The Bronx River
August 10, 2011
This week – we begin our new series: “RadioNature” by exploring people’s connection to nature and the outdoors. We begin in the Bronx… an urban borough bordered by the Bronx River. It’s the only freshwater river that runs through New York City. And for the majority of low-income Bronx residents, it’s one of their only connections to nature and a break from urban life. (Funding for this series comes from the REI Foundation.)
Radio piece and slide-show produced by Nusha Balyan.
Audio Engineer Matt Fidler.
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Photos: Yasmeen Qureshi and Nusha Balyan.
To find out more about the Bronx River Alliance and the upcoming Upstream Soiree, click here.
Along for the Ride with Damian Lopez Alfonso
Cycling is Damian Lopez Alfonso’s life. Since he was a young boy, he’s been riding the streets of Havana, Cuba… but not just for fun. He’s actually a fierce and competitive cyclist. But Damian doesn’t look or ride like your average competitive racer. We met up with him in an unlikely space in New York City.
Radio story and slide-show produced by Xohitl Dorsey.
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If you’d like to help Damian Lopez Alfonso get to the London Para-Olympics in 2012, go to PayPal and make your donation to teamdamian2012@gmail.com.
Gifts can also be made in Damian’s name at the Achilles Foundation for Facial Reconstruction or the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction.
If there’s one indie-film you gotta see, it’s “La Cosecha” which means “The Harvest”. It’s an eye-opening film, directed by Roberto Romano. It tells the story through three young people who have given up their dreams of school, friends and a normal childhood for the brutal realities of working in fields across the U.S. Latino USA’s Tena Rubio spoke to executive producer, Susan MacLaury.
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