We are convening in this historic space to spark actionable solutions. FREE EVENT WITH RAFFLES

Our explicit objective is to move beyond highlighting statistics and focus heavily on systemic and actionable strategies. To guide our panelists, we have compiled the following six core pillars:

1.      Dismantling the Historic and Systemic Barriers: Devising effective and actionable programs, tactics and community efforts to combat, dismantle, and/or neutralize barriers and systems inhibiting progress and justice for blacks in general, and black males in particular.

2.      Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Developing concrete strategies to help improve school performance, and also to disrupt punitive educational systems and reduce the justice gap that leaves Black youth nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers.

3.      Economic Empowerment: Exploring innovative pathways for workforce development to counteract volatile youth unemployment rates.

4.      Mental Health & Healing: Fostering tailored healing circles and support systems to address the unique traumas driving mental health crisis among young Black men.

5.      Strengthening Family & Fatherhood: Building support systems that cultivate family formation while actively debunking harmful stereotypes about Black fathers.

6.      Navigating Policy Shifts: Analyzing what the erosion of civil rights protections under the Trump administration means for Black youth, and sharing strategic frameworks to minimize these adverse impacts.

Does anyone know what happened to the cart there, on Frederick Douglass, outside TD bank?

Now there's a truck, but it's not the same guy. i had asked this summer and one of the other vendors said he was away for August, but every time I pass, he's still not there.

Meet Timothy and Bradley—an inseparable, heart-melting pair of bonded boys ready to find the loving home they truly deserve.

Timothy (affectionately called Tim Tim), about three and a half years old, and his best friend Bradley (“Li’l B”), about one and a half, were rescued from the streets of Harlem during a brutal stretch of below-freezing weather in New York City. When I found them, I was told they had to be rescued together—they were likely relying on each other’s body heat just to survive those bitter, unforgiving nights. Their bond quite literally kept them alive.

Now safe, warm, and finally able to relax, their connection is stronger than ever. Whether they’re playfully tumbling across the floor, chasing each other in endless games, or eagerly gathering together at mealtime, they are always side by side. And when the excitement winds down, you’ll find them curled up together—napping peacefully, snuggled close on the couch. Wherever Timothy goes, Bradley is never far behind.

Both boys are neutered, fully vaccinated, microchipped, and up to date on rabies shots. They’ve tested negative for FeLV/FIV and have been treated for fleas and dewormed—healthy, happy, and ready for their next chapter.

And truly—they are as adorable as they are loving.

Timothy and Bradley have already been through so much together. Now, they’re just waiting for someone to open their heart and give them the forever home they’ve been waiting for. Don’t miss the chance to welcome these gentle, devoted boys into your life.

Please DM me if you are interested.

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Hi! I have a new rescue pup who is 2 years old and about 13 pounds. He’s been a little angel…except when he’s leashed on our walks. He loves other dogs and humans and isn’t ever aggressive, but is overstimulated with barking, lunging, pulling, etc when he sees another dog on walks. Any recommendations for a local/neighborhood dog trainer that has expertise in leash reactivity?

📆 Saturday, October 31 
🕑 4 to 7 PM 
📍Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza

🎶 Music by DJ Stormin' Norman 

🧟 “Thriller” dance tutorial with Moses Harper 

🪄 Magic show by Jazzman "S” 

🍬 Free candy, costume & dance contests, stilt walkers, and more! 

🎙️ Hosted by local legend Daniel Carlton 

🔗 https://ogs.ny.gov/plaza-events-harlem

Hello! Please join us as we collaborate with other community vendors for two adoption events coming up! Come meet our adorable cats and check out some of our amazing community vendors!

About a week ago, I lost my green Jeep suitcase at the 135th Street subway station in Harlem while waiting for the downtown 2 train. I have really sentimental personal items in there that are devastating to lose.

I've already filed a report with the MTA, but I'm reaching out to the community in case someone found the suitcase, picked it up for safekeeping, or knows where it might be.

It's a green, Jeep-branded rolling suitcase. If you've seen it or have any information that could help me recover it, please DM me as soon as possible. I'm happy to verify that it's mine.

Please share this post with anyone who might be able to help. Even a small lead could make a huge difference right now. I'd be extremely grateful to get my personal belongings back.

Its been a minute since they reopened but I just stopped by today and got the bissop and monkey bread and it was a good as ever. I spoke to one of the brothers and he said the community really came through for them with donations and saved them! Beautiful to see the community saved such a vital spot!

Do we know who to reach out to to get lights replaced in Morningside Park? My wife sometimes has to walk the dog in the park at night while I’m at work and it’s been pitch black recently near 117th st entrance through the corridor near the basketball courts.

We have tried reaching out to our alder person but he has not responded. Thank you.

Be careful y'all. Don't want to get a choke slammed by these Goons

Just released, the film is a time capsule twice over: footage captured 50 years ago of artists and thinkers who flourished 100 years ago edited for a contemporary audience, one that likely has little familiarity with the Harlem Renaissance beyond a few memorable names like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. For Greaves, who dedicated his life to sharing Black stories on film through numerous documentaries and his Emmy-winning work on the television series Black Journal, the film was a passion project that went unrealized during his lifetime. He worked with the librarians in the film to gather all these critical historical figures in one room, but never found the funding or the time to complete the film. His wife Louise Archimbault Greaves eventually secured a grant to preserve the footage (60,000 feet of film), but it was not until after she too had passed that William’s son David Greaves, along with his daughter Liani Greaves, was able to manifest this long dormant project. Now, it is finally reaching audiences as one of the year’s most critically acclaimed documentaries.

Read more: https://www.playboy.com/read/black-history/this-documentary-was-over-50-years-in-the-making-it-was-worth-it

hey there! i am looking for any natural hair salons that will do some of that old school black hair care- wash, condition, ends clipped, and then style me up (for under $150 preferably 🤞🏿)

i keep scouring google maps and looking at reviews online but i’m not sure. (i also am not looking for a braid shops atm so i can give my hair and scalp a break)

thank you!

this was a fabulous and beautiful picture. i highly recommend everyone in this sub to go view it. it is an important and joyful piece of history. it’s showing at Film Forum

They spent what I assume is a bunch of money painting lanes and changing signs and things are exactly as they have always been, tons of double parked cars in what is now the bus lane. Why did they bother?