Tag Archives: Bronx health

Bronx Activist Karen Washington in The Times’ … Style Magazine!

1 Mar

March 1, 2021 — Karen Washington, a retired physical therapist, deserves coverage across the planet for her dedication to urban farming, healthy eating, social justice, and all the other work she has done in the Bronx and beyond.

But it was a surprise — a tad odd, but very cool nonetheless — that Washington (at left in photo below) and two other women, securing healthy food for all and fighting exploitation, were featured in the New York Times’ Style Magazine a couple of weeks ago. (Click below to read the article). I know Karen: wonderful, caring person, who is on the board of the Mary Mitchell Center in the Crotona section of the Bronx, the neighborhood where she also lives. In addition to the article below, you can read more about her here, here and here.

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Heading Up From State’s Bottom, Bronx Demonstrates Public Health Progress

30 Oct

Of the 62 counties in the state, the Bronx has been the last on the health rankings list for several years. But efforts to head up the ladder are making some progress, Crain’s reports. The borough just received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation due to its recent successes. The Bronx “has seen rates of smoking, teen births and AIDS cases fall, according to Montefiore, which coordinated the borough’s application,” the article states.