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The ‘unforgettable” Natalie Cole joined her father last week. I last saw Natalie at Lehman College Performing Arts Center a couple of years ago. I recalled saying to my friends - “She’s still got it.” Condolences to her family. (see page 12) This week through next week we celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Ben Chavis, President of the NNPA, an organization of Black-owned newspapers which the Harlem Community News, Inc. is a member, gives us his views on “The Transformative Legacy of Martin Luther King.” (see page 10) Conratulations to West Harlem Group being named “Nonprofit of the Year.”

You deserve it as the organization we spotlight in this issue as doing “Good Works In the Community.” (see page 13) Check out our community calendar - Lincoln Center is presenting “Songbook” from Jan 20th through March 31. Perhaps one of your favorite muscians may be performing. (see page 8)

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Small Business Owners - Listen Up! - Series 1

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t’s a new year and most business owners may have already started off on the wrong foot, what will you do differently this year? If I maybe so bold and make a suggestion, the one area that you must

concentrate on is your financial position.

Here are two common pitfalls.

1. Borrowing. The first point is that you should not borrow unless you absolutely must. Borrowing costs money, and it is not cheap. Small businesses must be disciplined when borrowing money and creating other forms

of debt such as purchases on credit cards or leasing equipment, it may be tempting to borrow in the expectation of greater sales and profits. However, if you borrow today it must be repaid tomorrow, with interest so you need to undertake an accurate assessment of the benefits.

Repaying can be hard, especially if sales do

not reach expectations; when a small business becomes overextended regarding debt, catching up can be difficult and, at times, impossible.

Many a business has gone under as a result of being unable to repay debt.

2. Control of Spending. It is essential to distinguish between purchases

which are absolutely vital and those which would “be nice to have” but, in fact, are really a vanity item.

Sure, it would be nice to drive a luxury automobile, and your business may be able to afford the repayments, but a more economical automobile does exactly the same job.

Instead, invest the money back into the

business, increasing sales and profits until you can afford to buy the luxury auto for cash without worrying about it. So erase and curtail your impulsive purchasing and concentrate on practical purchasing. Remember you are a business owner, right?

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OP ED EDITORIAL

Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility By BARACK OBAMA

T

he epidemic of gun vio-

These actions won’t prevent every

can’t open a bottle of aspirin, we

was killed before Christmas while

lence in our country is a

act of violence, or save every life —

should also make sure she can’t pull

shielding his friends from gunfire.

crisis. Gun deaths and in-

but if even one life is spared, they

the trigger of a gun.

We are not asked to display the

juries constitute one of the greatest

grace of the countless victims’ fami-

Even as I continue to take ev-

is almost entirely unaccountable.

lies who have dedicated themselves

safety of the American people. Ev-

ery action possible as president, I

Thanks to the gun lobby’s decades

to ending this senseless violence.

ery year, more than 30,000 Amer-

will also take every action I can as

of efforts, Congress has blocked

But we must find the courage and

icans have their lives cut short by

a citizen. I will not campaign for,

our consumer products safety ex-

the will to mobilize, organize and do

guns. Suicides. Domestic violence.

vote for or support any candidate,

perts from being able to require that

what a strong, sensible country does

Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hun-

even in my own party, who does not

firearms have even the most basic

in response to a crisis like this one.

dreds of thousands of Americans

support common-sense gun reform.

safety measures. They’ve made it

All of us need to demand lead-

have lost brothers and sisters, or

And if the 90 percent of Americans

harder for the government’s public

ers brave enough to stand up to the

buried their own children. We’re

who do support common-sense gun

health experts to conduct research

gun lobby’s lies. All of us need to

the only advanced nation on earth

reforms join me, we will elect the

on gun violence. They’ve guaran-

stand up and protect our fellow citi-

that sees this kind of mass violence

leadership we deserve.

teed that manufacturers enjoy vir-

zens. All of us need to demand that

All of us have a role to play —

tual immunity from lawsuits, which

governors, mayors and our representatives in Congress do their part.

A national crisis like this de-

including gun owners. We need the

means that they can sell lethal prod-

mands a national response. Re-

vast majority of responsible gun

ucts and rarely face consequences.

