BUILDFest champions In the Pink Produce takes home first place at JobFirstNYC’s My City, MyCommunity Pitch Competition
BUILD NYC entrepreneurs shined at JobsFirstNYC’s My City, My Community Pitch Competition, a city-wide competition open to 16-24-year-old entrepreneurs with social-impact ideas that advance their communities. Two teams from the High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media competed and came home winners. In the Pink Produce won first place and a cash prize of $2,000 for addressing the food desert crisis in Canarsie. Black Hearts Studios came in third place and received $1,000 for its media company dedicated to creating a future where black casts and characters are common in media/Anime/comics and Manga.
