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Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. Continue reading
Join the AIDS WALK!
Did you know that…?
Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. Continue reading
Posted in AIDS, Harlem, Harlem AIDS, Harlem HIV, HIV
Tagged AIDS, AIDS service organization, AIDS Walk New York, Gay Men's Health Crisis, GMHC, HIV, New York, New York City
By Robert West
“It is evident to the most superficial observer that the centre of fashion, wealth, culture, and intelligence, must, in the near future, be found in the ancient and honorable village of Harlem” – Harlem Monthly Magazine (1893)
As we approach the end of Black History Month, I thought I’d share with you a movement afoot in an area that has one of, if not the, richest black histories in the United States. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, Harlem AIDS, Harlem HIV
Tagged Apollo Theater, Audre Lorde, Bessie Smith, black history month, Carmen Neely, Countee Cullen, Dolores Prida, Dr. Antonia Pantoja, Dr. Wilhelmina Perry, Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon, George Hanna, Gladys Bentley, Harlem, Harlem Monthly Magazine, Harlem Pride, Harlem Renaissance, James Baldwin, Kehinde Wiley, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansbury, Luz Maria Umpierre, Nathan Hale Williams, New York City, Patrik-Ian Polk, Phil Black, Robert West, Statue of Liberty, Sylvia Rivera, the Young Lords Party, United States, Zora Neale Hurston
The video clip above is from Thursday’s edition of “Charlie Rose” on PBS, Pulitzer Prize winner (and Oscar nominee this year for “Lincoln”) Tony Kushner praised David France’s Oscar-nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague while discussing the legacy of his Angels in America. Continue reading
The holidays are a time for family and friends. This week offers many events and entertainment options we have fine dining uptown, dance in Midtown, film that rewrites the Ole South with a twist, and Harlem’s own Apollo Theater presents the first African-American holiday. Here are a few of the events taking place around the city and in our community. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, Harlem food, Harlem HIV
Tagged Abdel Salaam, Alvin Ailey, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Apollo Theater, Bistro Chez Lucienne, christmas, Christmas Eve, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Unchained, Foie gras, FORCES OF NATURE DANCE THEATRE, Harlem, Jamie foxx, Jiri Kylian, Kerry Washington, Kwanzaa, Kyle Abraham, Leonardo Dicaprio, Maulana Karenga, Quentin Tarantino, Revelations, Robert Battle
Harlem’s St. Mary’s Center, a skilled nursing facility and adult day health care program for people living with HIV/AIDS, is celebrating 20 years of providing quality medical and social services to people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City. Continue reading
Harlem’s Alicia Keys continues to do great work for the children of the world in her organization Keep A Child Alive cause.
Posted in AIDS, Cause, Harlem AIDS, Harlem cause, Harlem HIV, HIV, HW Music, Music
Tagged AIDS, Alicia Keys, aliciakeys, Bill Clinton, Blackball, Harlem, Keep a Child Alive, Oprah Winfrey, OprahWinfrey, Richard Branson, South Africa
African Services Committee, a nonprofit based in Harlem that combats malnutrition, tuberculosis and AIDS in New York City and Ethiopia will benefit from an unusual Nantucket, Massachusetts initiative. Continue reading
The Iris House, a Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF) grantee, will be offering free HIV rapid testing in Harlem on National HIV Testing Day. Continue reading
Posted in AIDS, Cause, Harlem, Harlem AIDS, Harlem HIV
Tagged AIDS, Harlem, harlemaidsblanket, HIV, HIV test, Iris House, June 27, Magic Johnson Foundation, MJF, New York City, New York City Department of Health
As part of the New York City Council HIV/AIDS Faith Based Initiative, the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA) joins 23 Manhattan community and faith-based organizations… Continue reading
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Tagged adam clayton powell, C. Virginia Fields, Community Healthcare Network, Harlem HIV/AIDS Faith Walk 2012, HIV test, Inez Dickens, Iris House, Letitia James, Love and Politics II, Melyssa ford, National Action Network, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Reggie Nance, WBLS Radio