News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
By Frank Misurelli | Picatinny Arsenal Public Affairs On May 22, Picatinny Arsenal’s STEM program (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) hosted its 4th Dimension U Tournament. Sixteen 6th and 7th graders from All Saints Academy represented the U.S. Army, while students from two other schools represented the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, […]
By: Derrel Jazz Johnson Harlem-based politicians, restaurateurs, publishers, and socialites flocked to the home of the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray for a reception entitled “Harlem: Home of Immigrants: Honoring New York’s International Diversity” at Gracie Mansion last week. A beautiful summer day and an indoor/outdoor venue
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By Alejandra Castillo, Jessica Haughton, Camilla Santos, and Randy Fulton Over 100,000 immigrants in New York are eligible for the DREAM Act, but new database tracking may interfere. These databases hold personal information affecting young immigrants, also known as DREAMers, access to opportunities in the U.S. including loans and education. Education is a
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Analyzing the effect of women in the police force on both sides of the blue line By: Tatiana Stewart, Eleanor Geagan, and Feru Deshong “Women is the gate of the devil, the path of wickedness, the sting of the serpent, in a word a perilousobject” according to Thomas Aquinas, a Christian
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By: Brianna Glover A Rikers Island corrections officer starts his or her day off at an assigned post. The officer’s first duty is to count inmates to make sure no one is missing, that there is no contraband in the area, and that no one is hurt. Once the officer is done
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By: Derrel Jazz Johnson New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe (BBD) founding member Michael Bivins and R&B Foundation Chairman Damon Williams hosted an event called on the first Saturday of June in celebration of Black Music Month and the HSA Spring Festival. HSA students, parents, and faculty were joined by guests to listen and learn
Michael Bivins gives back to the youth at Harlem School of the Arts Read More »
By William C. Jackson (jackson.william.c@hotmail.com) There was much excitement about the solar eclipse that happened on August 21, 2017. Countless people across New York City stood outside wearing special protective glasses to view an astronomical phenomenon. And those who saw it were not disappointed. While New York City residents were not in the so-called “path
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In writing, a cliche is to be avoided at all cost, yet sometimes a cliche must be given voice in making a point needing to be made. It is said those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, people, the larger group we call society and humanity ever amazed that their same wrong focused
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(Harlem, New York) By Derrel Jazz Johnson On Thursday, May 11th, 2017, 255 high school seniors announced their college choices at the world famous Apollo Theater. Students announced choices such as New York University (my alma mater!), Ivy League schools like Columbia, Cornell and Princeton universities, HBCUs like Howard University, SUNY and CUNY schools, and
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By Debra Vanderburg Spencer (March 2017) At a recent dinner party in Harlem, I was drawn to an early work by renowned artist and activist, Faith Ringgold. Born in this very village, as so many other extraordinary visual and performing African American artists, Ringgold is also widely acclaimed as a civil rights activist and pioneer
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