press

Below is a complete archive of Rocking the Boat's press coverage since its inception in 1997. This public recognition is greatly appreciated and all opportunities for new publicity are welcome. Please contact Adam Green for interviews.

Hunts Point teen selected for week-long ocean research expedition
Bronx Times
April 1, 2024

New York students learn the craft of boat building
CBS Evening News
January 6, 2024

Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023
The New York Times
December 29, 2023

Riverdale Goes Outside
QUAD
Spring/Summer 2023

Este programa gratuito en el Bronx enseña a jóvenes a construir botes y navegarlos
Univision Nueva York
April 20, 2023

Strategies for Positive Impact by Rocking the Boat Nonprofit Founder, Adam Green
The Art of Sway Podcast
April 17, 2023

Thanks to nonprofit, students build boats and set sail in Hunts Point
CBS News
March 28, 2023

SEE IT: Rowing 30 miles around Manhattan for Rocking the Boat nonprofit
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
September 29, 2022

Free Community Rowing, Sailing, and Birding
BronxNet
July 13, 2022

Maya Lin's Dismantled 'Ghost Forest' to Be Reborn as Boats
The New York Times
November 24, 2021

Wood from Madison Square Park art installation donated to Bronx-based organization working to empower youth
AMNY
November 20, 2021

Artivist Series - Taji Riley and Sam De Los Santos
Women Mind the Water
April 16, 2021

From Islesford to the Bronx, and back again, Chummy Spurling skiff reborn
Mount Desert Islander
July 31, 2019

NYC nonprofit introduces city kids to sailing
Ocean Navigator
April, 2019

Teens rock at boat building
Shelter Island Reporter
July 20, 2018

Review: A Boat Ride in the Bronx With Ancestral Spirits
The New York Times
June 25, 2018

Rocking the Boat grad’s turnaround reflects the river she serves
Hunts Point Express
November 2017

Nonprofit changes teens' minds about college education
Hunts Point Express
April 2017

Sailors Among Us: American sailing dream
Sailing Magazine
January 2017

Rocking the Boat students take on most complex task yet
Hunts Point Express
November 13, 2016

Calf Island a treasure
Greenwich Time
July 30, 2016

Rocking the Boat: Tempest
BronxNet Community Television
June 3, 2016

Rocking the Boat sailing program garners national acclaim
Hunts Point Express
May 23, 2016

Wendy Schmidt's 11th Hour Racing Is "Racing" to Save The Planet (And A Few Other Things)
Forbes
May 18, 2016

Bronx River is classroom for seaweed scientists
Hunts Point Express
October 23, 2015

Rocking the boat in the Bronx helping kids build more than boats
PIX11 News
August 20, 2015

High Schoolers Teach Younger Kids How to Sail on the Bronx River
DNAinfo
July 23, 2015

Using Boats to Build Kids
PIX11 News
December 2014

Rocking the Boat is Fighting Poverty on the Front Lines in NYC
Opportunity Lives
October 13, 2014

Students build a piece of the past
The Hunts Point Express
October 10, 2014

American Graduate Day
PBS
September 27, 2014

Adam Green puts wind in the sails of inner-city students
The Christian Science Monitor
September 23, 2014

Boat-building workshop helps inner-city students set new courses
NBC TODAY Show
August 28, 2014

Bronx kids tap potential through boatbuilding
CNN Heroes
August, 2014

Oysters Aid Bronx River Cleanup
Wall Street Journal
August 18, 2014

Ready to Row
The Ocean Star
August, 2014

How to Make a Kid (Who Can Make a Boat)
Popular Mechanics
August, 2014

Bronx students launch handcrafted vessel in Hunts Point as part of 'Rocking the Boat' program
News 12 Bronx
June 16, 2014

Boat-building in the Bronx
Youth Today
May 28, 2014

Changing Young Lives with Rocking the Boat
The Urban Audubon
Spring 2014

Boats Build Kids
Origin Magazine
2014

Boatbuilders throw a party
The Hunts Point Express
December, 2013

In Bronx River, Helping Oysters Stage Comeback
The New York Times
September 23, 2013

Building the Kids Who Build the Boats
Boating Times Long Island
August, 2013

Museum Relaunches Wooden Whaler Built in 1841
The New York Times
July 21, 2013

Bronx Students Build a 29-Foot, Seaworthy Whaleboat
DNAinfo
May 28, 2013

Seen in NY: Rocking the Boat
NLT
February 2013

Opening Up the Water for Everyone
Boat U.S.
February/March 2013

The Social Entrepreneur
Vassar
Fall 2012

Building Boats, Building Kids
Good Old Boat
November/December, 2012

Rocking the Boat on City Island
The Island Current
September, 2012

Boating program helps students sail sea of life
Daily Challenge
September 14, 2012

