Category Archives: Education

Harlem Resident’s The Groovy Projects Lift Kids Up

Screen Shot 2013 04 08 at 8.40.03 AM Harlem Residents The Groovy Projects Lift Kids Up

A long term Harlem resident (and good friend of mine) Nate Lombardi is “empowering kids to find their passions through interactive and artistic projects with professionals. To let them feel how better it is to lift each other up!”

The Groovy Projects is a company that empowers students and their teachers to understand how lifting up their peers feels worlds better than breaking them down. It seeks to educate them on how to deal with bullying in order to make it stop.  “Groovy Projects” include interactive student presentations (and training), art/song contests, DVDs, CD games, short movies, and music videos.  The mission is to enlist some of New York City’s most talented visionaries an to “mold thousands… millions… BILLIONS of children’s perspectives on how to live a positive, encouraging and fulfilling life. We will get these kids excited and involved about creating inspiring art while doing good!”

The Project was recently featured on 20/20 – see Chris Cuomo interview below.

The Project is currently running an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to get 100 small donations to show big money people that we have grass roots support!   Only 2 days left!  Chip in a few tax-deductible bucks and spread the word for a great cause!

For more information contact Nate.

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April 1st thru 7th is National Public Health Week

PH week April 1st thru 7th is National Public Health Week

By NativeNewYorker

This is National Public Health Week – a great time for all of us to focus on the health and safety of our homes and our community.  Check out the APHA (American Public Health Association) website for daily tips to prevent injuries and illness at home, at school, in the workplace and while travelling.  

Here are a few of today’s tips about preventing injuries in your home:

Did You Know?

  • The majority of fire-related deaths happen at home. Someone dies in a fire every 169 minutes and about two-thirds of home fire deaths happen in homes without working  smoke alarms.

WHAT You CAN DO:

  • Smoke alarms can double your chance of surviving a fire, so install alarms on every floor of your home and test that they’re working monthly. While you’re at it, install a carbon monoxide alarm on every floor of your home as well.
  • Help prevent fires — as well as serious health problems and chronic diseases — by making your home tobacco- and smoke-free.

Did You Know?

  • Nine out of every 10 childhood poison exposures happens at home, with medications being among the top culprits.

WHAT You CAN DO:

  • Keep potentially dangerous household products, such as cleaning products, cosmetics and prescription medications, locked up and out of children’s reach. Also, never store household chemicals in old food containers or in the same place you keep food items. Learn more at http://www.upandaway.org/.
  • Put this number on your fridge and in your cell phone: 1-800-222-1222. It will automatically connect you to your regional poison control center and often life-saving information.

Did You Know?

  • Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among people ages 65 and older. Each year, one out of every three adults ages 65 and older experiences a fall.

WHAT You CAN DO:

  • Assess your home, or the home of a loved one, for factors that could contribute to a fall, such as: poor lighting, uneven flooring, throw rugs and clutter.  For more infomations on falls prevention go to CDC Focus on Preventing Falls.

fallrisks 355px April 1st thru 7th is National Public Health Week

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AIRBNB Adds Harlem Community Profile

Screen shot 2013 03 29 at 2.34.30 PM AIRBNB Adds Harlem Community Profile

AIRBNB,  a leading travel accommodations booking site, has added a Harlem community profile.

AIRBNB is a perfect way for anyone wanting to visit new york city for vacation or business to find the perfect vacation rental and stay in Harlem and experience everything that Harlem has to offer – all of which was recently showcased in AMNewYork’s two page spread on Harlem featuring HarlemCondoLife.com (twitter: @HarlemHCL).

If you are thinking about visiting New York City and/or visiting Harlem try searching AIRBNB today.

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East Harlem Premiere of El Barrio Tours in East Harlem

Screen shot 2013 03 29 at 1.36.13 PM East Harlem Premiere of El Barrio Tours in East Harlem

East Harlem native, director Andrew J Padilla, whose grandparents left Puerto Rico for El Barrio sixty years ago, explores the effects of gentrification on Spanish Harlem’s working-class community. The largest Puerto Rican neighborhood in the 50 states

Winner of the 2012 Puerto Rican International Film Festival’s Best Documentary Short.

Premiere of El Barrio Tours in East Harlem
Friday April 5th, at 6:30pm
CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College
2180 Third Avenue
(119th Street & 3rd Avenue)

Panel to follow screening:
Judge Edwin Torres (Writer of “Carlito’s Way”)
Arlene Davila (NYU Professor/Writer)
Harold DeRienzo (Director of Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association)
Victor Bach (Coordinator of the NYC Alliance to Preserve Public Housing)
Andrew J. Padilla (“El Barrio Tours” Creator)

Musical Performance by the Legacy Women Afro Caribbean Drumming Troupe

Hosted by CUNY School of Public Health
(Community Health Education Program)

Sponsored By East Harlem Preservation

Originally, the film was supposed to explore these issues through an examination of my grandfather Jose Antonio Padilla Sr.’s 60 year stay in El Barrio, but he passed in 2011. This film is dedicated to him.

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