NEW YORK CITY KID WHO'S NOW A NYC ADULT
DIGITAL ARCHIVE PROJECT
"Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city:
all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud.
No other city is so spitefully incoherent."
-James Baldwin, DeWitt Clinton High School Alumnus, 1941
all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud.
No other city is so spitefully incoherent."
-James Baldwin, DeWitt Clinton High School Alumnus, 1941
The Bronx is ranked as the 62nd Unhealthiest County out of the 62 counties of New York State (The Institute for Family Health, 2024). As a lifelong Bronx resident and mother of Bronx kids this statistic hits home in many ways. This digital archive's mission is to document, gather, and share the voices of those who were raised by this borough, this city, and this state. Our stories elevate our community's realities while also allowing us to lean on one another for access to resources and healthy lifestyle options available in our communities. Each prompt centers on memory. Each prompt allows us to uplift one another's truths. Each prompt allows us to humanize this place that we all don't own and yet we call home.
You can read Sydney's Substack via this link. |
Reference: The Institute for Family Health. (2024). The Bronx is the Unhealthiest County. The Institute for Family Health. https://institute.org/not62/