Change will be hard. It won’t

ducing gun violence will be hard.

owners who grieve with us after

As parents, we wouldn’t put up

happen overnight. But securing a

It’s clear that common-sense gun

every mass shooting, who support

with this if we were talking about

woman’s right to vote didn’t hap-

reform won’t happen during this

common-sense gun safety and who

faulty car seats. Why should we tol-

pen overnight. The liberation of

Congress. It won’t happen during

feel that their views are not being

erate it for products — guns — that

African-Americans didn’t happen

my presidency. Still, there are steps

properly represented, to stand with

kill so many children each year?

overnight. Advancing the rights of

we can take now to save lives. And

us and demand that leaders heed the

At a time when manufacturers

lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen-

all of us — at every level of gov-

voices of the people they are sup-

are enjoying soaring profits, they

der Americans has taken decades’

ernment, in the private sector and as

posed to represent.

should invest in research to make

worth of work.

The gun industry also needs

guns smarter and safer, like devel-

Those moments represent Amer-

We all have a responsibility.

to do its part. And that starts with

oping microstamping for ammuni-

ican democracy, and the American

On Tuesday, I announced new

manufacturers.

citizens — have to do our part.

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Yet today, the gun industry

threats to public health and to the

with this frequency.

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will be well worth the effort.

tion, which can help trace bullets

people, at our best. Meeting this

steps I am taking within my legal

As Americans, we hold con-

found at crime scenes to specific

crisis of gun violence will require

authority to protect the American

sumer goods to high standards to

guns. And like all industries, gun

the same relentless focus, over many

people and keep guns out of the

keep our families and communities

manufacturers owe it to their cus-

years, at every level. If we can meet

hands of criminals and dangerous

safe. Cars have to meet safety and

tomers to be better corporate cit-

this moment with that same audacity,

people. They include making sure

emissions requirements. Food has

izens by selling weapons only to

we will achieve the change we seek.

that anybody engaged in the busi-

to be clean and safe. We will not

responsible actors.

And we will leave a stronger, safer

ness of selling firearms conducts

end the cycle of gun violence un-

Ultimately, this is about all of

background checks, expanding ac-

til we demand that the gun indus-

us. We are not asked to perform

cess to mental health treatment and

try take simple actions to make its

the heroism of 15-year-old Zaevi-

improving gun safety technology.

products safer as well. If a child

on Dobson from Tennessee, who

Vol. 16, No 2 January 14, 2016

country to our children.

Barack Obama is President of the United States.

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Home Buying In Harlem

Be Prepared to Buy Now

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by Rev. Charles Butler

an anyone afford to buy a home in Harlem?

This is the most serious challenge facing low to moderate income prospective first time home buyers today. They want to buy and have started the home buying process, but are finding the prices are far beyond their purchasing limit. But what I am finding most encouraging is the resolve these first time buyers are demonstrating, they are not willing to give up on pursuing their dream.

You must maintain a positive attitude if you are going to successfully complete this very difficult process. Here are some key points to keep in mind: (1) you must have a strong desire to become a homeowner. This desire of becoming a homeowner

must be your primary focus.

You must have an insatiable desire to become a homeowner.

Nothing else should matter.

(2) Create a projected purchase date. Make a target of when you expect to be ready to buy. Push yourself hard to achieve this goal. Remind yourself constantly of your target. Let nothing get in your way. With perseverance you can achieve your dream of becoming a homeowner.

(3) Create a monthly household budget to help you monitor all spending. You must have the discipline to eliminate all wasteful spending and to aggressively save as much money as possible for your home purchase. This is a huge challenge to most first time

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HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS Lincoln Center Songbook

January 20th-March 31

Jan 16, 2016 UAM/Freedom Party Fundraiser for 2016. The buffet dinner/dance featuring live musical entertainment will be held at the Cotton Club (656 West 125th Street) 9pm1am. For more information call (917) 947-8994 or (212) 663-7980

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Jan 19, 7PM to 9PM DAYMOND JOHN HOLDS BOOK SIGNING IN HARLEM FOR HIS NEW BOOK “THE POWER OF BROKE” Mist Harlem 46 West 116th Street. $30 General Admission ticket includes: book and attendance at live on-stage interview and book-signing opportunity. Doors open at 7:00pm. Seating is first come first served

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Jan 20th – March 31 Sonbook at Lincoln

Center. Presenting Vanessa Williams, Terri Lyne Carrington with Valerie Simpson and Oleta Adams: The Coope Clan and Imani Uzuri to perform in Lincoln Center’s American Songbook 2016 Season. As part of its 17th season, Lincoln Center’s acclaimed series American Songbook will feature top performers and rising stars of musical theater, pop, jazz, folk, soul, and R&B in The Appel Room and the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse this January through March. The Appel Room series opens with the versatile Vanessa Williams on January 20, singing everything from show tunes to her chart-topping hits. Broadway’s Jerry Dixon takes the stage on February 6 with his husband Mario Cantone.

