Neighborhoods in the Bronx

and affordable price. Our success depends greatly on effective strategies which are outline as follows: • Strengthen our relationship with schools we are already working with. • Establish new and strong relationship with other schools in the neighborhood • Evaluate clients ' learning needs to pinpoint where they are having difficulties having difficulties understanding concepts. • Organize fundraising activities to gain additional funding for expansion. • Institute a monitoring…

For these impoverished youth, their culture and the social relationships connected to their culture was the most valuable feature they had. Hip Hop was created in the early ‘70s in the South Bronx out of two key moments: the death of Cornell “Black Benjy” Benjamin and the Hoe Ave peace meeting in 1971. Black Benjy, a well-known youth who was a political leader with the Ghetto Brothers, a music group and gang who were heavily involved in political…

Obesity in America is a growing concern for the nation. Obesity rates are rising and something has to be done in order to curb the trend towards a heavier and unhealthier America. The change won’t be over night, but with perseverance, it can be done. It’s affecting everyone but does it affect some groups more than others? Let’s first look at what actually has to happen for people to become obese. A person’s body has to have a certain amount of energy to go through a normal day. There are two…

Asthma is most commonly known as being a chronic condition in the US that has been known to having an effect in people young and old. It is a condition in which the airway passages are narrowed leading to symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough (Bijanzadeh, Mahesh, Nallur 1). In today's world there seem to be many factors that could increase the risk of children developing asthma. Those factors may include genetic predisposition, environment interaction, prenatal…

My Dominican identity has transplanted across borders from the impoverish dirt roads of Sabana Perdida, Dominican Republic to the vibrant streets of Washington Heights, and the multi-ethnic cultural neighborhood of Bushwick Brooklyn. I learned very early on in life that I was Dominicana. The vivid memories of my mom chasing after me with a chancleta (rubber slippers) or a palo (broom stick), the daily routine of eating Los Tres Golpes (mangu, salami and fried cheese) for breakfast, lunch and…

I. Introduction a. Background on Resilient Neighborhoods • Description of overall Resilient Neighborhoods initiative • Relation to the City’s overall response to Sandy and resiliency planning • Relation to other DCP work, such as Citywide Text Amendment • Relation to other state and federal initiatives • Why this study area was chosen Following Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, New York City developed a detailed action plan for recovery from the storm and the long-term resiliency of the…

How to Profile a Serial Killer David Berkowitz was an infamous serial killer of the 1970s. He is also known as the “Son of Sam.” Berkowitz was a sociopathic, satanic serial killer. Serial killers must commit two or more murders in repeated incidents. He received commands from Satan to target single women and couples. Although he was adopted at birth, he believes he killed his mother and is carrying out these deeds by Satan as a punishment for killing his mother. David Berkowitz acted alone…

The school consists of 345 students covering grades 6 through 8. I student taught the 8th grade, which consisted of 115 students. One of the most common observations about the student body at Mott Hall II is its diversity, the same applies to its neighborhood. This is something that I was surprised to see when I started working at my site. The Nikole Hannah-Jones article, where she touched on the large divide among racial and socioeconomic classes made New York City school incredibly segregated…

Personal biography I was born and raised in a high crime area in The Bronx. Once I saw a man from my window robbing the apartment across from me. I was scared and did not feel safe. During that time, I grew up watching a lot of crime shows, especially Law and Order Special Victims Unit. I loved watching this show because it was entertaining, relatable to my neighborhood, and had a strong female role. Over the years my neighborhood needed to be more help to make it a safe place for people who…

film “Finding Forrester,” even a highly educated professor, Mr. Crawford, made all of kinds of biased assumptions on Jamal, and questioned Jamal’s integrity and academic excellence just because Jamal was black and from the housing projects in the Bronx. There was a scene that Jamal, suffering enough disrespect and prejudice against him, explosively claimed, “Yeah, I’ll get out!” (Finding Forrester) and burst out of the classroom after a hostile confrontation with Mr. Crawford. The abrupt…