Updates about our work
Uni returns to Brownsville for Halloween at Zion Plaza
The Uni met several hundred kids and a marching band in Brownsville this Halloween. We went to Brooklyn to join a festival organized by Pitkin Avenue BID and set up on Zion Plaza at Pitkin and East New York Ave. Our participation was made possible in part by Penguin...
Uni Tower at Brooklyn Children’s Museum October 2014-January 2015
The Uni Project has teamed up with Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) to create a science reading station inside the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Part of an exhibit called “More Than Meets the “I” exploring the new frontiers of biology, health, robotics &...
Uni at play streets. Booyah!
This summer, we created regular pop-up reading rooms at six different play streets in Harlem, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Play streets are just what they sound like—streets closed to traffic so kids can play and get physical exercise. In NYC, the Uni Project is...
The Uni’s first Artist-in-Residence
This summer, illustrator and Parsons student Tiffany Lin was our artist-in-residence. We first met Tiffany as part of a class that created handmade books for the Uni on Governors’ Island. Tiffany made a scrolling book called LOOK UP! that told the story of a girl...
How the Uni reading room helps close the achievement gap
The Uni reading room helps close achievement gaps by positively impacting the following factors identified by the National Education Association: access to a learning environment that can support youth development outside of school; access to books; time kids spent...
Uni at West Harlem Play Street, 2014
Every Thursday in July and August 2014, we deployed the Uni reading room to a play street at Broadway and W 137th St run by Harvest Home next to their farmers' market. Learn more about our ongoing effort at play streets. Made possible by a generous grant from Shippy...
Uni reading room at Bronx Play Street, Summer 2014 (p2)
(Page 2 of 2) In July and August 2014, we deployed the Uni reading room to a new play street run by Caldwell Programs on Jennings Street near Prospect Ave in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx. Learn more about our ongoing effort at play streets. Our...
Uni reading room at Bronx Play Street, Summer 2014 (p1)
(Page 1 of 2) In July and August 2014, we deployed the Uni reading room to a new play street run by Caldwell Programs on Jennings Street near Prospect Ave in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx. Learn more about our ongoing effort at play streets. Our...
Uni reading room at Rivera Ave Play Street, 2014
In July and August 2014, we deployed the Uni reading room to a play street run by Harvest Home next to their farmer's market on Rivera Avenue in the Bronx, a few blocks north of Yankee Stadium. Learn more about our ongoing effort at play...