In the warm yellow light of the darkroom at The Point, 11-year-old Brianna Rodriguez placed a blank sheet of paper in the developing tray. After she agitated the liquid for a few seconds, an image of her brother and his pit bull emerged from the chemicals. The photograph is part [...]
Genevieve DeBose leaned forward and spoke into the microphone: “We’re broadcasting from The Point CDC, here in Hunts Point, in the South Bronx in New York City,” she said. “And this show is all about education. State of Schools Radio. SOS Radio.” DeBose, who teaches fifth grade at the Bronx [...]
Four young men, with their hands curled into fists to guard their faces, prepared to launch a kick. “Aim right, aim true, hit the target” calmly stated Gus Nuñez, who was leading a self-defense class at BAAD, the Bronx Academy for Arts and Dance on Barretto Street on a recent [...]