Last Updated on by
The New York City Writing Project and the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance has been awarded a grant through the National Writing Project’s Building a More Perfect Union program! As part of the American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations at the National Endowment for the Humanities (@NEHgov), Building a More Perfect Union funds organizations to develop programming in anticipation of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. #NWP #SHARP #NEHrecovery
Learn more about about our award and project:
A More Perfect Bronx History
New York City Writing Project at Lehman College and the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
New York, NY
![](https://nycwritingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Van-Cortlandt-exterior-1880s-c-1024x698-1.jpeg)
This partnership between Lehman College’s New York City Writing Project and the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance will engage students from underserved Bronx high schools in a year-long experience focusing on learning and communicating the results of historical research to produce resources that will support the Alliance. Students will produce online media; interpret
and explain history serving as site guides and docents; and contribute to creating opportunities for students, teachers, community members, and Park visitors to learn about the enslaved people who built, sustained, and lived on Van Cortlandt Plantation.
![](https://nycwritingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-21-at-5.07.24-PM-1024x580.png)