This article discusses the notion of action and personal agency. The author discusses his experiences constructing an arts installation that supported a grassroots effort to revitalize Hunts Point, a community in the South Bronx that is home to 11,000 families, eighteen waste transfer stations, 40% of New York City's sewage, all of the Bronx's waste, a sewage treatment plant, a sewage pelletizing plant, four electrical power plants, and several public schools. More than 60,000 heavy trucks drive through the neighborhood each week. Due to pollution, asthma is the number one cause of absenteeism amongst children in Hunts Point's public schools. Educational reform typically focuses on improvements in the classroom, but students live in real communities with real problems. Giving students an enriching education in a community overwhelmed by pollution requires action outside of the classroom! This installation piece inspired the short documentary film, "Raising the Point!"