NWBCCC Unveils Roadmap to Abundance

By DAVID GREEN

NWBCCC-1 — ORGANIZERS AND COMMUNITY leaders of the Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition at their Roadmap to Abundance Fair. Photo by David Greene

Paving the way to housing equality stood on the top of an agenda for a social justice group the last week of July.

Hundreds of Bronx residents turned out for the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition’s (NWBCCC) unveiling of its Roadmap From Displacement to Abundance Community Resource Fair, held on Sunday, July 31 at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church on Andrews Avenue North in Fordham. The campaign, part of NWBCCC’s core mission tenets, offers information to combat displacement. The group took a broader look at fighting issues of tenant harassment in the Bronx.

Coalition members fed more than 200 guests at their Road-map to Abundance Fair held on July 31. Photo by David Greene — COALITION MEMBERS FEED more than 200 guests at their Roadmap to Abundance Fair held on July 31.
Photo by David Greene

Invited guests included state Senator Gustavo Rivera, City Councilman Andy King and state Assemblyman Victor Pichardo. As part of the Bronx Coalition for A Community Vision, the coalition demands living wage jobs, affordable housing, more protection for small businesses and residents from landlords and an end to expelling students for minor infractions.

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