New York and Bronx Documentary Centre 2023

Future Hackney have been visiting New York gaining insights from social profit organisations. We have visited and worked alongside Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Arts Centre, ICP, The Tenement Museum and Bronx Documentary Centre based in the Lower East Side and the Bronx. WE also meet many communities across the city creating a synergy between the stories of Londoners and New Yorkers. The orals histories and images are similar, drawing on subjects such as gentrification, community power, rent and housing, space to create, new educational pathways for urban youth and ecological issues like urban food farms. Through our links with the organisations above and the communities wee met each year we are working towards a co-created project that identifies the resilience and power of East London and New Yorks innercity communities. 

“We don’t often hear or see the stories of Londoners. But since meeting with Future Hackney we have seen the issues we face in the Lower East Side and The Bronx to be mirroring each other. Fighting for our rights with organisations rooted in community care is what holds our communities together. A project identifying these connections across the globe would be beneficial for all involved” Charis New York 2024 

We will be returning to NY in 2025 to co-create with communities and hear their stories of protest and resistance based in neighbourhood unity. Watch this space….