On February 24, Rhiannon Giddens is joined by Leyla McCalla and Bhi Bhiman for Swimming in Dark Waters—Other Voices of the American Experience, an exploration of music of protest, subversion, and cultural resistance; and, on February 27, Terri Lyne Carrington’s The Mosaic Project: Love & Soul feature the legendary Valerie Simpson and pianist Oleta Adams in an expansive, all-female collaboration that illuminates the cross-pollination of American music. Tickets may be purchased online at AmericanSongbook. org, via CenterCharge at 212.721.6500, at the Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall Box Offices, or at the Frederick P. Rose Hall Box Office.

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Jan 21-23 Fri 7:30pm Sat 7pm Sun 2:30pmHSA Winter Music Festival is a celebration of the HSA Music Department’s brightest rising stars showcasing our advanced students, faculty and special guests like the Harlem Chamber Players. (645 St. Nicholas Avenue near 141st street.) (212) 9264100 Feb 4-7 The Harlem Fine Arts Show will return to the historic Riverside Church . The four-day traveling exhibition and sale of contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography is the largest of its kind featuring art from the African Diaspora. The exhibition

is open to collectors, art enthusiasts, educators, and professionals. Show sales at Harlem Fine Arts Shows have totaled more than $7 million since its inception. The HFAS will host an “Harlem Nights,” an opening night preview event, at 6:00 p.m. on February 4 with a ‘salute to NYC arts’ organizations.

A portion of the proceeds from the opening night event will benefit the Riverside Community Services Corporation.

This year’s event will showcase over 80 national and international artists and galleries. “As we continue to grow the Harlem Fine Arts Show and take it across the country we never loose site that the New York show is our flagship event,” explains Dion Clarke, founder of the HFAS. We continual-

ly look for ways to grow the show, bring our visitors new and exciting options and continue our wonderful partnership with Riverside Church.

Friday, February 5 is “Youth Empowerment Day.” Beginning at 8:00 a.m. nearly 1,000 students from the Tri-State area will attend the exhibition to see the show and interact with the artists. There will also be a special walk through of the show for area interior designers. The Show opens to the public at 6:00 p.m. Saturday the show will open at 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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The Transformative Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 2016

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist

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here is no debate concerning the irrefutable fact that The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the greatest leaders recognized, admired and affirmed by millions of people across America and throughout the world.

King’s activism and leadership changed America and the world, as did Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in their respective global impacts.

As we prepare to celebrate the 87th birthday of Dr. King as part the official federal holiday celebrations, I believe it is very important to focus on how Dr King’s legacy today is still relevant and transformative for all people who cry out for freedom, justice, equality and empowerment.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a devoted man of faith and a committed freedom fighter for the establishment and building of “The Beloved Community.” Dr. King was clear about the ultimate goal of the Civil Rights Movement. His vision went beyond changing laws and

winning victories against the forces of injustice and repression. Social change for Dr. King was not an abstraction or just a dream or an unreachable goal, but it was a realistic, achievable and tangible outcome of the struggle for freedom and equality: “The Beloved Community” In his own words, King emphasized, “The nonviolent resister must often express his protest through noncooperation or boycotts, but noncooperation and boycotts are not ends themselves; they are merely means to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent. The end is redemption and reconciliation. The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, while the aftermath of violence is tragic bitterness.”

Today, in the bold tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr., we salute the Black Lives Matter movement. It is being led by young, gifted, talented and courageous activists, who are using nonviolent civil disobedience anew to challenge racial injustice and the wanton police violence and murders that have become too frequent against Black Americans and others.

But today we must also assert in King’s transformative tradition that “All Black Lives Matter!” In other words, yes we have to stand up effectively against police brutality and prosecutorial mis

conduct, Yes, we urgently have to reform the criminal justice system in its totality. Yet, we must also stand up effectively with our activism to stop the self-destructive violence and murders that too many of us perpetrate on each other in our own families and communities.

