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Ironbound Community Corporation
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Independence Park Carmella, Elizabeth, and Antoinette Lanza
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Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Italian Americans, Portraits, Families
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Family from Ironbound
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Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Irish Americans, Schools
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Spanish Americans, Portraits, Families
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Spanish Americans
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Photograph of Derek Winans, one of the founders of the Ironbound Community Corporations early children's programs.
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The Ironbound Children's Center (Daycare) was the first program of Ironbound Community Corporation, begun in 1969 by parents and organizers. It had a number of locations throughout the neighborhood. This is a picture of one of the locations where it was housed, 317 Elm St. It was also located at 146 Wilson Ave.
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Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Italian Americans, African Americans, Schools, Nurses
This is an event flier for an event that was held at the Ironbound Community School for staff, parents and residents.
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The Ironbound Summer Arts Program, started in the 1970's, continues today.
Topics: Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Ironbound Community Corporation, Ironbound (Newark, N.J.)
This is the cover photo for the film Janie's Janie (by Newsreel), which tells the story of one of the women involved in starting the Ironbound Children's Center, Jane Giese.
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Photographs from some of the Children's Center years. The top picture shows parents who built a playground out of recycled tires behind the 317 Elm St. Center. The middle picture shows the preschoolers with staff and parents and other ICC programs marching in the Portugal Day Parde. The bottom photo is a shot of some of the children.
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This cover page represents a chapter in the history of Ironbound Community Corporation. For complete report contact Ironbound Community Corporation. A fundraiser for the Ironbound Childrens Center, this 75 page cookbook contains recipes from families and teachers at the Center. The name of the cookbook is "The Melting Pot" evocative of the many cultures participating in the daycare center at the time. Phyllis Jarmolowich was one of the founding parents.
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Ironbound Community Learning Center also had several locations in the neighborhood. At one point, it was located in the Ballantine Brewery buildings. However, its "long term" location was at 432 Lafayette St., an old supermarket property. Here is a picture of the front of the building with the sign.
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The Ironbound Community School was a a parent-run oopen classroom K-8 school which became part of the Newark Public School system. Parents from the Ironbound Childrens Center began the school as their children "graduated" from the daycare program. The school ran from 1971 to 1988. Its teachers included several from Bank St. School of Education. The Newark Public Schools terminated the program suddenly, and the school was forced to close, leading to a court case and settlement. This is...
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Classroom scene at the Ironbound Community School.
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"A History of the Ironbound Children's Center", 51 page booklet written by Paul Schrodt, one of the teachers at the Children's Center. Not OCRed.
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The cover and 2 pages of short report as to why the Ironbound Community School should become a Newark Public School.
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This is a letter from a parent Terry Gaeta, representing the Ironbound Community School staff and parents, to Superintendent of Schools Stanley Taylor, discussing conditions under which the Ironbound Community school could become part of the Newark Public Schools. Ms. Gaeta stressed that 1) all teachers are certified 2) admissions are on a first come first serve basis, and 3) the school is "public", committed to being adn serving the public, parents participate in all leels of...
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This is flier calling on residents to attend and speak up at City Council meeting about cuts in services, job programs, police and recreatio programs.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Meetings, Newark (N.J.). Municipal...
Typical flier for a neighborhood problem: Bad smells at Farmers Feed, near Terrell Homes.
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This is an organizational chart which shows the Aspen Riverpark, the owners, the lawyers, the other organizations which will support tenants in the Aspen as they organize.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Public housing, Housing,...
Flier talking about the Problems, the Actions Tenants have taken and the results. This looks to be when tenants are still in the building, prior to the eviction.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Public housing, Low-income...
Ironbound Community Corporation brought this film to the community during the fight to rezone the neighborhood, so residents could see how another community handled attempts to destroy their neighborhood, and perhaps take inspiration from that story. This took place at Trinity Reformed Church, and a suggested donation was $1 for seniors or not working.
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This is a list of demands from Ironbound United Neighbors (IUN)and the Fleming Ave./Brill St. Block Association for their meetings with Police Director. IUN took in people from the homes and from the nearby rental properties (Hyatt, Terrell at that time).
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Police
Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods flier "What is Displacement Anyway?!"
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Frank Pleva (left ) and John Pozerowski from Brill St. with sign they organized to get against heavy truck traffic on Brill St., with assistance from Ironbound Community Corporation.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community Organization
A picture of the Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods Banner.
Topics: Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods
This is a picture of the "Peoples Zoning Map" which the Fleming Ave. -Brill St. Block Association and Ironbound United Neighbors were working to get adopted, and to keep the City from changing to an Industrial 3 zoning for their neighborhood. Below is a picture of the group at City Hall.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Zoning Law
This is the Spanish translation for a flier for meeting with Councilman Martinez about the deelopment of the Ballantine property as "industrial," which people objected to.
Topics: Hispanic Americans, Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Development
This is a flier in Spanish about a meeting of the Fleming Ave. Brill St. Block Associagtion enumerating a number of issues of community concern: the plan for the closed Ballantine property, the cuts in police and recreation programs, fires at the closed Prudential Apartment complex, etc. Note that the meeting takes place in Reznak's, in the back room of a bar in the "Island" area of Ironbound.
