MPA Program at CCNY
MPA students, faculty, and staff took a break from their books and laptops last Saturday to spend the morning doing their part to beautify the city’s green spaces.
The volunteers worked in Tompkins Square Park under the guidance of the Lower East Side Ecology Center, a nonprofit that provides community composting, environmental education, and e-waste services in neighborhoods across the city.
Antonio Lopez, an alumnus of the MPA Program who now works as a Development Manager at LES Ecology Center, led the outing as part of the organization’s Stewardship Program, which coordinates corporate, community, and school volunteer groups to help maintain the city’s public parkland.
The MPA volunteer group helped rejuvenate a corner of the park by picking up sacks of litter and planting more than 200 bulbs.
While they worked, the volunteers further developed professional relationships, helping to cultivate the sense of community that is central to the MPA Program’s approach to preparing the next generation of values-driven, community-focused public service leaders.