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BRONX El Periódico Bilingüe De La Comunidad an Immaculate Tribute P3 JANUARY 22 - JANUARY 28, 2014 • VOLUME 5 - No. 4 The FREE PRESS The Community’s Bilingual Newspaper BRONX El Periódico Bilingüe de la Comunidad An immaculate tribute p3 Un tributo inmaculado p3 Photo by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer UPKNYC p10 Food p14 Art p4 FREE GREEN COLLAR JOB TRAINING The Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training (BEST) Academy is now accepting applications for its Spring 2014 job training program, BEST 4 Buildings (B4B). After graduating, you will be prepared to enter the green collar workforce. The training is free and transportation is provided. TO Q UALIFY YOU MUST ▪ Be interested in careers in environmental sustainability ▪ Be at least 18 years of age at time of enrollment ▪ Have a Social Security card and birth certificate ▪ Have math and reading skills at an 8th grade level ▪ Have a high school diploma or GED ▪ Be physically able to work ▪ Be motivated & committed to complete the entire, full-time 17-week training program ▪ Be able to participate in one-on-one career counseling sessions until employment is obtained INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS Jump-start your career & sign up for an informational session TODAY! Regularly Scheduled Sessions Mondays from 10:30am to 1:30pm Wednesdays & Fridays from 10:30am to 1:30pm How to Sign Up Online: go to www.ssbx.org At our office Monday - Friday, 9 am - 3pm, 1231 Lafayette Ave., 4th Fl, Bronx, NY 10474 For more information, call (646) 400- 5431 or email [email protected] 2 january 22, 2014 • the bronx free press • www.thebronxfreepress.com An immaculate tribute Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer cannot allow our “We creative protest to degenerate into physical violence,” said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He spoke through the young voice of Edward Tavera, a fifth grader at the Immaculate Conception School this past Sun., Jan. 19th. It is Tavera’s favorite line in King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Tavera and several other students presented the famous speech at the Tenth Annual Martin Luther King Tribute Mass, held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on East Gunhill Road this past Sun., Jan. 19th. “We cannot give up yet,” said guest speaker Tiffani Blake, the Special The Mass has become an important Assistant to the President for tradition for both the school and the church. Mission and Board Relations at the “I feel that Martin Luther King has a great College of New Rochelle and the deal of wisdom to teach the people who The Immaculate Conception Choir Commissioner of Black Ministry of feel that they will accomplish anything. He performed at a tribute Mass in the Archdiocese of New York City. compels others to be better people, especially honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. children,” said Sister Leticia Aviles, who has been the school’s principal for 13 years. Dream” speech, as well as Maya Angelou’s said. “He was a man who spoke softly but from “Still I Rise.” The tribute allows students to honor Dr. poem “Still I Rise.” carried a big stick.” “I was nervous,” he admitted. Zelaya had King and to perform before the rest of the Tavera reported that, under the tutelage of Sixth grader Damani Thomas also recited a coping strategy, however. “I looked where congregation. his teacher Mrs. Davis, he had learned his excerpts from the speech. there was nobody sitting—in the back.” This past Sunday, students from the fifth part of the speech in an hour. He said that “He understood what people had to go Fifth grader Mariyah Domínguez was her to seventh grades, under the guidance of fifth there was much to be learned from the words through to get to this country and not have the class’s assistant director, and memorized the grade homeroom teacher Mrs. Faye Davis, spoken by Dr. King over 50 years ago. freedom you deserve,” he observed. recited excerpts from Dr. King’s “I Have a “It shows how he was a peaceful man,” he Christopher Zelaya, a fifth grader, read See TRIBUTE p12 Un tributo inmaculado Historia y fotos por Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Damani Thomas, de sexto grado, también recitó extractos del discurso. o podemos permitir que nuestra “Él entendió lo que la gente tenía que pasar “Nprotesta creativa degenere en para llegar a este país y no tener la libertad que violencia física”, dijo Martin Luther merecía”, dijo. Christopher Zelaya, estudiante de quinto King Jr. grado, leyó de “Still I Rise.” “Estaba nervioso”, admitió. Zelaya tenía una Habló a través de la joven voz de Edward estrategia de supervivencia, sin embargo. “Miré Tavera, estudiante de quinto grado de la escuela hacia donde no había nadie sentado en la parte Inmaculada Concepción. de atrás”. Se trata de la frase favorita de Tavera en el Mariyah Domínguez, de quinto grado, fue discurso