"One Stitch at a Time": Jakmel Ekspresyon's new program seeks in-kind donations
Jakmel Ekspresyon community arts center is a space of non-discrimination that offers programs and workshops in creative skill sets. Workshops are one to two weeks in length. Programs are 8 months to a year in length. ... Read More
Screenprinting Program-A Great Start!
Project: Screen Printing Program-Haiti
This spring I had the great pleasure of participating in a month long artist residency at Jakmel Ekspresyon (JE) in Haiti. JE was set up and run by Sue Frame, an art educator and impassioned activist based in C... Read More
Colorado Floods-Update from the Field
Project: Colorado Flooding
Jordan Chabalowski and Craig Coleman have been assessing the damage following the Colorado Floods. Below is their update. Our main purpose and goal is to work with marginalized/under represented communities following... Read More
Buklod ng Kabataan Partner with Green Peace
Project: Buklod ng Kabataan
Several members of Buklod ng Kabataan recently participated in an event called Water Patrol which was run by Green Peace. We had previously worked with Green Peace on a separate water patrol and they invited us to joi... Read More
Protecting Mother Earth-Buklod ng Kabataan
Project: Buklod ng Kabataan
BWB recently awarded a $500 grant toward the disaster risk reduction activities of youth activists in the Philippines. You are invited to volunteer or donate to support this project's continued success. We are teenag... Read More
Volunteers restore habitat in county park
This past Friday BWB volunteers had the opportunity to work outside of Union Beach at the serene Monmouth Battleground State Park. The plan was to work with park staff to clear brush. When we met with foresters John a... Read More
John Dos Bicycles on Volunteering with BWB Sandy
I just had the pleasure of spending a few days volunteering with Burners Without Borders working in Union Beach, NJ. The city is one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. I have ties to central NJ and wanted to do so... Read More
Art as a Catalyst for Lasting Change in Haiti
Project: Screen Printing Project-Haiti
When the devastating 2010 earthquake struck Jacmel, Haiti, Sue Frame was sitting in a restaurant with her best friend, Flo McGarrell. Flo was an incredible artist who had worked tirelessly in Jacmel for marginalized a... Read More
A day in the life: five more before sunset
Wonder what a day in the life of BWB Sandy is like? Take a look at today's to do list: 9am - Anthony and Mary Chepulis 504 Front St Two story grey building with lots of frontal damage 10am - Constantine Zios... Read More
BWB Begins Removing Houses Destroyed by Sandy
Hurricane Sandy hit the coast of New Jersey just over a month ago. Many coastal towns were evacuated, thousands of people lost their homes and even more were without power for weeks. According to one Union Beach re... Read More
Community Participation- Burning Man Style
In early November, BWB’s Richard Scott arrived in New Jersey to assess the damage from Hurricane Sandy. As luck would have it, the town of Manasquan, NJ, has an age old tradition of a pre-Thanksgiving pep rally an... Read More
European Disaster Volunteers Does Good in Haiti with Help from BWB
European Disaster Volunteers (EDV)http://www.edvolunteers.org/, has worked in Haiti for more than 13 months now, and BWB has supported our efforts from the very beginning. Most recently, BWB donated $2,000 to help ... Read More
