South Bronx Community Resiliency Agenda

CAMP-EJ

CAMP-EJ is a community-based participatory research project that empowers youth and community members to address air quality issues in environmental justice communities. This program seeks to advance air quality priorities laid out in NYC-EJA’s 2018 “NYC Climate Justice Agenda” and focuses on the study of PM 2.4 emissions in the Hunts Point community. CAMP-EJ engages youth and communities on the power of citizen science, generate data to inform environmental justice goals, identify causes of air pollution and create policy recommendations.

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In an effort to build a more resilient and better connected Hunts Point, THE POINT CDC, in collaboration with New America, is launching FREE HUNTS POINT COMMUNITY WIFI; a wireless mesh WIFI network, which provides free communication that is resistant to power and internet outages. In the case of an emergency, the network will serve as a critical resource for communicating vital information. Contact: Yamil at ylora@thepoint.org

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