How is the grocery store coming along? I wanna shop there!
Asked by leighpope
It’s up and running! You should check it out. It’s amazing!
Harlem NYCAsked by leighpope
It’s up and running! You should check it out. It’s amazing!
Hazy Nights In The Heights - An Instrumental Ride Through The Mind Of Frankie P by HazyNightsInTheHeights
the kalahari in harlem, new york (Taken with picplz at The Kalahari in Manhattan, NY.)
Harlem has another dining option, The Orange Peel
Meet Ms. Lalah and get a free copy of her new cd with your admission price. Oct. 20th at Billie’s Black.
Africa America Day Parade
African American Day Parade
My name is Greg Allen. I know this blog is very well-read in Harlem, and I wanted to alert your staff to a project I’m doing in West Harlem. I am currently raising money (on Kickstarter.com) to open a worker-owned organic grocery store on 128th Street and St. Nicholas Terrace. This project is innovative and necessary. I’ll explain.For the last six years I worked as a caseworker at a youth program in Manhattan (Safe Horizon’s Streetwork Project). In that time, a problem that is apparent but whose solution is elusive began to weigh on me— there are very few opportunities for youth in NYC, and especially youth who grow up in poverty. The young people I worked with at the program were unable to find work, often because of their presentation or way of speaking, and probably often because of their race/ethnicity (although it is of course rare to be able to say with certainty when this kind of discrimination takes place). As I watched these young people get older, more mature, and more stable, I did not see their access to employment grow accordingly. In fact opportunities were getting rarer, as young people’s lack of work experience became a liability itself; that transition from unemployed youth to inexperienced adult, in which the chasm widens between you and the world of work. What Subway Sandwich shop will hire a 24-year-old who has never had a job? At the same time in my personal life, in my neighborhood, grocery stores were lacking. Having lived on 130th Street and St. Nicholas Terrace for almost 13 years, I knew that it was common knowledge amongst my friends and neighbors that someone needed to open a small, convenient, clean grocery store nearby. I used to tell Victor, my corner store owner, that if he would start stocking vegetables and healthy food he would be the smart person who got rich on the block. He’d just laugh. Too much investment, he’d say.When a bodega closed around the corner from my apartment, I didn’t think much of it; the other six stores within two blocks sold exactly the same stuff, so no one missed it. And the storefront stood open for several years, as it is to this day.Last summer, as I prepared to leave my job at Safe Horizon in December, an idea occurred to me. Now that idea is becoming a reality. We have raised over $14,000 in 17 days at our Kickstarter.com page, which is here: http://kck.st/q7UnCA.Supporters are friends, strangers, celebrities, and neighbors. This project is a radical departure from most plans to help disenfranchised youth gain access to employment. It goes much further. Here is a link to more about that: http://bit.ly/r2hTV1.If you are interested, I would like to discuss coverage of this project on your blog. The project has been developed to address poverty, by providing gainful employment to young and marginal New Yorkers (who are often Black and Latino/a), and to address a local neighborhood need on “the Hill”, which is what we call this area. It’s a grassroots effort right now, with a lot of participation.Thank you for taking the time to read this! Please pass this info along.Greg Allen347 400 1707
www.sweetworkproject.comTwitter: @SWTWRKPRJCT
13th Annual Drum USA Day Peoples Jam
Sunday, September 25th, 2011, noon - 6pm
Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater
122nd Street and Mount Morris Park West
in celebration of
DRUMS - for guns, DRUMS - for drugs, DRUMS FOR LIFE
We are appealing to peace-loving people of all cultural traditions and creative persuasions to come out and participate. Don’t forget the children!
“PEACE & drum”
**spread the word**
Put on by the Universal Soundship Foundation
212-987-3902
Any boys age 12-18 who are serious about their basketball and own at least one pair of dedicated basketball shoes, we’d like to hear from them. NVC Consulting is conducting market research for an athletic shoe company and would like to get their opinions. We will be conducting focus groups in NY (Westchester) and NJ (Bergen County) as well as one-on-one interviews in Philadelphia and Atlanta. If you know of boys that would be interested in sharing their opinions, please have them forward an email with their contact information as soon as possible to:
All interviews will be paid, as well as fun! Please feel free to pass along this email.
