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  • The Geography and Enrollment of Child Care Programs
    The Geography and Enrollment of Child Care Programs

    Here is a quick map of child care programs in our community. The dots are sized according to the enrollment. Zoom in for more detail, and hover over any of the dots. https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/4ODu0/1/ The John Lewis Day of Action! Join the Voter Awareness March in Harlem on Saturday, May 8th at 2:00 PM. March from…

  • Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities at Parks
    Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities at Parks

    Happy Spring! These NYC Parks job opportunities (below) made possible by the recent federal reinvestment bill are open to people of all ages and require no experience. CAN YOU & YOUR ____BE LITTER AMBASSADORS FOR OUR HISTORIC HARLEM PARKS?(Jackie Robinson/Marcus Garvey/Morningside/St Nicholas)NYC Parks is looking for weekend volunteers we call * Litter Ambassadors * who can greet park…

  • The Public Health Impacts of PM2.5
    The Public Health Impacts of PM2.5

    The Department of Health and Mental Hygene (DoHMH) has an interesting set of maps showing which communities are most impacted by small particulate matter – PM2.5 – which comes from burning/exhaust. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are tiny airborne solid and liquid particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter. PM2.5 in NYC comes from inside and…

  • Summer Youth!

    Wanted to let you know we’ve got a summer youth program we’re running through WHDC this summer, and applications close end of day Monday. If you know of any teens/ parents of teens in West Harlem (CD9) looking for a summer opportunity (with a stipend for all who completer the program), you can share the…

  • DHS
    DHS

    As a part of a FOIL request I recently sent to the Department of Homeless Services (DHS), I was given a map illustrating the number of buildings (466 in total) in which DHS provides shelter and services (as of January 31, 2021). The sidebar, next to the map, claims that there were 31% fewer buildings…

  • Mom Pics
    Mom Pics

    Here’s something you can do beyond flowers for mom on mother’s day. The tech nonprofit Urban Archive this week launched “NY <3 Moms,” a new crowdsourced campaign in celebration of Mother’s Day. Urban Archive wants you to submit photos of your mom or caregiver. The caveat is that the photo has to be taken across the five…

  • Summer of Soul

    The teaser… And more on the whole process and project Why Questlove Change the Doc’s Title… Bystander Training Please join us and your neighbors for a very important bystander intervention training with The New York City Anti-Violence Project on Wednesday, May 19, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.   Click here to RSVP At this training, you will learn how to assess safety and…

  • Black Girl Magic
    Black Girl Magic

    You can learn more about BGMD by visiting BlackGirlMagicDay.com. Saturday May 29th, 2021 The Conversation Room 653 West 143rd Street (Between Malcolm X Blvd & Lenox Ave) Event Hours:1:00PM-6:00PM To make Black Girl Magic Day more spectacular than ever, we want to make sure that every little girl who attends our event walks away with…

  • Anti-Racist Rally and Support for Our Neighbor, Yao Pan Ma – Today at 2 pm

    WHAT: Press Event WHERE: Salvation Army East Harlem- Community Center, 175 E125th Street 3rd Ave &, E 125th St, NY, NY 10035  WHEN: Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 at 2:00pm WHO: -Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez -Assemblymember Ron Kim -Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer -Karlin Chan, Local Community Leader -Jen Wu,  Pro Bono Attorney from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP…

  • A Literary Mayoral Candidate
    A Literary Mayoral Candidate

    As most New Yorkers know by now, there are far, far too many people running for Mayor of NYC. All this, plus Ranked Choice Voting, is making for a confusing primary this coming June. Interestingly, one of the candidates has a book credit to his name. A number of years ago, while Manhattan’s Borough President,…

  • Harlem Libraries

    I thought it might be interesting to look at Harlem Libraries from a data perspective. Here is the data on which of the Harlem branches have the most holdings: Keen readers will, however, wonder if the size of holdings is somehow related to the nearby population. To do this, the population within 3/4 of a…

  • Community Districts

    East Harlem has many commonalities with the South Bronx in terms of population, history, infrastructure, and governmental relations. A map of the density of opioid treatment programs (as licensed by OASAS) shows the clear linkage. Note how CB11 (East Harlem) has the largest opioid capacity in New York City. OASAS has packed programs in East…