Topics: Hispanic Americans, Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community Organization
These are copies of the "buttons" that the community used protesting the zoning changes which would allow heavy industry in the East Ironbound section around the old Ballantine Brewery. The community wore these at City Council and other meetings with officials.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Zoning Law, City planning
This is a flier for a meeting with Councilman Martinez about the development of the Ballantine property as "industrial". This meeting is to take place at St. Aloysius Hall.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Development, City planning
A letter from Fritz Mulhauser, of the National Institute of Education, to Tim Parsons after the school hosted his visit. "It's clear that the experience of starting the day-care center and then the school has produced community leadership of tremendous sophistication in both politics and education." The letter is written to Tim Parsons, and was included in a packet of materials during the schools fight to remain as an NPS funded school.
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This was a certificate showing that Frank Hutchins took the Land-Lord Tenant Course of the "Peoples Law School". This was a special course offered free and open to the public. Frank was involved with writing and passing Newark's original Rent Control law in 1972, and remained Newark's main tenant organizer for his entire life.
Topics: Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Housing, Low-income...
Cover page from an Assessment of the Ironbound Community School requested by the Ford Foundation. This report involverd a team of people coming from the outside to assess the school, and includes many interviews with staff, as well as changes suggested by the evaluators and staff goals and suggestions for change. An estimated 80 pages.
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Ironbound Senior Citizens Project began in 1976 to bring together senior citizens to act on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives. The project provides various services and assistance, including Meals on Wheels (limited at the beginning). A later development was the "Home Friends", workers to help seniors with light cooking and cleaning, and this is a picture of some of the Home Friends Staff with Grace Hixon, Program Director, on the left.
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This is a petition created by residents and businesses (with ICC) to protest the hazards due to the abandoned Prudential Apartment property. The property had been closed and sold to Mayor Gibson's campaign manager.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Abandoned buildings
This is a bi-lingual flier for Tenant's meeting at Aspen Riverpark Apartments in 1977 prior to the building being closed, asking about relocation money.
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Ironbound Community Corporation
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Carmella Lanza with her mother Antoinette Martucci and father Bernado Martucci 1977, they lived 87 Delancey St.
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Photograph of the home of early programs & organizing for Ironbound CC, 95 Fleming Ave. (affectionately called "the storefront"), and of the 1999 Essex County College/ICC Adult Education Program marching in the Portugal Day Parade.
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This is a flier for the Fleming Ave. Brill St. Block Association enumerating a number of the issues that the community is working on at this point.
Topics: Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community Organization
In 1977, Ironbound Community Corporation expanded to a storefront at 95 Fleming Ave. (East Ironbound). This ws a walk-in and referral center, and became the center for community organizing. Ironbound Voices newspaper was published from this office. This is a two-sided brochure (probably created in the mid 1980's) which details existing programs at that time.
Topics: Ironbound Community Corporation, Ironbound (Newark, N.J.), Newark (N.J.), Community organization
1977 photo display of a citywide coalition presentation at City Hall concerning Community Development spending and the city's priorities. This became one of Newark Coalition for Neighborhood's main issues.
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Ironbound Community Corporation's tri-lingual newspaper "Ironbound Voices" began in 1978 and published 10 times a year for many years, ending in 2001. English, Spanish, Portuguese. The entire newspaper collection is part of the Newark Library's digital collection.
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In cooperation with Essex County College began college classes at a "satellite campus" at its building at 432 Lafayette St. (continues to the present). This is a brochure advertising the program from 1982.
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One of the earliest quality of life issues that residents of Ironbound took on was the terrible noise from planes flying low over the neighborhood. Nearby Newark Airport admitted planes were as low as 150 feet over the homes and houses shook from the noise. The Ironbound airplane noise was the fourth worst in the nation. The first Ironbound meeting about airplane noise was held in October 1978 and larger meetings were held at St. Benedict's Church Hall.
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One of the earliest quality of life issues that residents of Ironbound took on was the terrible noise from planes flying low over the neighborhood. Nearby Newark Airport admitted planes were as low as 150 feet over the homes and houses shook from the noise. The Ironbound airplane noise was the fourth worst in the nation. The first Ironbound meeting about airplane noise was held in October 1978 and larger meetings were held at St. Benedict's Church Hall.
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In 1978, parents at Hawkins St. School demonstrated for school lunches and school pedestrian safety measures around the school. They won!
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These are photos from the 1978 Ironbound Community Health Fair, sponsored by the Ironbound Community Health Project program. Mayor Kenneth Gibson is in attendance (getting his blood pressure taken). The Ironbound Health P:roject began in 1975, and had two components: Health Services adn Health Advocacy, which became the Environmental Justice work that is ongoing.
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Flier for the Health Fair in Spanish and Portuguese. Ironbound Community Corporation continues its Annual Health Fair to the present.
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Citizen Participation questionaire developed by Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods organizer Terri Suess, asking people whether the City of Newark has ever involved them about Community Development Block Grant opportunities, or meetings, or whether they have ever heard of it.
Topics: Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods, Community Development...
A picture report of a trip parents and teachers took to present a workshop at a national conference.
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Original proposal for Newark Coalition for Neighobrhoods, written by Bob Cartwright from Ironbound Community Corporation for a joint resource/organizing center for non-profit orgnizations and resident organizing in Newark. Mr. Cartwright went to Boston to visit the Mel King Coalition model there.
Topics: Newark (N.J.), Community organization, Newark Coalition for Neighborhoods, Ironbound Community...
Topic: Newspapers, Newsletters, Newark (N.J.), Community organization
Topic: Newspapers, Newsletters, Newark (N.J.), Community organization
Topic: Newspapers, Newsletters, Newark (N.J.), Community organization
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