In principle and in faith, the truth is we have to be against all forms of violence and all forms of the destruction of humanity.

There is no justification to take the life of another human being. It would be a gross contradiction to everything Dr. King worked and sacrificed for if we remained silent about the surge in self-destructive gun violence that prevails today in too many of our communities.

Reconciliation for Dr. King was not reconciling or compromising to leave injustice or racial bigotry in place. However reconciliation was the active and involved process that resulted in specific social transformation that inured benefits to all people. The success of the Civil Rights Movement under Dr. King’s leadership not only benefited Black America, but also the success of this movement for change provided benefits to all people.

King never suspended his faith in the God of justice and liberation. He refused to bend his principles and beliefs on the effectiveness of nonviolent social change activism and multiracial movement building. The organization

of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) by Dr. King and other Black church leaders was a prophetic step forward that kept the Black church in America at the forefront of the battle for civil rights and human rights. King was an intellectual genius who stood on the universal theological principles of the oneness of God and the oneness of all humanity.

In my younger years, I personally worked with Dr. King, Golden Frinks and Milton Fitch in the North Carolina SCLC. I witnessed firsthand how Dr. King transformed and inspired the consciousness of people to believe and exert a grassroots power to promote social change.

We could use that kind of grassroots power today to get a massive voter turnout.

Dr. King was not a “weak” leader who sought to appease or to entertain the powerful in the high places and principalities of oppression. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in complete solidarity with the poor and marginalized, but yet determined to end poverty and injustice wherever those evils were manifested.

Thus, we should also revisit Dr. King’s economic justice demands.

It is my opinion that if Dr. King were alive today he would be encouraging “principled youth entrepreneurial development.”

Participating in the U.S. economy as business

owners that help to financially sustain our communities should be a priority.

In his last public speech on April 3, 1968 on the night before his tragic assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, without fear Dr King asserted, “The nation is sick; trouble is in the land, confusion all around...But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

And I see God working in this period of the twentieth century. Something is happening in our world.

The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee, the cry is always the same: ‘We want to be free.’”

In 2016, “We want to be free!” We want an end to racial injustice and all manifestations of inequity and inequality. But we realize from the living legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. that we all should remain vigilant and active. Let’s keep Dr. King’s transformative legacy alive and vibrant with renewed energy and support.

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MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO APPOINTS NEW COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSION ON GENDER EQUITY

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arlier this month,Mayor Bill de Blasio today appointed seven new Commissioners and one new Honorary Commissioner to the Commission on Gender Equity. The Commission, launched by Mayor de Blasio on June 24, 2015, is an advisory body that works across City Agencies to help achieve the Mayor’s commitment to reduce gender-based inequity and build a safer, more inclusive and economically mobile city for women and girls. These appointees are a diverse group of leaders, including longtime women’s rights advocates, civil servants, clergy and FDNY’s first female Battalion Chief.

First Lady Chirlane McCray continues to serve as the Honorary Chair of the Commission. Writer, lecturer and feminist leader Gloria

Steinem, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, who recently launched the Young Women’s Initiative, will continue to serve as Honorary Commissioners along with activist, writer and lecturer Robin Morgan.

“This Commission is working to promote inclusion, so that all New Yorkers – regardless of sex, gender or sexual orientation – have the opportunity to achieve economic mobility and pursue their highest ambitions,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “These newly appointed Commissioners, whose qualifications are backed by years of experience in a variety of fields, will help lead our Commission in creating a safe, fair and equitable city.”

“Today’s appointees helped break many gender barriers, including at the FDNY. They are fighters in

the struggle to keep women safe and healthy, improve the lives of families and tap the too-often-overlooked leadership potential of women and girls across New York City.

We’re lucky to have them,” said First Lady Chirlane McCray. “Outdated gender roles continue to limit New Yorkers and our city. That’s why the Commission has set a lofty goal – the full inclusion of women and girls, economically, socially and politically. I look forward to working with the new Commissioners to achieve it.”

In the last year, the de Blasio Administration has made great strides towards expanding gender equity by establishing a historic partnership with UN Women, expanding paid sick leave to many of the lowest paid industries that employ dispro-

portionate amounts of women, making unprecedented investments in domestic violence response and education through the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence, and appointing and promoting women to leadership positions. Women currently make up fifty-eight percent of the HONORARY COMMISSIONER: Jimmie Briggs is founding Executive Director of the Man Up Campaign, and has spent his professional life focusing on the lives and well-being of children, youth, women and girls.

