by Myrna J. Get paid to train for your next job. See what MaturityWorks can do for you! What is MaturityWorks? MaturityWorks is a training program that helps people, age 55 and older, increase their job skills through paid community service in local non-profit organizations. Based on their employment interests and goals, participants may also receive supportive... Continue Reading →
RVT’s Committee of Concern gifted all of the River View Towers community with RVT’s first in-person Black History Celebration since before Covid and what a soul inspiring celebration it was! If you have photos and video from the event, send them to RVTVoices@gmail.com to be shared along with these. The Committee of Concern honored one... Continue Reading →
Black History IS American History
Luckily for all of us at River View Towers, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture "Where every month is Black History Month" is part of our neighborhood. The Schomburg Center is within walking distance on 135th Street on the other side of Morningside Park, and there's no better place to learn something new.... Continue Reading →
In Memoriam
Rosa Parks By Nikki Giovanni This is for the Pullman Porters who organized when people saidthey couldn’t. And carried the Pittsburgh Courier and the ChicagoDefender to the Black Americans in the South so they wouldknow they were not alone. This is for the Pullman Porters whohelped Thurgood Marshall go south and come back north to fightthe fight that resulted in Brown... Continue Reading →
RVT Budding Filmmakers: Deadline March 7, 2025!
The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment announced that applications for the 7th Annual New York City Public School Film Festival are now open. The NYC Public School Film Festival, which honors the diversity of student voices, is presented by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and New York City Public Schools (NYCPS). MOME and... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year!
Unity / Self-Determination / Collective Work and Responsibility / Cooperative Economics / Purpose / Creativity / Faith What's familiar about these concepts? What do they have to do with us? Can you imagine what it would look like and what it would mean for us to not only keep these concepts in mind as we... Continue Reading →
COC Honors Veterans and a Founder
At its first opportunity after Veterans Day, at its regular meeting time on Wednesday mornings, the Committee of Concern's Coffee & Conversation took time to honor all our veterans at River View Towers, and in particular Carlos Martinez Sr., a long-time RVT cooperator and proud veteran recently deceased, and founder of the Committee of Concern's... Continue Reading →
RVT’s Halloween 2024 – A Scary Site (Sight)!
The Committee of Concern did an outstanding job with the decorations and treats. Like magic our lobby was turned into an imaginative space to be enjoyed by all ages! Check the smiles! Like Magic? Let's hear it for the Committee of Concern members and volunteers who gave their time to make it happen for all... Continue Reading →
RVT: What does our neighborhood need?
(by Alexis M.) Now is our chance to have a real impact in our neighborhood. How? Through Participatory Budgeting (PBNYC). We, like other (but not all) residents of New York City, are being asked by New York City Council to help them decide how to spend money in our neighborhoods. Fortunately for us, our City... Continue Reading →
Senior Planet Is Now In NYC and It’s FREE!
Look at, Discuss, and Make Art with MoMA is just one of the fun activities Senior Planet's NYC space is offering in October and November of 2024. Meet people interested in what you may be interested in! From Senior Planet's website: Senior Planet from AARP is a community of people 60 and older who are... Continue Reading →