Loisaida Inc.

Chino Garcia Oral History and Screening of CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth
2018-05-11 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Chino Garcia Oral History and Screening of CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth
Friday, May 11, 6:00pm
Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 E 9th Street

presented as part of Lower East Side History Month

GVSHP‘s Oral History Project helps to preserve memories of the Village and East Village. Our newest release features Carlos “Chino” Garcia, co-founder of the East Village’s CHARAS El Bohio Cultural and Community Center.
Chino will join us in conversation with Bonnie Sue Stein, Executive and Artistic Director of GOH Productions. They will discuss Chino’s life and activism, from youth and migrant communities in the 1950s to the education-focused Real Great Society, the founding of CHARAS in the 1970s, and more.
CHARAS first built domes in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in 1972. Artist and scholar Matthew Mottel will present his short documentary about CHARAS based on archival footage ofSeyus Mottel (his father), working on the Improbable Dome Builders.
This event is fully accessible.
Free. Reservations Required.

Register here.

Eye of the Storm
2018-08-01 18:30 - 20:30 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Issue Launch: Eye of the Storm

Wednesday, August 1 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Public Event – Panel

Hosted by Loisaida Inc. and North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)

Overview:
Nearly a year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria rocked the Caribbean, what lessons can we learn? In the midst of the 2018 hurricane season, what can both affected communities and their allies do to prepare for future climate events and prevent the kind of destruction the hurricanes wrought on the region?
In this panel, contributors from our summer issue of NACLA attempt to answer these questions, exploring the conditions that have led the Caribbean to where it is today. It is impossible to ignore the ways in which neoliberal capitalism, colonialism, and climate change have come together in the Caribbean to reanimate and strengthen economic and racial hierarchies that have long marked the region and its place in the world. From Puerto Rico to Barbuda and beyond, how we can create a safer and more just future for the region as a whole?
Featuring:
Hilda Lloréns, University of Rhode Island
Zaire Dinzey-Flores, Rutgers
Kenneth Gould and Tammy Lewis, Brooklyn College
Marie Cruz-Soto, NYU Gallatin
Moderated by Michelle Chase, Pace University, and Laura Weiss, NACLA
This event is free and open to the public.

1st Community Energy Efficiency Movement Meeting
2018-10-15 19:00 - 21:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
DESCRIPTION

1st Community Energy Efficiency Movement Meeting

Hosted by Loisaida Inc., LES Ready! and Beyond the Grid

Monday, October 15, 2018

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 E. 9th St and Avenue C

How can Lower East Side residents make an impact on climate, save money, improve quality of life?
Join Loisaida, Inc. and Beyond the Grid on Monday October 15th from 7 to 9 PM for this special LES Ready! meeting and workshop on how ENERGY EFFICIENCY is an important element in achieving resilience and improving quality of life in our community.
Join our “Somos Loisaida” (We Are Loisaida) movement to organize a mass direct action campaign to identify, finance, and replace old and aging energy wasting appliances with highly efficient new ones.

You can keep helping us to gather data here: Take the SOMOS LOISAIDA Leadership (in) Energy Savings (LES) Survey.

This project is made possible by the 2018 LES Ready! Pass-Through Grant and the NYCT (New York Community Trust).

1ra Reunión del Movimiento Comunitario para Energía Eficiente
2018-10-15 19:00 - 21:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
DESCRIPCION

1ra Reunión del Movimiento Comunitario para Energía Eficiente

Presentado por Loisaida Inc., LES Ready! con Beyond the Grid

Cuando: Lunes, Octubre 15, 2018

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
En: Loisaida Inc. – 710 E. 9th St and Avenue C

Como nosotros, residentes del bajo Manhattan podemos tener un impacto positivo en el medio ambiente, mejorar nuestra calidad de vida y ahorrar dinero?
Únete a Loisaida Inc. y Beyond the Grid el Lunes 15 de Octubre desde las 7 – 9 pm para una reunión especial con el grupo comunitario LES Ready! Además se presentará un pequeño taller para aprender lo importante de utilizar la ENERGÍA RENOVABLE para lograr autonomía energética y mejorar la calidad de vida en nuestro hogar y nuestra comunidad.
Ayuda nuestro movimiento “Somos Loisaida” (We Are Loisaida) para organizar y dirigir mas atención a nuestra campaña masiva de acción directa e identificar, contar, reemplazar y reciclar electrodomésticos derrochadores en nuestro barrio.

Nos puedes ayudar a recopilar data compartiendo nuestra encuesta aquí: Take the SOMOS LOISAIDA Leadership (in) Energy Savings (LES) Survey.

