More than 1,800 Bronx residents, faith leaders and nonprofit organizers packed the Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University on Feb. 5 to launch a new borough wide coalition aimed at building political power and tackling long-standing inequities.
The coalition, Bronx First, is the newest affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), one of the nation’s oldest networks of interfaith and community-based organizations. It joins the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation — the group’s regional arm — which includes coalitions in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the South Bronx.
