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Bronx Parks Speak Up: what to expect — workshops, internships and community events
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The Bronx Parks Speak Up event on Feb. 28 at Lehman College will host tabling room sessions, workshops on greenways and community gardens, and organizers announced internships, a yearlong 26.2-in-'26 walking campaign and upcoming park events including Family Fun Day, Juneteenth and a free Philharmonic concert.
Bronx Parks Speak Up will take place Saturday, Feb. 28 at Lehman College beginning at 11 a.m., the host said on Bronx Talk. The event brings about 30 organizations to a tabling room where residents can learn how to volunteer, find programs and connect with park stewards. "We get together with other park organizations and about 500 people from the community come out and join us," Christina Taylor of the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance said.
Organizers outlined breakout sessions covering topics such as the NYC Green Fund, Greenway-to-waterfront connections, gateway and bridge planning along the Harlem Riverfront Greenway, community gardens, urban forestry, Pelham Bay Park access and other park planning issues. The host noted a lighter, hands-on session titled "build your own indoor worm condo."
Taylor described several park programs: Urban Eco Teens (about 24 high school students hired for seven weeks for restoration and wetland work), a Garden-to-Market internship (about six interns who run a youth farm stand), and an annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, April 25 at Indian Fields in Van Cortlandt Park. She also announced a yearlong community fitness campaign, "26.2 in '26," asking participants to walk or otherwise cover 26.2 miles across the park over the course of the year.
Rennell highlighted Bronx River Alliance programs including the EELS paid high school internship in partnership with Lehman College (approximately yearlong) and a summer partnership with Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School called Bobcats. He also pointed to community partners such as Rocking the Boat, which runs environmental and rowing programs and after-school internships.
Taylor said the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance will post internship applications on vancortland.org and noted that Con Edison is providing free lunch at Speak Up. The hosts encouraged listeners to attend the Bronx River Assembly on March 5 and to visit Speak Up to learn how to get involved.
