This week’s updates –

2017 Mi Casa Es Mi Casa - Visual Art Exhibit at the Point

Opening reception: February 9, 2017 • 6:00PM - 9:00 PM
940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx NY 10474

Stop by and check out a timely art show on displacement. As change continues to overtake the South Bronx landscape, members of its arts community continue to take a stand at The Point, where the exhibition “Mi Casa Es Mi Casa/My House Is My House” opens this Thursday. Come out and support!

Independent Film “Chapter & Verse” 

Film director Jamal Joseph, a former Black Panther 21 member tells a Harlem based story in relation to gang violence, family bonding, and survival. This flick caught my attention since I just finished reading Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Mr. Joseph’s story speaks prophetically to the “racial caste system” described in Alexander’s book.

In Joseph’s own words:

“I wanted to do a real human portrait of the third man,” he said. “I’m the third man in my family because I’ve been in prison. Beaty’s father and his older brother were the third, both of them have been to prison. Those are our sons, grandfathers, uncles. Harlem is like the unofficial Black capital of America. Wherever there’s a Black community you see the same things in terms of incarceration and trying to figure out how to keep our families together.”

Screenings of “Chapter & Verse” will be held Feb. 3 and Feb. 10 in Harlem, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta in select theaters.

I AM MELROSE

Stay tuned for exciting updates about I AM MELROSE, a community/ arts festival slated for May 13th. The event, which will include honoring women leaders in our community, a celebration of local community gardens, an art exhibit by Bronx artists, musical presentations, and more, is presented by local community organizations in the Melrose section of the Bronx. More detailed information will be provided in the days ahead so mark your calendars!

Hi all! Welcome to this week’s edition of YUCA Roots, where we share Bronx community updates on youth, art and politics.

This week’s updates –

2017 YUCA WINTER SEMESTER

YUCA's Winter Session begins this week on January 24^th. There is still time for teenagers 15-19 to enroll … stop by to our studio on 754 Melrose Ave. Bronx NY 10451.The studio will be open from 10:00 am to 6:00pm each day Monday through Saturday; so even if you miss the first class, you can still come by to register. Check us out on Facebook to download our flyer or visit our website at yucaarts.org to download a registration form.

Also our Orientation for both parents and students will be held on Saturday January 28th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (refreshments will be provided). We can't wait to see you there!! 

DISPLACEMENT EXHIBIT AT THE POINT 

Currently YUCA staff and Alumni are prepping to participate in Mi Casa es Mi Casa, an exhibition intended to highlight the changes and resistance of the many culturally rich communities throughout New York City that are facing displacement head on. Developers and investors are rescaping and rezoning our communities of the Bronx, East Harlem, Harlem, Red Hook, East New York, just to name a few. These changes are often done without the awareness and input of the members of these communities. The question is who are these changes for and does it benefit the indigenous people of these communities?  

The exhibition will take place on February 9, 2017 at

THE POINT CDC, 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx NY 10474

This exhibition is curated by The House of Spoof Collective, led by the Point’s very own Alejandra Delfin.

LOCKED in SOLIDARITY

CCDA’s National Awareness and Action Day

On Mass Incarceration

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Join us and many others across the nation as we address the issue of mass incarceration. View the video “Remember the Prisoner”, bring together our prayers, lament, hope and stories in an effort to increase awareness of the impact incarceration is having in poor communities as well as support each other, as we seek to reverse its devastating effects. Know that the “racial cast system” this problem has created will be even more challenging to dismantle under the new administration. Come out and stand in solidarity with us on February 9th.

350 E. 146^th St. Bronx, New York, 10451

Between 3^rd. Ave. & College Ave.

Contact Rev. Dr. Patricia A. Sealy at 718.585.3636.