by Sam | May 28, 2015
In May and June 2015, the Uni Project offered weekly open-air reading rooms at James Weldon Johnson Playground in East Harlem as part of a partnership with NYC Parks aligning our efforts with the goals of city’s Community Parks Initiative. Generous funding from Leaves...
by Sam | May 21, 2015
In May and June 2015, the Uni Project offered weekly open-air reading rooms at James Weldon Johnson Playground in East Harlem as part of a partnership with NYC Parks aligning our efforts with the goals of city’s Community Parks Initiative. Generous funding from Leaves...
by Sam | May 17, 2015
On May 16, 2015, the Uni Project created an open-air reading room on a recently-created pedestrian plaza in Brooklyn. We visit these emerging public spaces to help activate space, give people a way to gather, and show how reading and learning can be part of the mix at...
by Sam | May 2, 2015
We’re proud to announce a new partnership between the Uni Project and NYC Parks Department that will bring pop-up reading rooms to priority parks identified in the Mayor’s Community Parks Initiative addressing equity in the city. Thanks to support from Leaves of...
by Sam | May 1, 2015
The Uni Project is partnering with SoHo native Yukie Ohta to create the first roving neighborhood history museum for NYC. Today starts a monthlong Kickstarter campaign by Yukie to launch the effort. Yukie is founder of the SoHo Memory Project, an archive and blog, and...
by Sam | Apr 27, 2015
Long before the Uni portable reading room, New York City streets provided a rich environment for learning. New Yorkers of all ages, colors, fur, and feathers sounded out words and read together on stoops. It happened on television, but it forever changed people’s...
