Manhattan North Training
Our Technology Projects
The Manhattan North Project collaborates with not-for-profit Resident Associations, community technology organizations and other non-profit groups to deploy innovative technology solutions that address quality-of-life issues
Our Community Radio
Manhattan North Training believes that our residents need technology platforms that enable us to tell our own stories, to communicate with each other, and to gather and distribute critical educational and informational programming
Grant Houses Community Radio
Who We Are
The Grant Houses Resident Association, in association with the West Harlem Development Corp., collaborated with Digital Divide Partners and TSCI to create our resident-controlled and operated Streaming Radio Station in the basement of our residential development.
Our Programs
Programs include interviews and discussions with healthcare, educational, legal, personal growth and other experts, produced by and for local residents.
What We Do
The Grant Houses Community Radio (GHCR) has produced over 200 community-based programs since its creation in 2019. GHCR also serves as a communications hub for resident leadership to connect with their more than 5,000 residents.
Community Forums
GHCR brings together community residents, technology experts, Internet advocates and others to discuss issues of concern to our residents.
East Harlem Community Radio
Who We Are
EHCR is the creation of the James Weldon Johnson Resident Association in collaboration with TSCI and Digital Divide Partners. EHCR gives a voice to our Johnson Houses residents as it provides a platform for the production of our community based programming.
Our Programming
EHCR has been producing resident-created programming since 2017, including our much
acclaimed
Wisdom Table series. Round-table discussions with community elders and in-depth interviews with specialists in healthcare, housing, personal growth, legal justice, and most recently, COVID-19, are covered.
Our Manhattan North Community Radio Projects
Our Digital Content Created by and for Us
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless as we Inform and Educate Each Other
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The Wisdom Table
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Community & Technology
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Emergency Reports
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Live at Grant
Our Resident Public Safety
Public Safety is a high concern for our public housing resident leaders.
See how we have utilized technology in an innovative manner to address this concern.
Virtual Tenant Patrol
John Johnson, past President of the Mott Haven Resident Association and Chair of the Citywide Council of Presidents, believed that as residents we must take control of our own safety and quality-of-life in the places where we live. A true pioneer in resident-owned and controlled technology, John Johnson created the
Virtual Tenant Patrol (VTP) service to improve the quality of life for his residents.
The VTP service enables our Resident Association Tenant Patrols, as well as residents themselves, to view their building lobbies, front doors, playgrounds and other common areas remotely, out of harm's way. As Mr. Johnson would say, "We Are Watching Us".
The VTP service is completely controlled by us, the Residents, and thanks to the vision of John Johnson, has been expanded to many other developments.
Our Community Air Quality Monitoring Program
Clean Air is essential to healthy living
We know that the rates of asthma and other breathing disorders are disproportionately high in our communities. With the many toxic substances that pollute our air, from high carbon monoxide to asbestos, it is critical that we are able to monitor the quality of air in our communities.
Our Community Air Monitoring
We are connecting Air Monitoring Sensors to our community wireless network to monitor the quality of air in the lobbies, hallways and common areas of our developments. Our Air Monitoring Network is able to provide us with real-time data about the quality of air we are breathing.
We Are in Control
As residents, we must be in control of the quality of life in our own communities. We at Manhattan North Broadband are working with our resident leaders to deploy this resident-controlled technology in our developments.
FREE Internet Access
Manhattan North Training believes that Internet access should be made available to everyone in our community, at no cost to them. Our residents should not have to pay a commercial provider for our children to do their homework, for our seniors to check in with their doctors, or for our people to access governmental services.
The Internet is for everyone!
FREE Y-Fi
The Project currently provides FREE Y-Fi over our Community Network to three (3) developments in the Manhattan North District.
The Manhattan North District
The Project is expanding our Community Network throughout the Manhattan North District to provide service to over 55,000 residents in 40 developments.
What FREE Access Enables
FREE Internet enables access to digital platforms and trusted content that we create and control. It gives us a voice and a way to connect with each other; and it enables free access to educational, healthcare and emergency preparedness and communications resources.
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