de King “Tengo un sueño”. asistente de dirección de su clase y memorizó Tavera y otros compañeros presentaron el el poema entero para poder ayudar a sus famoso discurso en la décima misa como tributo compañeros a practicar sus líneas. anual a Martin Luther King, celebrada en la iglesia “Mi clase fue increíble haciendo su trabajo de la Inmaculada Concepción de East Gunhill hoy”, concluyó después de su actuación. Road el pasado domingo 19 de enero. Davis también dio a su clase una “A” de La misa se ​​ha convertido en una tradición calificación por sus esfuerzos del domingo. importante para la escuela y la iglesia. Ella ha estado a cargo de formar estudiantes “Siento que Martin Luther King tiene una para participar en el tributo desde su creación gran cantidad de sabiduría para enseñar a las hace diez años. El evento tiene un doble personas que sienten que ellos habrán de lograr propósito, dijo: el de honrar al Dr. King, y dar a los cualquier cosa. Obliga a otros a ser mejores estudiantes la oportunidad de participar hablando personas, especialmente a los niños “, dijo la en público. hermana Leticia Avilés, quien ha sido directora de Los 38 estudiantes de su clase tuvieron un la escuela por 13 años. “Él era un hombre que hablaba en voz baja, papel en la ejecución del tributo. El homenaje permite a los estudiantes honrar pero llevaba un gran garrote”, dijo estudiante Davis tenía una amplia experiencia haciendo al Dr. King y también hacer una presentación ante Edward Tavera, con Damani Thomas (derecha). recitales cuando fue a la escuela católica en el resto de la congregación. Jamaica. El domingo pasado, los estudiantes de quinto “Still I Rise.” palabras pronunciadas por el Dr. King hace más Recordó las palabras de uno de los discursos a séptimo grados, bajo la dirección de la señora Tavera informó que, bajo la tutela de la Sra. de 50 años. de Marcus Garvey, que realizó cuando era más Faye Davis, maestra de grado quinto, recitaron Davis, aprendió su parte del discurso en una “Esto demuestra que era un hombre pacífico”, joven. pasajes del discurso del Dr. King “Tengo un hora. dijo. “Él era un hombre que hablaba en voz baja, sueño”, así como el poema de Maya Angelou Señaló que había mucho que aprender de las pero llevaba un gran garrote”. Ver TRIBUTO p12 january 22, 2014 • the bronx free press • www.thebronxfreepress.com 3 Story by Gregg McQueen A highlight of the GAY schedule is a program by New York artist Jacolby Satter unique art presentation white, who will present segments of a video coming to the Bronx will series that will soon be displayed as part of A A GAY time the Whitney Museum of American Art’s explore the cultural shift in the Exhibit examines evolving identity Biennial. identity of gay male artists of color Also on display will be works by Boston painter Steve Locke and drawings by Los through the past decade. Angeles-based artist Hector Silva, who was recently recognized by the City of Los Titled “GAY,” the group exhibition is Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs for presented by Longwood Arts Project, the his dedication to representing the Latino visual arts branch of the Bronx Council on LGBT experience. the Arts, and will be held from February 5 While GAY definitely contains adult until May 7, 2014, on the campus of Hostos content, Monforte said that was not the focus Community College. of his exhibition. The program was curated by New York “One of my artistic goals is to represent artist Ivan Monforte in collaboration with gayness in a way that’s not oversexualized,” Visual AIDS and the Bronx Academy of Arts he stated. “There are a lot of abstract art and Dance at Longwood Art Gallery. pieces and other types of work.” Monforte has compiled a multidisciplinary Additional events include a Kiki Ball, a roster of artists to showcase their talents youth-led, politically-minded division of the through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, larger House and Ballroom community, as performance and text. well as a college tuition fundraiser. An opening reception will take place on A panel discussion is scheduled for Sat., Wed., Feb. 5th. Mar. 8th, as part of the exhibition program. In creating the program for Longwood Arts Monforte said he created the panel with the Project, Monforte said that he wanted to work intention of exploring what it means to be gay with openly gay men of color who present today, and how that identity has evolved in gay-themed art. recent years. “I wanted to examine the self-identity of “Up until 1973, being gay was considered those individuals,” explained Monforte. a mental disorder,” he remarked. “But very “It’s like stigma upon stigma ― stigmatized "I want people to walk away recently, there have been great achievements about being gay, about the color of their skin, in the community, such as gay marriage and and also the art they create.” with ideas,” says curator Ivan Monforte of new exhibit “GAY”.
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