Voices UnBroken in the Media
Events: Hearing Our Voices
The Hearing Our Voices award was established by our organization in 2007 to honor people and companies in the community that use their voices to benefit the greater good.
Hearing Our Voices: Poetry at the Water's Edge, 06/12/2007
Honorees:
Adolfo Carrion, Jr. , Bronx Borough President
Helena Rose Durst, Vice President for the Durst Organization
Iris Morales, Executive Director for Union Square Awards
Honoring Our Voices: Word Series at Yankee Stadium, 06/12/2008
Honorees:
Joel Rivera, Councilman
Starbucks
La India, Diva of Latin Soul-Salsa Singer
John Collazzi, Publisher for The Bronx Time Reporter
Reverend Alfonso Wyatt, Vice President of the Fund for the City of New York
Hearing Our Voices at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, 07/14/2012 (Rescheduled to 2/06/2013)
Honoree:
Victoria (Tory) Sammartino, Founder and Executive Director of Voices UnBroken
Hearing Our Voices at The Poet's Den, 07/13/2013
Honorees:
Denise Hinds, LMSW, Associate Executive Director for Child Welfare
Juvenile Justice and Housing at Good Shepherd Services
Clinton Lacey, Deputy Commissioner, Adult Operations
New York City Department of Probation
Timothy F. Lisante, PhD, Superintendent - District 79
New York City Department of Education
Winette Saunders, MA, Assistant Commissioner, Community Partnerships and Program Development
New York City Department of Correction
Veronica Scudder, Director of Program Development
New York City Department of Correction
Renee Wilson, LCSW, School Social Worker
East River Academy High School at the Rose M. Singer Center, Rikers Island
New York City Department of Education
Angelina (Rikers Island) to Assata (Cuba), Poem, 01/01/2000, Blu Magazine
Prison Songs: Poems by Young Women on Rikers Island, Overview of early years at Rosewood High School and creation of Voices UnBroken, 02/01/2000, Urban Latino Magazine
Voices UnBroken: Young women poets find their voices on Riker's, Interview/overview of early years at Rosewood High School and creation of Voices UnBroken, 04/24/2001, The Envoy Hunter - Student Newspaper for Hunter College
What Can You Learn In Jail?, Feature article mentions Victoria (Tory) Sammartino teaching poetry class at Rosewood on Rikers, 05/01/2002, Your Magazine (YM)
Our Mom Was In Jail, Cover story/feature article about Dali and her sister, Walia, mentions Victoria (Tory) Sammartino and Voices UnBroken, 11/01/2003, Scholastic Choices Magazine
Sharing Our Voices: Keep Your Head Up, Poem, photo and information for Open Mic Night at Starbucks. Also includes event information for Celebrating Our Voices, 01/01/2009, Bronx Times Reporter
Sharing Our Voices: One Minute and One Untitled, Poems and information for Open Mic Night at Starbucks, 01/29/2009, Bronx Times Reporter
Sharing Our Voices: One Untitled, Poem and information for Open Mic Night at Starbucks. Also includes photo with Rhyme Factory at Hearing Our Voices event, 02/12/2009, Bronx Times Reporter
Sharing Our Voices: Two Untitled, Poems and information for Open Mic Night at Starbucks, 02/26/2009, Bronx Times Reporter
Sharing Our Voices: The Phoenix, Poem and information for Open Mic Night at Starbucks, 03/12/2009, Bronx Times Reporter
Sharing Our Voices: Believe and See + Bad Habits, Poems and information for Open Mic Night at Starbucks , 03/26/2009, Bronx Times Reporter
Voices UnBroken lets youth in crisis vent with rap and poetry, Overview of VUB with focus on monthly open mics, 04/25/2009, New York Daily News
Profiles of 25 Bronx Influential Women, Overview of VUB's beginnings. Includes Victoria (Tory) Sammartino's favorite author, book, place, etc., 01/14/2010, Bronx Times
Voices UnBroken on OPEN, Victoria (Tory) Sammartino interview that gives overview of VUB. Includes mention of Write Your Way workshop, 02/27/2012, BronxNet
Voices UnBroken on OPEN, Victoria (Tory) Sammartino interview that gives overview of VUB. Includes mention of Voices In Action and Voices Ink, 03/17/2014, BronxNet
Voices UnBroken on OPEN, Victoria (Tory) Sammartino gives follow-up interview with Eileen Newman from Center for Bronx Nonprofits. More in-depth overview of VUB programs, partnerships and education, 07/16/2014, BronxNet
15th Anniversary Event on Packages, Coverage of 15th Anniversary Event, 04/15/2015, BronxNet
Having our participants' voices exposed to the larger community has always been a part of Voices UnBroken's vision. Writing by our participants has been featured in many publications as seen listed below.
The 4th Annual Hearing Our Voices Awards Reception
2010 Honorees: David Gonzalez - NY Times Journalist, Carlos Andres Gomez - Poet, Mark Santiago - SIMS Metal Management