Check out press coverage and speaking engagements of The BLK Projek and its staff. If you are interested in having us speak at one of your events or sitting on a panel please send us an inquiry at info(at)theblkprojek(dot)com.
Tanya Fields Discusses The Libertad Urban Farm and The BLK ProjeK
Tanya Fields – Meet the Faith, 2006
In 2006 when Executive Director, Tanya Fields was still a burgeoning Environmental Justice activist she was featured on B.E.T.’s Meet the Faith to discuss being a low-income woman in the South Bronx.
Tanya Fields- Washington National Cathedral, Sacred Circles, 2009
On Valentine’s Day 2009 Tanya Fields, Executive Director of The BLK ProjeK delivers a stirring speech entitled “A Green Valentine For Tomorrow”. She received a standard ovation. This was also the day the she found out she was pregnant with her youngest daughter, now 16 months old!
Tanya Fields on BBC Black In America Part 1
In 2008 Tanya Fields, then working at Sustainable South Bronx was interviewed by Matthew Bannister of BBC Outlook for their Black in America series. The family was pegged as “very poor” (which was a bit of an exaggeration), however Tanya Fields was quickly on her way to becoming a community fixture and pulling her family up by their bootstraps.
Tanya Fields on BBC Outlook – The Obama Inauguration
Black in the USA contributor Tanya Fields travelled to Washington with her three children to see history being made as America’s first black president was sworn into office.
Tanya Fields travelled to Bolivia for the World’s People’s Conference on Climate change. She discusses her trip with the Hunts Point Express
Hunts Point Express Editor-in-Chief makes a public plea for the Parks Dept. to integrate the Libertad Urban Farm in it’s renovation plans for Fox Playground.
The Libertad Urban Farm Block Party challenges residents to demand access to public land for urban farming!
Megan Sperry covers Holistic Hood: The BLK ProjeK’s successful free mommy-centric yoga class.
A snippet of one of our community food meetings. Discussing the possibility of the Libertad Urban Farm.
Watch a short film that includes Tanya Fields and other women community activist discussing Hunts Point’s Environmental Justice issues.