This project is made possible by the 2018 LES Ready! Pass-Through Grant and the NYCT (New York Community Trust).

Ed Morales and Urayoán Noel in Conversation
2018-11-01 18:00 - 20:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Ed Morales and Urayoán Noel in Conversation
Thursday, November 1, 2018 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Loisaida, Inc – 710 East 9th Street New York, NY 10009 (View Map)
DESCRIPTION

“Latinx” (pronounced “La-teen-ex”) is the gender-neutral term that covers one of thelargest and fastest growing minorities in the United States, accounting for 17 percent of the country. Over 58 million Americans belong to the category, including a sizable part of thecountry’s working class, both foreign and native-born. Their political empowerment is altering thebalance of forces in a growing number of states. Yet Latinx barely figure in America’s ongoing conversation about race and ethnicity. Remarkably, theUS census does not even have a racial category for “Latino.”
Please join Ed Morales in conversation with Urayoan Noel, both members of Loisaida’s Artistic Advisory Board on Thursday, November 1st, on his new book: Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture.

Ed Morales is a journalist who has investigated New York City electoral politics, police brutality, street gangs, grassroots activists, and the Latino arts and music scene. He has been a Latin music Newsday columnist and longtime Village Voice contributing writer whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Miami Herald, San Francisco Examiner,The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Jacobin, and The Nation. He was acontributing editor to NACLA Report on the Americas, and a frequent contributor of op ed columns for The Progressive Media Project.
Urayoán Noel is a South Bronx-based writer, critic, performer, translator and intermedia artist originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is an associate professor of English and Spanish at New York University, and also teaches at Stetson University’s MFA of theAmericas. Noel is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Buzzing Hemisphere/Rumor Hemisférico (University of Arizona Press, 2015), as well as the critical study In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (University of Iowa Press, 2014), winner of the LASA Latina/o Studies Book Award.

Trans & Gender Equity in the YLP
2019-06-26 18:30 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Trans & Gender Equity in the YLP
June 26th, 6:30 pm
Loisaida Center, 710 E 9th St & Ave C
Join us for two intersecting conversations on:
6:30pm Revolution within the Revolution: Herstories of the Lords Party Women’s Union
Advocating for the total liberation of women, The Young Lords Women Union produced its own groundbreaking newspaper, La Luchadora, that addressed the specific socio-racial oppressions confronting Afro/Latinx women. Join Young Lords members Iris Morales and Gloria Rodriguez to discuss the platform and activism of the Young Lords Party Women’s Union and the Latinx feminist philosphy: Mujerismo. Moderated by Johanna Fernandez, PhD.
7:45pm Sylvia Rivera: the fusing catalyst
Sylvia Rivera was a Young Lords Party member (LES chapter) who was also an active voice and presence in the LGBTQ activism at the time of the Stonewall Riots. A native of the Bronx, Rivera was an icon of NYC’s transgender community, a member of GAA (Gay Activist Alliance) and GLF (Gay Liberation Front), and founder of STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries). Luis Carle, one of our participating artists and friends with Sylvia, has been documenting Borciua LGBTQ activism since the early 1980’s, and will join Anthony Rosado to discuss Rivera’s importance to their work, joined by Loisaida activist Juanita Ramos, co-founder of Comite Homosexual Latinoamericano. Moderated by Charles Rice-Gonzales, writer, long-time Bronx LGBT activist, co-founder of The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!).
This is a public program associated with Pasado Y Presente: Art after the Young Lords exhibition produced by Loisaida Center with the support of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel, presentation, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc., its affiliates or staff.”

Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords - Exhibition Closing
2019-09-04 18:30 - 20:30 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords
LIVE Artist Talk and Closing Reception
Loisaida, Inc. | 710 East 9th Street | New York, NY 10009
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)

The Loisaida Inc. Center in partnership with the Nathan Cummings Foundation, collaborated on: Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords Organization in New York that will be on view at the Nathan Cummings Foundation offices through October 25, 2019. More information here.
Join us for a report-back from the Valor Y Cambio Project: a story-telling, community-building, and solidarity economy initiative housed at the Pasado Y Presente: Art after the Young Lords exhibition on view at Loisaida. The report back, from artist and creator, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, will be followed by a dialogue with Dominican York participating artists on decolonial artistic / social practices, New York-Caribbean intra-diasporic ties, fluid understandings of value, mobility, exchange, solidarity processes and trans-national identity and belonging:
Pepe Coronado
Scherezade Garcia
Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez
Frances Negrón-Muntaner

