Social Engagement

Made possible by a rent-free lease and a $1.25 million grant from the Battery Park City Authority, WHAC is expected to draw about 100,000 visitors a year. Exhibits and films will explain the plight of poverty-stricken earthquake survivors in Pakistan, war refugees in Somalia, flood victims on the Gulf Coast and others. Once hooked by riveting true stories, visitors are more likely to listen when staffers explain to them how to get involved with groups and causes that fight poverty and hunger.