Month: August 2020
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HARLEM WEEK 2020
FROM SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 TO SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 What originally started as a one-day tribute to one of the most culturally rich neighborhoods in the world has now become a month-long celebration enjoying its 46th year. Recognizing this year, 2020 is unlike we have ever seen HARLEM WEEK this year will take place from August…
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Kamala Harris in Harlem
Marcus Samuelsson recently Tweeted this about meeting Kamala and added in a photo of her in Harlem in 1966: Marcus Samuelsson@MarcusCooksI recently met @kamalaharris at @RoosterHarlem and am proud and hopeful for her leadership. When I look at this photo of her as a young child visiting Harlem in ‘66 I hope all the boys…
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HNBA and Greater Harlem Coalition Member Interviewed
Yesterday a neighbor and HNBA member was interviewed to present her (and Harlem’s) perspective on how the Upper West Side seems to have gotten its knickers in a twist about homeless men living in their community: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/nypd-responds-to-hotels-for-homeless-on-the-upper-west-side/2560908/ The Harlem Neighborhood Block Association seeks an equitable and fair share distribution of homeless services and shelters throughout…
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Advancing Black Entrepreneurs in the COVID Era
Chase for Business has a program they would like to promote in our community: Advancing Black Entrepreneurs. If you know any Black entreprenures who would benefit from a free education program designed to help Black business owners recover and move forward in the wake of the current global pandemic. Advancing Black Entrepreurs is a collaboration…
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Skyrise for Harlem
It looks like a collection of nuclear cooling towers, suddenly plopped into Harlem, but June Jordan’s plan for a redevelopment of Harlem in the early 1960s was for a collection of conical high rises: Esquire Magazine had the (above layout) which was recently featured in an article in The New Yorker. The conical towers would…