News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
Author Carmen Rubin has been teaching and telling stories since she can remember. As a child, at the end of a school year, she would ask her teachers for leftover school assignments so that she could spend summer hours playing teacher to neighborhood kids. It was a game Carmen and her friends found enjoyable. It’s […]
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A vessel. A instrument, use me. Let the kick of my desire hit to the beat of your heart and let the rhythm we make be symbols of our relationship. Your grace and mercy soothes me, Your love is kinda like a Mozart piece played smoothly. You said the key to love is unity so,
Kenyetta Hopkins, 3rd Grade Teacher Where did you grow-up? Kenyetta: I was born in Inverness, Florida. I loved growing up in the south, which was very country. I enjoyed visiting my grandmother and my grandfather on all of their property in Citrus County. I grew up with 22 cousins; we would ride on the back
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When I am approached for personal training, the first question I ask is: “Is this a goal for an event (i.e. wedding, vacation, reunion) or are you trying to live a healthier lifestyle?” As a fitness trainer, I prefer to educate and train people to live a healthier lifestyle. Diets don’t work! They may get
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Sickle cell disease is more than a diagnosis; it’s a way of life that challenges doctors, patients and their families everyday. It’s also an opportunity. Embracing the presence of sickle cell, gaining knowledge about how this blood disease operates, and taking part in recurrent conversation are the steps we can all take to empower people
Giorgio Armani once said, “I’ve always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet.” Harlem has become in recent years the alpha and omega of New York City and that is why Corey Wesley decided to make Harlem his home base for his residence as well as his apparel company,
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The all women’s Big Hat Brunch: If I Knew Then, What I Know Now will bring together women from the younger generation and more experienced generation to facilitate encouraging and enlightening conversations among seasoned professionals and aspiring youth. With both panel and round table discussions, the Saturday afternoon lunch will highlight the importance of entrepreneurial
Sharing wisdom over Brunch. Big Hat Brunch meets in Harlem this April. Read More »
In a packed courtroom a long awaited stop and frisk trial begins. In their opening statements, Darius Charney, a lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights, noted that 85 percent of those stopped were black and Latino, while the citywide population for those groups is just 50 percent. Nine of 10 stops resulted in no
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A gang know as the Fetti Boys were caught selling marijuana out of candy wrappers. Eighteen members of the East Harlem Gang were rounded up last week into arrests that we most likely lead to some convictions. The gang operated out of a bodega on Esat 118th and Lexington. Undercover cops began an undercover operation in February 2012.
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On Saturday, January 26, 2013, the women of SAWCC (South Asian Women’s Creative Collective) organized a protest action in front of the New York City Indian consulate on Indian Republic Day, as a “response to the horrific violence wrought upon Jyoti Singh Pandey in India, and on women’s bodies everyday around the world.” Eighty people
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