The program was born from the desire of Lopez-Menzies, the only Black rower on the Yale heavy men's team when he was there, and others to bring the sport of rowing to underserved kids in a town with an already long rowing tradition more
The non-profit Brick City Rowing, which hopes to bring rowing to the city of Newark - with the first and primary goal being to get a dock in the water on the city's waterfront. more