Updates about our work
Creating a reading room in Harlem with Reach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read is a nonprofit that partners with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. To help Reach Out and Read kick-off their annual Early Literacy Awareness Week, the Uni transformed an empty plaza in front of Heritage Health Care...
Uni returns to Ozone Park and creates evening reading room
On Thursday, August 7, we returned to a plaza that straddles the border of Queens and Brooklyn to create an evening reading room with the Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services Corporation. We augmented our collection with Bengali children's...
Uni reading room, Putnam Triangle Plaza, Brooklyn
Photos from deployment of the Uni reading room in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn on Aug 8, 2014. Our host and partner was the Fulton Area Business Alliance. Made possible in part by a grant from Tribeca Pediatrics’ We Care for Your Kids Foundation.
Uni reading room at NYC DOT Summer Streets
For the first time, the Uni joined Summer Streets, NYC DOT's annual car-free celebration when nearly seven miles of NYC's streets are opened for people to play, run, walk and bike. The Uni created a place to gather around books at a "rest stop" on the route at Foley...
The Uni reading room is packed on Corona Plaza
On July 27, the Uni created an open-air reading room on Corona Plaza—our third and final visit this year. In 2014, we continued our longstanding partnership with Queens Museum as they brought community-oriented programs to this emerging public space. Our work on this...
Uni transforms a new plaza under the elevated in Sunnyside
On July 26, the Uni transformed the new Bliss Plaza under the 7 train in Sunnyside, Queens, into a place to gather, read, and meet neighbors. Our host was the local BID, Sunnyside Shines, and we were invited as part of Sunnyside Summer Strolls celebrating the...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh helps launch Uni for Boston
On Saturday, July 19, we were honored to launch a Uni portable reading room for Boston with help from Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The location was downtown's Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, where this Uni will remain, popping up at different locations along the park all...
Boston Public Library in the Uni
The Boston Public Library is a key partner in helping us make a place to gather around books on Boston’s Rose F. Kennedy Greenway this summer. The library contributed a great selection of children’s picture books, young adult books, and books for teens to read on-site...
ICA Boston contributes collection of art books for Boston Uni
Coinciding with the launch of a Uni portable reading room for Boston on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art put together a wonderful collection of 17 books that will remain on the Uni’s shelves for all of Boston to enjoy. Among the...