"We are action and that’s what we do! TAKE ACTION!!"
"I like that we got to give back to the community by planting and taking care of our gardens."
"I learned that bringing social justice to a community can help the environment as well as the people."
- A.C.T.I.O.N. Teens
Press
DNAinfo.com, January 18, 2012 - Raising Trashcan Tilapia is Latest Trend in Urban Farming
The Nation, January 2, 2012 - Hard Knocks in the Bronx
NY Daily News, December 1, 2011 - Hunts Point arts group takes Bronx teens to new Cirque du Soleil heights
CNN iReport, November 25, 2011 - Real Life Thanksgiving Must Dos
NY Daily News, August 4, 2011 - Artists transcend their disabilities through work at Bronx 'Outsiders' exhibit
Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2011 - Farms Crop Up in the South Bronx
NY Daily News, July 21, 2011 - Artists pay tribute to murdered friend by creating House of 'Spoof' collective
Mott Haven Herald, June 4, 2011 - Mott Haven walls keep memories alive
NY Times, June 28, 2011 - Eyes on, and of, a South Bronx Community
NY Times, June 16, 2011 - City Reduces Chronic Absenteeism in Public Schools
NY Daily News, April 26, 2011 - City Year's mentors show up for truants at Bronx public schools
Bronx Free Press, April 13, 2011 - Jamming with a Purpose at THE POINT
CNN, November 18, 2010 - Green teens in the BronxNovember 4, 2010 - BxNN Story of the Day: Mural Project Brightens Hunts Point
August 16, 2010 - Sotomayor Honored During Bronx Children's Museum Event at Lehman College
July 15, 2010 - Area youth participate in Bronx parade
May 7, 2010 - Bronx students, volunteers plant seeds for Hunts Point urban farm
May 6, 2010 - 'Key to the City' Kiosk
March 22, 2010 - The South Bronx Gets Serious About Green
January 2010 - Boogie down in the birthplace of hip-hop and salsa.
December 30, 2009 - R&B Superstar Gives $500 checks to City's Brightest Kids to Improve CommunityDecember 19, 2009 - The South Bronx Shows Off What It Really Means to Get Community Involved in Urban Green Initiatives
December 6, 2009 - South Bronx Food & Film Expo
August 7, 2009 - Bronx Tops in Poverty and Unemployment, 14th in StimulusJuly 1, 2009 - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner underscores Hunt's Point
June 15, 2009 - Hunts Point back in swim of things: Movable pool returns
May 4, 2009 - ICP at the Point Empowers Youth Through Photography
February 27, 2009 - Talking and Mixing to the Hip-Hop and Reggae Beat
February 22, 2009 - Caribbean roots of hip hop to be explored
June 23, 2008 - Annual Fish Parade illustrates value of Hunts Point's new venues
November 27, 2007 - City Buys South Brother Island on East River for Bird Refuge
September 14, 2006 - Mambo and Hip-Hop: Two Bronx Sounds, One Sense of Dignity
July 2006 - Between the Edge and the Root: Action Lab in Hunts Point
2003 - 2009 - A.C.T.I.O.N. Press
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