To set up an appointment to visit the Nathan Cummings Foundation exhibit, contact exhibits@nathancummings.org

Related Programming:
LIFTING H.E.ARTS: THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE AND THE FOUNDATION
Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Pregones/PRTT | 575 Walton Avenue | The Bronx, NY 10451 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
This event is in partnership with Pregones Theater, Nos Quedamos, South Bronx Unite, Mott Haven Community Land Stewards, and Taller Experimental de Arte. The event is a celebration of art and activism to close off the public programs of the Pasado Y Presente: Art After the Young Lords exhibition. Commencing with a plenero-led procession from Brook Park to the old Lincoln Detox Center in the South Bronx, the event will feature a mural unveiling, an update on the Mott Haven’s community land trust’s acquisition efforts, and a documentary screening – all focused on one culturally vital building – and at an important moment in time on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords. With complimentary food and music and intersecting themes of community-led solutions in health, education, the arts, criminal justice, environmental justice and immigration, the event will include:
5:30 pm. RUMBA PROCESSION | BROOK PARK TO OLD LINCOLN DETOX/H.E.ARTS BUILDING AT WILLIS AVENUE PLAYGROUND
6:00 pm. MURAL UNVEILING | “WE HAVE A STORY TO TELL”
6:30 pm. HEALTH, EDUCATION, ARTS (H.E.ARTS) Project UPDATE
7:00 pm. THE PEOPLE’S DETOX | FILM SCREENING

“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel, presentation, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc., its affiliates or staff.”

LIFTING H.E.ARTS: THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE AND THE FOUNDATION
2019-09-07 17:30 - 20:30 | H.E.ARTS, 349 E 140th Street, New York, NY, 10451, United States
LIFTING H.E.ARTS: THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE AND THE FOUNDATION
LIVE Artist Talk and Closing Reception
349 E 140th Street | The Bronx, NY 10451
Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)

Join us on Saturday, September 7, for a celebration of art and activism in “Lifting H.E.ARTS: the Present, the Future and the Foundation.”
Commencing with a plenero-led procession from Brook Park to the old Lincoln Detox Center, the event will feature a mural unveiling, an update on our community land trust’s acquisition efforts and a film screening – all focused on one culturally vital building – and at an important moment in time on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords. With complimentary food and music and intersecting themes of community-led solutions in health, education, the arts, criminal justice, environmental justice and immigration, the event will include:
5:30 pm. RUMBA PROCESSION | BROOK PARK TO OLD LINCOLN DETOX/H.E.ARTS BUILDING AT WILLIS AVENUE PLAYGROUND
At 5:30 pm, Pregones Theater- and Nos Quedamos- organized Stage Garden Rumba at Brook Park (East 141st St and Brook Ave) will lead a plenero-driven procession from Brook Park to the old Lincoln Detox Center/H.E.ARTS building at 345 East 140th Street where an event will already be underway to unveil the mural “We Have a Story to Tell.”
6:00 pm. MURAL UNVEILING | “WE HAVE A STORY TO TELL”
Hear local artist, Virginia Ayress, discuss seeing children being separated from their parents as the inspiration behind her newly completed mural, “We Have a Story to Tell..” The mural, created and painted by Ayress with the Experimental Art Workshop and volunteers from the community, aims to express the experience of immigrant children and their broken dreams.
6:30 pm. H.E.ARTS UPDATE
Hear Mychal Johnson, Member of the Board of Directors of the Mott Haven-Port Morris Community Land Stewards and Co-founder of South Bronx Unite, discuss the status of the local community land trust’s efforts to repair and restore the vacant old Lincoln Detox Center building and house nearly a dozen community-based organizations working in the fields of health (H), education (E) and the arts (ARTs) in a retrofitted space with offices, shared meeting areas, a culinary arts kitchen, classrooms and performance spaces. A full feasibility report has now been completed, documenting a fully baked, economically sustainable plan reflective of nearly five years of broad-based community envisioning sessions and extensive community based organization interviews.
7:00 pm. THE PEOPLE’S DETOX | FILM SCREENING
Hear Walter Bosque, former Young Lord, Licensed Acupuncturist and Co-founder of Lincoln Detox (1970-1978), introduce the film “The People’s Detox” to be screened in the handball court across the street from the building. In November 1970, Lincoln Hospital was taken over through the collective organizing of local heroin addicts, revolutionary health organizations, the Young Lords, members of the Black Panther Party as well as other organizations. Through political education, the clinic examined the role of global politics in the influx of heroin into urban centers as well as the economic incentives of the established protocols for drug treatment. With the introduction of acupuncture as an aid in detoxification, eventually replacing pharmaceutical treatments, it was not only the walls of the hospital that were breached but the very apparatus of addiction and recovery. “The People’s Detox” is a contemplative look at how the history of a revolutionary drug clinic reverberates through to contemporary notions of health and care. The film was directed by Jenna Bliss.

