New York Area Resources
Sepetember 11
Citizens Committee for New York City
http://ccnyc.neighborhoodlink.com/ccnyc/
The Daffodil Project
http://www.itsmypark.org/youdo/youdo_daffodils.html
http://www.hereisnewyork.org/
http://www.nycrecovers.org/
http://www.projectliberty.state.ny.us/
Sepetember 11
Citizens Committee for New York City
http://ccnyc.neighborhoodlink.com/ccnyc/
After September 11th, the Citizens Committee created a "What Can I Do?" public information campaign to foster and encourage volunteerism in New York City's neighborhoods. TV public service announcements direct viewers to the Citizens Committee for information on how to volunteer locally. A September 11 Project Database and Neighborhood Action Guides offer "how-to" advice on a number of neighborhood projects. They also created September 11 "Remember and Renew" grants to support continuing efforts to provide support and counseling, to help New York City's volunteer neighborhood, school-based and faith-based support efforts.
The Daffodil Project
http://www.itsmypark.org/youdo/youdo_daffodils.html
In the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack, thousands of New Yorkers sought a way to commemorate those lost while contributing to the city's emotional and physical rebirth. The City of New York/Parks & Recreation, Partnerships for Parks, the City Parks Foundation, the Parks Council, the Central Park Conservancy, the Coalition for New York City Parks and hundreds of park groups organized a living tribute to those who died in the September 11 attack. We took part in the planning of a citywide initiative, a way for ordinary citizens and those directly affected by the attacks, to help to create a permanent, recurring memorial and sense of renewal for the city. Thanks to New Yorkers, and others who traveled to the city to help, New York City planted over one million daffodil bulbs in parks, along highways, in community gardens, and in front of fire houses, police stations, libraries, and schools around the city. Over one million bulbs will bloom into "fields of gold" next spring and for all the springs to follow, lifting the spirits of New York's citizens and visitors.Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs
http://www.hereisnewyork.org/
Here is New York is not a conventional gallery show. It is something new, a show tailored to the nature of the event, and to the response it has elicited. The exhibition is subtitled "A Democracy of Photographs" because anyone and everyone who has taken pictures relating to the tragedy is invited to bring or ftp their images to the gallery, where they will be digitally scanned, archivally printed and displayed on the walls alongside the work of top photojournalists and other professional photographers. All of the prints which HERE IS NEW YORK displays will be sold to the public for $25, regardless of their provenance. The net proceeds will go to the Children's Aid Society WTC Relief Fund, for the benefit of the thousands of children who are among the greatest victims of this catastrophe.NYC
http://www.nycrecovers.org/
NYC RECOVERS is an alliance of organizations who have incorporated social and emotional recovery into their ongoing agendas in the aftermath of September 11th. The organizations who have partnered with us are diverse, spread throughout the city and the region. They have partnered with these groups in a number of activities that promote strong communities, and building bridges across distinct groups that might not have worked together otherwise. Currently, NYC RECOVERS is engaging organizations in a Wellness campaign for September 2002. This campaign invites organizations of all kinds throughout the city to hold healing activities before and after the anniversary of 9/11, which include: yoga, crafts, song and dance, writing, gardening and a variety of other activities that allow people to nurture themselves. We believe this effort can help individuals continue to heal rather than become retraumatized at the anniversary of this tragic event. The Year of Recovery has been the guiding concept for NYC RECOVERS. We realize that individuals and groups have been moving through a recovery process and need different activities to help them through different stages and seasons.Project Liberty
http://www.projectliberty.state.ny.us/
Project Liberty is a program that provides free crisis counseling services to persons, families and groups most affected by the September 11 World Trade Center disaster. They offer services in the five boroughs of New York City and in Delaware, Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Center for Mental Health Services, Project Liberty is being administered by the New York State Office of Mental Health. It is a collaborative effort of the Office of Mental Health, local governments and provider agencies. Project Liberty offers one-to-one or group sessions wherever you wish to have them -- in your home, school, business, office, or church. They reach out to disaster survivors in their own environments, to provide face-to-face crisis counseling and education services.
