The Bronx

====Bronx Memoir Project====

''[[Bronx Memoir Project: Vol. 1]]'' is a published [[anthology]] by the Bronx Council on the Arts and brought forth through a series of workshops meant to empower Bronx residents and shed the stigma on the Bronx's burning past.<ref name="NYDNI">{{cite web|title = A trio of Bronx tomes tell the tales of the borough|url = http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/trio-bronx-tomes-tales-borough-article-1.2057670|website = NY Daily News| date=December 28, 2014 |access-date = January 24, 2016}}</ref> The Bronx Memoir Project was created as an ongoing collaboration between the [[Bronx Council on the Arts]] and other [[cultural institution]]s, including the Bronx [[Documentary film|Documentary]] Center, the [[Bronx Library Center]], the (Edgar Allan) [[Poe Park Visitor Center]], Mindbuilders, and other institutions and funded through a grant from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]].<ref name="HP">{{cite web|title = Writing to Heal in the Bronx|url = https://huffingtonpost.com/charlie-vazquez/writing-to-heal-in-the-br_b_7485218.html|website = The Huffington Post|date = June 2, 2015|access-date = January 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="AT">{{cite web|title = Bronx Council on the Arts Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant for The Bronx Memoir Project – Bronx, NY|url = http://www.americantowns.com/ny/bronx/news/bronx-council-on-the-arts-receives-national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant-for-the-bronx-memoir-project-15548834|website = www.americantowns.com|access-date = January 24, 2016}}</ref> The goal was to develop and refine memoir fragments written by people of all walks of life that share a common bond residing within the Bronx.<ref name="HP" />