by Sam | Jun 3, 2013
On Sunday, the Uni wrapped up five deployments in five days with a visit to NYC Chinatown. Whew! Our pop-up community work began in Boston as residents of Boston’s Chinatown with films on a vacant lot and the Chinatown Storefront Library. So this was a return of...
by Sam | May 30, 2013
On Wednesday, May 29, the Uni went to Clement Clarke Moore Park in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan for the first of two deployments organized in conjunction with middle and high school students from nearby Avenues: The World School. For this deployment, students...
by Leslie | May 14, 2013
On Thursday, May 9, the Uni deployed to a playground adjacent to MS 223 and Clark Junior High School in the South Bronx (Third Ave and E144th St). We chose a paved area just outside the playground where we could catch the eye of the students after school and also...
by Sam | Nov 11, 2012
The Uni spent the day in Red Hook, Brooklyn, to serve a waterfront community still struggling after the storm. We set up between FEMA and the food trucks, across the street from a mobile clinic. And we went in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library—BPL staff did...
by Sam | Jul 29, 2012
The Uni went to Corona today, and we had blast. We transformed a part of Corona Plaza near the 7 train’s 103rd St station into a reading room all day. We were invited here by the Queens Museum of Art to support the New York City Department of Transportation and other...
by Sam | Sep 15, 2011
On Sunday, Sep. 11, the Uni was put into service for the first time. Lower Manhattan residents joined us to inaugurate the Uni by gathering to browse and read our small collection on a difficult morning. While most of the surrounding blocks were locked down and public...
