Harlem Times Staff

A Fresh Start: Center for Comprehensive Health Practice Celebrates New Location

by Derrel Jazz Johnson New York, NY — During the height of the pandemic, the Center for Comprehensive Health Practice (CCHP) received the news they would have to move after 30 years of operating their integrated health care services within Metropolitan Hospital Center. “Moving at any time can be a trying experience, but moving in

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NY’s Fabulous Five! Women Leading the Way

by Derrel Jazz Johnson In celebration of Women’s History Month, JPMorgan Chase put together an extraordinary panel of five fabulous women at a Chase branch in the heart of Harlem. The panel featured Harlem’s own born, bred, and buttered Melba Wilson, owner of Melba’s Restaurant, Carolina Jannicelli, Managing Director, Head of Community Impact, JPMorgan Chase,

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Perspectives on Carver Bank’s 2023 Women of Influence Leadership Summit

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The 2023 Women of Influence Summit event at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on March 21, 2023 was simply inspirational and beautiful. Listening to these four amazing women made me think about my mother and how she raised two boys working two jobs, and how

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Traditions of Resistance Tied Across the Atlantic

by the Secretariat of the ICAAD Marking her one-year anniversary, Her Royal Majesty Sêmévo 1st Dr. Dòwòti Désir, Queen Mother of the African Diaspora, Bénin Republic, was accompanied by a delegation of women from the United States to Cotonou. The women are the first cadets of the Imperial Corps Agoodjié of the African Diaspora (ICAAD)

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The Angels of Morale

by Ryan Yablonski The 6888th was the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit composed entirely of women of color in WWII. Their leader, Charity Adams, was the first African American woman ever commissioned as an officer in the army. A testament to their character, the unit was all volunteers as well. They became known

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Central Park’s Drives to Undergo Community-Informed Study to Increase Safety and Mobility

The Central Park Conservancy in partnership with NYC Department of Transportation and NYC Parks to examine current usage to improve iconic park drives user experience and investigate cross-park connections Multi-year plan designed as a community-driven process, to engage a range of park users and kick off with a survey to understand the most pressing needs since the

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