BARRETTO POINT PARK SURVEY RESULTS Activists Coming to Inform Our Neighborhood (A.C.T.I.O.N) is a teen community leadership program of THE POINT CDC. The program engages stipended young people who work to identify social and environmental
The key components of A.C.T.I.O.N. are: Advocacy, Academic Support, Media Training, and Youth Development. Advocacy - Partcipants learn the fundamentals of environmental and social justice, study current issues in the South Bronx, work to inform others in the community about these issues as well as work toward a solution. Academic Support - All participants' progress is monitored closely and tutoring is provided. Through collaboration with The Point's education staff and other organizations, all juniors and seniors receive SAT preparation and help with the college application process. A minimum GPA of 75% is required to be a
Media Training - ACTION youth take part in a media and technology course, where they are instructed in computer literacy, web design, mobile media and wireless Youth Development - Participants will become leaders by gaining experience and assistance in public speaking, job training, resume writing, and communication skills and effectiveness. The current projects/initiatives that A.C.T.I.O.N. has been working on are: • Pass legislation to ban the sale of flavored-tobacco products in New York City Action has created a blog, huntspointaction.blogspot.com, and also a channel on BRONX-BRISTOL AUDIO-VISUAL PROJECT Action youth are participating in a live audio-visual mixing project using a unique online mixing platform with youth from Bristol, England. At the conclusion of the project the two groups will perform a live concert of their mixes simultaneously in the two countries.
ONLINE MAGAZINE ACTION is working on the creation of an online informative magazine. The magazine is divided into four sections focusing on teen and family issue. Each ANTI-TOBACCO LEGISLATION In 2006 A.C.T.I.O.N. partnered with The American Lung Association (ALA) in order to fight big tobacco’s advertising aimed at our youth. We want to make our Together with ALA and councilman Joel Rivera, Initiative 433 was introduced as a bill to ban the sale of flavored-tobacco products in New York City. During this campaign ACTION has taken surveys in their community on the prevalence of cigarette smoking and marketing, as well as collected hundreds of endorsement cards in support of the legislation. ACTION has participated in two press conferences at
ACTION members have been working as a part of the Community In Unity coalition to stop the city’s proposed plans to build a 2,000-bed jail at the Oak Point site in Hunts Point. ACTION has attended public meetings and hearings with local elected officials, Department of Corrections commissioner Martin Horn, and City Council Speaker Christie Quinn. ACTION has also done outreach work and distributed fliers to the community informing them of this issue, and collected signatures in opposition to the jail. RE-INVISIONING HUNTS POINT ACTION participated in a community charrette to help plan for the future development of Hunts Point. The DEP’s waste water treatment plant located in Hunts If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recieve a copy of the A.C.T.I.O.N. brochure, please contact: |
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