, Crotona Park Ranger (c. 2002-2004) showed you really can give back where you come from Gordon J. Davis, Esquire, was the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation of the City of New York 78 to 83. He created the Urban Park Rangers Program/ renamed Colonial Park Jackie Robinson Park and installed a solar water heater at Astoria Park Joseph Thompson, NYPD retiree, President, Pelham Parkway Little League & various responsibilities with Bronx Community Board 11 Andre Christopher Rivera, YMPJ facebook administrator/ seaonal Bronx River Alliance/ independent blogger Dr. Kobe Abdul-Salim has led wallking tours of the old growth forest at the NYBG Bernard (Tim) Johnson, Chair West Farms Friends of the Bronx River 1998-2000 Arthur Criers Tremont Improvement Program (TIP) was once a regular source of paid seasonal Bronx River workers based in West Farms Reuben King of the Island of Dominica is a ceramics (pottery) instructor at Bronx River Art Center for over a decade has done numerous programs at Drew Gardens and inside BRAC. He has been a contributing artist to many public commissions including at RockefellerCenter. Kimberly Beazer of BusyAsABeazer founded the People for Trees! initiative in 2010. She has led educational programs at the Bronx River Art Center and became Field Manager for BEST Eco at Sustainable South Bronx in April 2012 Michelle Williams worked for over five years at the Bronx River Alliance as Outreach Manager. Her earlier work in the West Farms community included service at Phipps CDC, Aquinas Housing, Bronx River Art Center & the office of a public servant Compiled by Morgan Powell in 2012, Community Researcher, Bronx African - American History Project Post Ofice Box 490, Bronx NY 10451 * concourse.vision@gmail * Facebook: Bronx River Sankofa
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