Bronxites Plan ‘Spiritual Reclaiming’ of Vacant Mott Haven Building
DNAInfo
By Eddie Small
MOTT HAVEN — A group of Bronxites plan to hold a "spiritual reclaiming" of a vacant building in the borough that they would like to see transformed into a community center.
South Bronx activists have been working for months to turn the city's empty former rehab center at 349 E. 140th St. into a center for the arts, health and education, and they will rally outside of the building in support of this goal on the evening of Oct. 15, according to South Bronx Unite, one of the groups behind the effort.
The event will begin at 8 p.m. at the nearby BronxArtSpace with a preview of the play "Party People" by the theater company Universes, a work that focuses on the complex legacies of the Young Lords and the Black Panthers. About three or four members of the Young Lords will be in attendance, according to South Bronx Unite co-founder Mychal Johnson.
After the performance, attendees will have a procession over to the vacant building, where they will host what Johnson called a "spiritual reclaiming" of the place to help raise awareness of their efforts to start using it again.
