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1979. A group of community residents began meeting to deal with the needs of
the immigrant community residing in Washington Heights.
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1980. The community Association of Progressive Dominicans is incorporated as
not –for-profit organization.
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1981. ACDP begins a massive parent voter registration, an advocacy project and
community organizing.
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1982. ACDP begins organizing parents to participate in parents associations and
run for Community School Board No.6.
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1983. ACDP’s sponsored candidates win election and become members of Community
School Board No.6.
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1984. ACDP and its members demands for construction of new schools in
Washington Height to ensure that more than 5,000 children are provided with
education in their community.
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1985. ACDP began providing direct service and training programs, such as after-
school, ESOL and GED programs.
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1986. ACDP’s sponsored candidates win election and six become members of
Community School Board No.6.
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1987-91. ACDP began to obtain modest funding and began to hire staff to provide
direct service.
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1992. ACDP contracted with the Department of Parks and Recreation to take over
the underutilized Highbridge Play Center at Amsterdam and 173rd St.
ACDP turned the 125,000 sq. ft. building into Upper Manhattan’s only
7-day-a-week youth and community center, now used by more than 1,700 residents
weekly. Since 1992.
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1992 ACDP has grown from an all-volunteer group to a community organization
with seven sites in Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx and one hundred full-
and part-time staff, serving over 15,500 children and families each year.
Today, ACDP focuses on five critical areas:
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Education and Youth Leadership
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Public and Mental Health
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Food and Nutrition
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Immigration and Citizenship
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Housing and Economic Development
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Today, ACDP’s programs are part of an integrated organizational whole.
Together, the programs nurture, and challenge individuals, and community
institutions. They bring people together by celebrating diversity and opposing
all forms of stereotyping and discrimination.
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