Bold New Course
New York Daily News
September 11, 2012

Rocking the Boat: Responsibility and Rowing in the Bronx
The Responsibility Project
August 15, 2012

Bronx Week: Once-Polluted Bronx River Now Has A Thriving Waterfront
NY1
August 13, 2012

Ahoy there! Rocking the Boat lets kids build & sail own craft
New York Daily News
August 12, 2012

Organizacion ensena a construir barcos, remar y restaurar vias fluviales
NY1 Noticias
August 1, 2012

Bronx Non-Profit's Boating Program A Real Craft
NY1
August 1, 2012

River of Hope in the Bronx
The New York Times
July 19, 2012

Whaleboats for the CHARLES W. MORGAN
WoodenBoat
June, 2012

Rocking the Bronx...With Boats
Rudder Magazine
Spring, 2012

Boat Building: the Rewards of Doing It Yourself
Associated Press
May 1, 2012

Bronx teenagers build nest boxes for migratory tree swallows, get nature lesson from feathered friends
New York Daily News
May 3, 2012

Bloomberg
March 28, 2012

Reading, writing, and runoff
Landscape Architecture Magazine
February, 2012

Fordham
Winter 2012

WFUV Radio - Fordham Conversations
November 19, 2011

New York Daily News
October 26, 2011

Cablevision's Neighborhood Journal
June 12, 2011

Hunts Point Express
June 10, 2011

News 12
May 21, 2011

The Bronx Ink
April, 2011

Hunts Point Express
March, 2011

Hunts Point Express
November, 2010

ABC News - Learning how to build a boat
November 3, 2010

WoodenBoat
October, 2010

Hunts Point Express
September 2, 2010

WindCheck
August, 2010

NBC New York
August 11, 2010

Time Out New York
July 22-28, 2010

New York Daily News Advertorial
June 16, 2010

The Ash Breeze
Spring 2010

OnEarth.org
February 8, 2010

New York Daily News
December 22, 2009

Hunts Point Express
November 2009

Hunts Point Express
October 2009

New York Daily News
October 11, 2009

The New York Times - City Room Blog
October 5, 2009

Hunts Point Express
July 2009

NY1 News
May 23, 2009

The Rye Record
May 22, 2009

Boating on the Hudson
May 2009

The Loop
February 2009

Hunts Point Express
November 2008

WoodenBoat
September/October 2008

Village Soup
August 1, 2008

Bronx Times
June 26, 2008

Real Simple Advertorial
May 2008

Bronx Family
May 2008

Sunday Gazette
October 07, 2007

Metro
October 07, 2007

Time Magazine
September 10, 2007

NY1 News
August 13, 2007

The New York Times
May 8 2007

New York Daily News
March 20, 2007

New York Daily News
December 26, 2006

Contribute New York
November/December 2006

New Youth Connections
September/October 2006

The Journal News
August 4, 2006

Bronx Times
May 18, 2006

Orion
November/December 2005

Vassar Views
Summer 2005

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 21, 2005

The New York Times
July 17, 2005

sparknotes.com Spark Life Profile
May 2005

Riverdale Country School Quad Alumni Magazine
April 2005

Big Apple Parent
March 2005

Offshore Magazine
January 2005

The Journal News
October 2004

Harvard Magazine
Sept/Oct 2004

New York Times
August 2004

Time Out New York
April 2004

Rocking Tradition, by Erin Bruehl
Spring 2004

Scholastic Action
February 2004

Echoing Green Website Article
Fall 2003

New York 1 News "New Yorker of the Week"
August 2003

WoodenBoat Magazine
March/April 2003

NHK Japanese Public Television "New Yorkers"
July 2002

YES Network
June 2002

Antique and Classic Boat Society Rudder
Winter 2002

New York Daily News
July 2001

Riverdale Press
July 2001

Metro Channel Gotham Television
April 2001

Gotham Gazette
April 2001

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Navigator
Nov/Dec 2000

NBC Nightly News
September 2000

Vassar College Alumni Magazine
Spring 2000

Journal News
April 1999

New York Daily News
April 1999

NBC The Winner Next Door
Winter 1999

New York Times Metro Section
November 1998

The Bronx Beat
Spring 1998

CNN
August 1997

New York Times City Section
April 1997

Clearwater Navigator
May/June 1996

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