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 program in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.[1]
Community Work and Activism[]
Robert J. Fox was responsible for conceiving , 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 was influential to , one of the artists in the city program.[4] Susan went on to incorporate Cityarts Workshop in 1971.[5]
References[]
- ^ Bird, David (April 30, 1984). "MSGR. ROBERT J. FOX, 54, DIES; AIDE TO HISPANIC COMMUNITY". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ Cole, Mary (1968). Summer in the City. New York: Kennedy.
- ^ Stevenson, James (September 16, 1967). "The People All The People". The New Yorker. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ibid. p. 19.
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