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For over a decade, Brigitte led the fight for herself and fellow residents in her Right to Recycle Collection Initiative within her NYC public housing community. She founded ICGT after discovering that NYCHA's recycling program was nonexistent. She envisioned a convenient way for residents to recycle, create green jobs in communities with some of the highest unemployment rates, and increase civic engagement.
As a teen, Brigitte observed her mother’s passion for caring about her community and witnessed its effects on others, to this day. Brigitte calls this work a “green ministry” and wants others to develop the utmost respect for our only home and its life-giving power.
In 2018, she won an international competition for solutions to improve recycling in NYC public housing (NYCx Co-Lab Challenge) to increase recycling rates at a NYCHA development in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Having won the NYCx Co-Lab Challenge: Zero Waste in Shared Space, the pilot project was launched, and Vicenty was honored at the Zero Waste in Shared Space recognition ceremony. Her work has been featured in a multitude of journalistic and media platforms.