diversity & inclusion
Bronx Students Get Hands-On Technology Training Through Partnership with City, LinkNYC & Partners
LinkNYC teamed up with Digital Girl, Inc. and Fix It With Piggy to bring over a dozen high school students from The Bronx and Brooklyn together at the Brooklyn’s Gigabit Center in Crown Heights, which provides for hands-on training in fiber optic cable splicing, smartphone repair, and other in-demand technical skills. The Center is managed in partnership with NYC Office of Technology & Innovation.
Sopranos Actor & Bronx Walk of Fame Inductee Vincent Pastore Dies at Age 80
Bronx Film Week Returns for a Second Year Featuring 42 Films at 14 Locations
Bronx Film Week is back for its second year, running from August 13 to August 22. Kicking off with a community party on Aug. 13, at SoBro Garden, 26 Bruckner Blvd, Bronx, NY 10454, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., the event will feature filmmakers, Eif Rivera and Rashaad Ernesto Green, and will offer press, partners, and film lovers an early look at the week ahead.
UPDATE Woodlawn Dog Run Renamed in Honor & Memory of Kathleen Duffy Corrigan
Destination Tomorrow Offering Grants of up to $15,000 – Deadline July 31
Update Bronx Community Board 7 Honors Community
Op-Ed: Democrats Disagree on New PR Status Bill
Puerto Rico’s non-voting Resident Commissioner in Congress, Pablo José Hernández Rivera, (D-PR), introduced a new bill on June 10 to address Puerto Rico’s status as a U.S. territory. The day after the bill’s introduction, Democrats, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7), Y), issued the following joint statement opposing the new bill:
