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Seis Del Sur Returns With A New, Contemporary Exhibition

Saturday, January 19, 2013, was the night that the South Bronx came home. Seis Del Sur opened their first ever exhibition as a collective at the Bronx Documentary Center. The opening night and subsequent 6 weeks of programming was record-breaking for these 6 Nuyorican photographers from the South Bronx. It was an event filled with, laughter, tears of both joy and sadness.

Now, 18 months later, join Seis Del Sur at The Bronx Musical Heritage Center this Friday July 25th as they launch their latest exhibition, this time showing contemporary work.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Stands in Solidarity With Port Morris / Mott Haven After Bronx BP’s Disparaging Remarks

Earlier this morning, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito retweeted our tweet about Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr’s disparaging remarks about Port Morris and Mott Haven in which he described the areas as, “…it’s dark, it’s dormant, it’s just a very morbid place,” during his interview with Gary Axlebank on BronxTalk.

In turn, Madame Speaker Mark-Viverito tweeted: “Proud to represent such a great, diverse part of our city #MottHaven…” to Welcome2TheBronx, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. El Barrio Tours.

TELL BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ, JR HE IS DISRESPECTFUL AND OUT OF TOUCH!

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Bronx BP Ruben Diaz Jr Insults Mott Haven/Port Morris; Says There’s Nothing There, It’s Morbid

“Right now, that area is dark, it’s dormant, it’s just a very morbid place,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr of the thriving Port Morris/Mott Haven area where FreshDirect wants to set-up shop during an interview on BronxTalk last night. He went on to say that FreshDirect would liven up an otherwise empty area.

Are we talking about the same area? The same area that was declared by NYC & Company — New York City’s official marketing and tourism agency — as one of the ‘Neighborhood x Neighborhood’ as a destination for tourists to explore outside of Manhattan?

Local residents and business owners are not only disappointed but also upset with Diaz Jr’s comments.

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Bronx Scavenger Hunt Unites Lovers Of Our Borough In Quest For Glory

This past Saturday July 12th, 26 teams comprised of 4 individuals each gathered on the steps of Bronx Borough Hall for the beginning of a race to test people’s knowledge of all things Bronx from its history to pop culture. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr, his staff, John DeSio, Olga Luz Tirado, Executive Director of…

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ACTION ALERT: Tell Mayor de Blasio To Stop The FreshDirect Deal!

For two and a half years, together we prevented (then) Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Cuomo from giving FreshDirect a single dollar of a (then) promised $127 million subsidy to move its trucking operation to a South Bronx waterfront flood zone, bringing 1,000 daily diesel truck trips through an overburdened community already plagued with asthma rates 8 times the national average. In 2013, we voted a progressive administration into office to change the tale of two cities and reverse course on decades of double standards and hazardous dumping on the South Bronx. We have patiently waited more than six months for our newly elected leaders to deliver on their campaign promises, but our community’s health can no longer afford to be a back burner issue. So today, we are asking all of you and everyone you know to call, email, tweet and facebook the Mayor and tell him to stop the FreshDirect deal. Ask him to back his campaign for change with action!

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Three Of The Freedom Riders From Mississippi Freedom Summer Coming to The Bronx Documentary Center

Tomorrow, Saturday July 12th at 8PM, the Bronx Documentary Center will be screening ‘Freedom Summer’ where “Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.”

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