Soundview Library

The Bronx History and Activism Project (BxHAP) is a bi-weekly virtual history and civic program that introduces participants to a topic in local history and utilizes local primary and secondary sources to help bring the topic to life. Local community leaders join the program and challenge participants to rethink preconceptions and engage with organizations and elected officials to improve our City.

Brandon Montes started the Norwood Free Library in 2018 as a way to combat what he sees as a systemic problem around literary access. “For a long time, we didn’t have a bookstore here—an independent bookstore—in the Bronx. What does that say about us reading here?” At this session, he will discuss his organization, the concept of mutual aid, and give us ideas on how we can engage in similiar activism in our communities. Register HERE.