Coalition Begins to Rock
Courageous voices rose from within the Bronx, voices not silenced by the raging fires and destruction. In 1974 the local Catholic Churches, led by Bishop Ahern, called together pastors and community leaders to launch the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. The Coalition proved to be the voice for community revitalization, launching direct action campaigns that won the creation or renovation of tens of thoasands of units of affordable housing to replace the apartment buildings that had been lost.