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Community Works Launches Community Matters NYC and Debuts the Harlem Is

Posted on September 17, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Community Works in association with New Heritage Theatre, two local nonprofits, announces the official launch of Community Matters NYC on September 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM at The Interchurch Center, Continue reading →

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HW Radio Pod Special on Harlem’s Rosa Guy

Posted on June 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Listen to the Special HW Radio Podcast show with host Danny Tisdale as we celebrate the life of Rosa Guy who passed last week. Join us as we speak with Betty Anne Jackson President of the Harlem Writers Guild. Ms. Guy was one of Harlem’s own, she was a mother, she produced plays, she was founder of the Harlem Writers Guild (founding members included Willard Moore, Walter Christmas, Maya Angelou, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, Alice Childress, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Douglas Turner Ward. ), and a NY Times Book Award winner.

Listen to the show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/harlemworld/2012/06/12/hw-radio-pod-special-on-harlems-rosa-guy-1 Continue reading →

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Rosa Guy, Writer and Harlem Writers Guild Founder Passes

Posted on June 7, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-born writer known for her unflinchingly direct novels for young people about black life in urban America, died on Sunday at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was 89. Continue reading →

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350th Anniversary At Minton’s

Posted on July 11, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Celebrated Novelist Rosa Guy and the Harlem Writers Guild, which she helped found 58 years ago, are being honored as part of the ongoing 350th Harlem Anniversary Celebrations. Join the Netherlands Consul General Hugo Gajus Scheltema, Congressman Rangel’s representative Elbert Garcia, Governor Paterson’s representative Sandra Hawkins, City Councilman Robert Jackson, and other State and City Officials as we continue to mark Harlem’s 350th Birthday at an “Afternoon Literary Salon at Minton’s Playhouse.” Continue reading →

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