The James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center (JBOLC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to strive for inquiry and project-based solutions at the juncture of food, environmental and social justice.

James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center (JBOLC) is a community-driven 501c3 non profit organization located in the Bronx, New York.

JBOLC promotes environmental sustainability, food sovereignty and social justice through outdoor learning opportunities, especially during weekly farmers markets from June through October.

JBOLC connects people with nature by offering in-person learning experiences with plants, food, soil, and garden community to nourish a local regenerative and resilient healthy ecology and build a healthier resilient community.

Staff and members

Raymond Pultinas

Director and President

Ray Pultinas(he/him) is responsible for organization's recognition and realization of its mission, maintaining relationships and expanding networks and capacities.

Sung Kim

Assistant to the Director, Secretary & Treasurer

Sung feels blessed to be involved in the work of JBOLC. She is a permaculture designer & gardener and aspiring student of herbalism.

She loves being in nature witnessing the magic of the plants and wild beings.

Richard Wooley

Sustainability and Community engagement

Richard Wooley is a former constituent correspondent for the US Senate and speechwriter for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He co-founded several small businesses and coached over 500 startups and emerging companies, helping them re-examine strategies and draw roadmaps to their goals. He's also consulted for non-profits, including DoSomething, Super Dville and ZanaAfrica, which focus on community impact, social-emotional learning and economic injustices caused by lack of health resources. In media, he produced original news video content for CBSeye and, for seven years, co-authored a weekly political opinion column for the Huffington Post. He's an invited editorial writer for CNN.

As a board member, he helps reaching out to broader community through social media and other engagements.

M-Jo Baker

Accountant & Advisor

M-Jo Baker (she/her) volunteers her accounting skills with many nonprofits through her organization, Gratis Non-Profit Accounting.  She's excited to help JBOLC evolve to be stable and successful.

 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

  • Aeternal Lovers

  • Amalgamated COOP

  • Bronx Community Foundation

  • Bronx Historical Society

  • CALL (City As Living Laboratory)

  • CitizensNYC

  • Clatter Valley Farm

  • Concerned Coalition of Legal Professionals

  • Cultured Movement

  • EEAC-NYC

  • Forest For All NYC

  • Friends of Jerome Park

  • Friends of Mosholu Parkland

  • GrowNYC

  • Lawyers Alliance for New York

  • Literary Freedom Project

  • Mi Oh My Hydroponic Farms

  • Montefiore Community Center

  • Montefiore Medical Center

  • MORE Opera

  • National Fruit Tree Planting Foundation

  • New York Botanical Garden - Bronx Green-Up & NYC Compost Project

  • New York Mycological Society

  • NYC Parks

  • NYC Soil & Water Conservation District

  • Partnerships for Parks

  • Plant Native North West Bronx(PNNWB)

  • Rap4Bronx

  • Silver Shoes Dance Club

  • Uptown and Bronx Friendly Fridge

  • Van Alen