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Get fit with us this year
Harlem United and Harlem Run are teaming up to make it even easier for our communities to get and stay healthy. In two weeks, we’re launching Harlem Gets Fit in order to help New Yorkers learn healthy practices and to support each other in achieving our fitness goals. All ages, abilities, and experiences are invited to join…
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Supporting the Anti-Poverty Opportunity Agenda
New York, NY (January 20, 2015) – Harlem United hails Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s 2015 Opportunity Agenda, announced Sunday. The Anti-Poverty Opportunity Agenda, a 10-point plan to combat poverty and fight inequality, will include more than $486 million in new funding for affordable and supportive housing as well as homeless services, including $183 million and…
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How a quiet change is transforming young LGBT lives
At 4:59 p.m., the community space at HOME—our program for LGBT young adults—is bustling. There’s a group of three young women sitting on the couch talking, one program member is checking his email on the computer, other members go in and out, checking their schedule for the next day and flagging down staff to talk…
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Yoga comes to Harlem United
Like many programs at Harlem United, this program exists because it’s something that the members expressed an interest in. “This will help us,” they told us and so we’re working with Three and a Half Acres to get them what they need. This on-going partnership continues today.
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Go behind the scenes of a client show
A few times a year our day program clients put on a show for staff, friends, and family to showcase their talents in singing, dancing, and all other forms of entertainment. This builds camaraderie and community.
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We started a podcast!
Harlem United’s health and fitness podcast is coming soon! We’re going to be talking with our staff—doctors, dentists, therapists, nutritionists, and more—while also consulting community experts to give you actionable tips and inspiring stories for living a fit and healthy life. [powerpress]
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After building a better life for herself in Harlem, this Côte d’Ivoire native is helping others build their own
[lead]Aicha Doumbia moved to NYC from Côte d’Ivoire when she was only 26 years old, in search of a better life.[/lead] Shortly thereafter, she opened a restaurant on 128th St. specializing in West African cuisine. She started at Harlem United 15 years ago as a volunteer, at the urging of a friend, who told her…
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At-Risk LGBTQ youth have a message to share at the divisive ATLAH sign
This story was also covered by The Huffington Post “The homo demons have metastasized in Harlem restaurants possibly transmit sexual disease” “Many of these homos moving into Harlem looking for Black meat” A group of young adults, who are part of Harlem United’s HOME group for LGBT young adults of color, were out and about in…
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Race. Jog. Walk. Skip. Shuffle.
Whether you race, jog, walk, skip, or shuffle, we hope you’ll do it with us! You are invited to our upcoming community race around Marcus Garvey Park, as part of our commitment to encourage health and fitness in our community. No experience is required! (Don’t live in NYC? Stay connected with us on Facebook for photos &…
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David Lopez started HIV/AIDS work at 15 and is now our associate vice president
David Lopez has been passionate about HIV and AIDS work from a young age. He started working as a volunteer at LYRIC in San Francisco at age 15. Later, he continued his AIDS education work at Project Bienestar when he moved to Los Angeles a few years later. When he came to New York City—after…
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