South Bronx Unite will be tabling at the New York Botanical Garden’s Crazy for Composting event.

This past weekend, we handed out and taught community members how to make DIY air purifiers! We continue to raise awareness about the health disparities caused by polluting infrastructure — from major expressways and power plants to last-mile truck routes.

But the day wasn’t all about challenges — building these Corsi-rosenthal DIY air purifiers with families was such a fun and uplifting experience!

Special thanks to The Mission Continues and their amazing team of volunteers for making it all possible, and to MS/HS 223 for hosting us!

The HEArts Center Spring Festival spotlighted the holistic practices and creative programming that will one day thrive at the soon-to-be HEArts Center.

Dr. Drum grounded us in our origins, using the power of the drum to guide us back to the heartbeat in our mother’s womb. We were moved by the powerful words of Bonafide Rojas, who took us on a journey through the Boogie Down. And we closed the day with Karla Mayenbeer Cruz reading her children’s book, The Adventures of Pepita Morales at City Hall—awakening both our inner child and our activist spirit. We’re also grateful to the practitioners from Qi Wellness and the Five Lights Center of Shiatsu, who helped ease our bodies, and to Samaritan Daytop Village for sharing resources and tabling with us.

Thank you to everyone who made Saturday’s 2nd Bronx Food & Farm Tours: Environmental Justice in Mott Haven and Port Morris such a memorable day! We were proud to bring back this powerful tour, highlighting community gardens and future green spaces. Big thanks to our partners—NYBG Bronx Green-Up, El Barrio Bikes, NYCBUS, Montefiore Einstein, and Bronx S.W.A.B.—for making it possible. From spoken word and garden visits to shared meals from our friends at La Morada and B-Blossom, the day was full of reflection, connection, and celebration!

Mott Haven and East Harlem showed up strong for our NYC Council District 8 Candidates Forum on Saturday, April 26! Huge thanks to the community members and local partner organizations whose thoughtful questions led to a meaningful and wide-ranging discussion.

This forum was proudly organized by South Bronx Unite & The Mott Haven-Port Morris Community Land Stewards, BronxHype, East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust, Guns Down Life Up, New York Communities for Change, The People’s Church, Save Section Nine, and the NYCHA Resident Associations of Mill Brook, Mott Haven, and Patterson Houses.

Earth Day was a success! Our Clean-Up Day of Action, held in collaboration with Community Board 1, was a beautiful day filled with community, connection, and care. We showed some love to Willis Playground with the help of incredible volunteers and our amazing partners: Bronx SWAB, GrowNYC, Qi Wellness, and Go! Sports. A special thank you to OnPointNYC for conducting a syringe litter clean-up ahead of time, ensuring a safe and welcoming space for everyone. Together, we spread mulch to nourish the tree beds, enjoyed delicious tamales, and kept the good vibes flowing with great music. Huge thanks to everyone who showed up and showed out—your energy made the day!

Thank you to everyone who came to our HEArts Center Festival. We are turning our community's vision for the former Lincoln Recovery Center into reality by creating a people’s center focused on holistic health, education, and the arts: HEArts Center. Community healing was at the heart of the festival. We danced to UpBeat NYC’s live saxophones, enjoyed delicious food provided by Unconditional Freedom, skateboarded and rollerbladed with GoSports, and restored our energy with Qi Zone Wellness holistic practices. Lastly, we are grateful to OnPoint NYC for co-organizing this beautiful event with us.

The Bronx Food and Farm bus/bike tour of Mott Haven and Port Morris was a great success thanks to everyone who joined us. Your enthusiasm was crucial as we explored how local community gardens foster healing, education, and resilience against toxic industries.

Thank you to all community members who participated in our Waterfront Community Envision sessions. Your invaluable feedback will directly support our $20 million EPA Community Change Grant application. We gained valuable insights on how to activate two key locations on the Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront: the southern end of Lincoln Ave and the eastern end of E 132nd St., which will be crucial in preparing a strong application to bring these sites to life.

On April 27th, we celebrated Earth Day with community members and local artist Leslie Lopez, gathering at the southern end of Lincoln Ave to reclaim a difficult-to-access public space. This event showcased a community-designed art installation, reflecting our neighborhood's creativity and commitment to an equitable waterfront.

On April 27th, we celebrated Earth Day with community members and local artist Leslie Lopez, gathering at the southern end of Lincoln Ave to reclaim a difficult-to-access public space. This event showcased a community-designed art installation, reflecting our neighborhood's creativity and commitment to an equitable waterfront.

Thank you for joining us for an engaging convening where we discussed the dangerous air pollution in our community, shared information about our air quality monitoring program, and strategized on how we could work together to shape clean air policies for our community.

South Bronx Unite and the Mott Haven Port Morris Community Land Stewards hosted a press conference to announce the city's selection of the HEArts project and to reannounce the community’s victory.

Dr. Mutulu Shakur, an acupuncture pioneer at the former People’s Detox Center, was commemorated for his legacy by having his friends and comrades share testimonials. Community members also shared their collective vision of transforming an abandoned city-owned building into a thriving community-managed hub with an emphasis on (H)ealth,(E)ducation, and the (A)rts / HEArts.

In collaboration with Randall’s Park Alliance and El Barrio Bikes, we celebrated City of Water Day with a bike tour from East Harlem through Randall's Island to the South Bronx to support our community-led initiative to establish green spaces along the waterfront.

We toured the Mott Haven/Port Morris waterfront to show our community some of the polluting infrastructure that ravages our community with a range of illnesses, including asthma, cognitive impairment, obesity, and heart disease. We brought attention to our community solutions to address this injustice, including our campaigns for more open green space (our Waterfront Plan) and for a community hub focused on Health, Education, and the Arts (HEArts Center).

South Bronx Unite, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and the New York League of Conservation Voters convened members of the City Council and environmental justice organizations to remedy the negative cumulative impacts of unjust policies that have plagued low income and communities of color for decades by influencing council members sign on to the Green Pact.

The South Bronx and Northern Manhattan have disproportionate concentrations of polluting facilities that negatively impact low-income communities of color. SBU and We Act facilitated a tour of both impacted regions was provided to organizations, state agencies, and legislators to expose the injustices our communities face as well as demonstrate solutions to injustices through existing and forthcoming projects.

A town hall discussion to inform on the city’s research and planning for an equitable transition to clean energy and gather the community’s experience with NYC’s energy systems.

A festival for Climate, Jobs and Justice. The family-friendly event welcomed everyone to participate in a teach-in on the Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package, a NYS legislation package that advances climate and environmental justice.