Robert J. Fox (pastor)

Robert J. Fox (1930 – April 27, 1984) was an associate pastor of St. Paul's Church in East Harlem and former coordinator of the Spanish Community Action program in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.[1]

Community Work and Activism

Robert J. Fox was responsible for conceiving Summer in the City (city program), a New York City antipoverty program with efforts concentrated in the South Bronx, East Harlem, and Lower East Side.[2] The project was funded by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity and in 1967 ran a total of 26 storefront centers and employed 580 workers.[3]

Influence

The "spirit" of Summer in the City (city program) was influential to Susan Shapiro Kiok, one of the artists in the city program.[4] Susan went on to incorporate Cityarts Workshop in 1971.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Bird, David (April 30, 1984). "MSGR. ROBERT J. FOX, 54, DIES; AIDE TO HISPANIC COMMUNITY". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Cole, Mary (1968). Summer in the City. New York: Kennedy.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, James (September 16, 1967). "The People All The People". The New Yorker. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Braun-Reinitz, Janet (2009). On the Wall: four decades of community murals in New York City. Jackson: The University Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 9781604731118.
  5. ↑ ibid. p. 19.


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