With support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation and part of the public events of Pasado Y Presente: Art after the Young Lords 1969-2019 produced by Loisaida Center. This event is in partnership with Pregones Theater, Nos Quedamos, South Bronx Unite, Mott Haven Community Land Stewards, and Taller Experimental de Arte. To set up an appointment to visit the Nathan Cummings Foundation exhibit, contact exhibits@nathancummings.org

“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel, presentation, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc., its affiliates or staff.”

Ecolibrium Community Meeting: Solar and Batteries in Public Spaces
2025-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Ecolibrium Community Meeting: Solar and Batteries in Public Spaces
Date: April 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th St, NYC 10009
Join us for the next Ecolibrium Community Meeting, where we’ll explore the role of solar energy and battery storage in public spaces and their integration into a community-scale Virtual Power Plant (VPP). This initiative connects solar and battery installations in public parks, community centers, and shared spaces with residential and commercial buildings, creating a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable urban energy network.
At our last meeting, we introduced the Virtual Power Plant (VPP) concept, showcasing how distributed energy resources (DERs) can work together to support a decentralized, clean energy grid. This session will dive deeper into the practical applications of solar and battery systems in public spaces, highlighting their role in reducing emissions, enhancing grid reliability, and providing backup power during outages.
We’ll also provide an overview of Ecolibrium’s paid summer internship program, which offers hands-on experience in engineering, data science, IT & cybersecurity, environment, digital arts, media, and economics—preparing students for careers in the green economy while working with our community to create a vision for a climate resilient future in the LES.
Loisaida Center’s Ecolibrium program is committed to energy and climate justice, empowering local talent to design and implement innovative sustainability solutions. By merging technical expertise, creative problem-solving, and community-centered action, the program fosters the next generation of leaders in urban sustainability.
Be part of the conversation—help shape the future of community energy!
This initiative is made possible through the generous support of Con Edison, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (Ladders for Leaders), CUNY Career Corps, NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Department of Education/Congressional Community Project Funding.

¡Viva Puerto Rico! - Brief History of Puerto Rico 1898-Present (Part 2)
2025-05-22 17:00 - 19:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Brief History of Puerto Rico 1898-Present
Location: Losaida Center – 710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009
Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Part 2 – Thursday, May 22nd , 2025
• Puerto Rico, from 1952 to the Fiscal Control Board.
• The struggle for independence, from the commonwealth to the present.

Part 3 – Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
• Puerto Rico in the present.
• The migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States and their struggles.

Distinguished professors (economist, historians and political science professors) and advocates for social justice and for the sovereignty of Puerto Rico; Iván F. Elías Rodríguez, Martha G. Quiñones Domínguez, Julio A. Muriente Pérez, Jose (Che) Velasquez will present a brief history of Puerto Rico.
Moderator: Oscar Ocasio, PhD
Presented by: Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano & Friends of Puerto Rico Impact

PSA-4 COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
2025-09-16 18:00 - 20:00 | PSA-4, 130 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY, 10009, United States
PSA4 COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Psa4 130 Avenue C, NY, NY 10009 6:00PM
Meeting Dates

January 2025 (Winter Recess)

February 2025 (Winter Recess)

March 18, 2025

April 15, 2025

May 20, 2025

June 17, 2025

July 2025 (Summer Recess)

August 2025 (Summer Recess)

September 16, 2025

October 21, 2025

November 18, 2025 (Thanksgiving Dinner)

December 16, 2025

– Meet and engage with PSA4 Community Board members and Commanding Officer– Engage with PSA4 Community Affairs Officers– Meet PSA4 Patrol and NCO Officers– Learn how to better serve your community– Learn who are your Elected Officials– Meet, develop and maintain relationships with other community Residents– Gain current information about what is happening in your community
If you have any questions or concerns please email: psa4communitycouncil.nypd@gmail.com
Meeting locations are subject to change

El Calentón - Coffee Hour with La Maraña
2025-09-23 09:00 - 23:00 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
2025-10-07 13:00 - 14:30 | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
RSVP Community Conversations

Join us to gather feedback from our communities on a draft of Community Equity Priorities. We want to understand what New Yorkers like you want NYC government to prioritize to make our city more equitable.

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from 1pm to 2:30pm @ The Loisaida Center, 710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009

RSVP here
