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 24th.
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. 146th St. Bronx, New York, 10451
Between 3rd. Ave. & College Ave.
Contact Rev. Dr. Patricia A.
Sealy at 718.585.3636.