COMMISSIONERS: Rochelle (Rocky) Jones applied to be a part of the Fire Department of New York City in 1977, the first year women were allowed to join the force. Jones passed

the written portion of the exam but, like all 170 fellow female applicants, failed the physical exam that year.

She then became part of a civil rights action lawsuit that made the assertion that the test was unfair to women, and in 1982 was finally sworn in as a firefighter.

Dr. Danielle Moss Lee is CEO of the YWCA of the City of New York, a role she assumed in 2012 after over twenty years of experience in education and human services.

Sherry Leiwant co-founded A Better Balance in 2005, an organization that promotes equality and expands choices for men and women at all income levels so that they may care for their families without sacrificing their economic security.

Joan Malin has been the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of New York City since 2000.

Sonia Ossorio has served as the President of the National Organization for Women of New York City since 2005, Walthene Primus has been active in the labor movement for more than three decades. Her career as a civil servant began in 1977 at the New York City Housing Authority.

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"Unforgettable" Natalie Cole 1950 - 2016

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a t a l i e celebrated by fellow der and Smokey Rob- day, January 11. The er was celebrated with les Church of God in Cole was re- musicians Lionel inson, among others, “This Will Be (an Ev- a nearly three-hour Christ in Los Angeles. membered and Richie, Stevie Won- at her funeral on Mon- erlasting Love)” sing- service at West Ange-

Born Feb. 6, 1950, to singers Nat “King” Cole and Maria Hawkins Ellington, who at one time was a backup singer for Duke Ellington. Natalie enjoyed a childhood surrounded by world-class musicians. She began singing herself at an early age, often with her father. But when she was 15, he died of lung cancer.

In college, she majored in child psychology, but upon graduating she pursued a career as a singer. She had begun singing in college at clubs that would often book her with the assumption that she would perform in a jazz style similar to that of her father. However, Cole was more in line with her idols Aretha Franklin and rocker Janis Joplin. She eventually landed a recording contract with Capitol Records, her father’s label. However, she refused to cover his music, preferring to blaze a different trail.

Her career as a recording artist took off immediately. All six of her albums from the 1970s went gold, and two, “Unpredictable” and “Thankful,” went platinum. During this time, she also topped the charts with five No. 1 R&B hits, including “This Will Be,” “Inseparable” and her signature hit, “Our Love.”

In 1976, she won two Grammy awards, for best new artist and best R&B vocal performance for “This Will Be.” She followed it up with a second best R&B vocal performance for “Sophisticated Lady” in 1977. Unfor-

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tunately, in the midst of this career success, she was struggling with drug addiction. Eventually, she checked

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herself into rehab in 1983.

In 1991, Cole had the biggest hit of her career with the album “Unforgettable … With Love.” The album consisted of covers of her father’s songs and featured “Unforgettable,” a duet between daughter and father edited together through new technology from recordings he had made before his death. The album was sentimental and sincere, both popular and well-respected by the music industry. It sold over 7 million copies and won six Grammys in 1992, including album of the year, record of the year and song of the year.

Cole embraced a more adult contemporary and jazz-influenced style in her later career. She continued performing live, despite increasing health problems that led to a kidney transplant in 2009.

In 2000, she revealed her history of drug abuse in her autobiography, “Angel on My Shoulder.” When she was diagnosed in 2008 with the liver disease hepatitis C, she blamed her past drug use, where she likely came into contact with infected blood from using dirty needles. In later years, she often spoke publicly about her drug abuse.

In addition to her career as a musician, Cole also had dramatic roles as an actress, including the television shows “Touched by an Angel” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Cole is survived by her family, including son Robert Yancy and sisters Timolin and Casey Cole, who remembered her with this statement: “Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived … with dignity, strength and honor.

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WEST HARLEM GROUP HONORD WTH “NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR AWARD” AT THE ANNUAL NY & NATIONAL HOUSING LUNCHEON

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he New York Housing Conference & National Housing Conference celebrated their 42nd Annual Award Luncheon at the Hilton New York. It was a superb suc-

cess with over 1,100 attendees and exceptional fundraising results. The theme of the awards luncheon was “Uplifting Communities: Reimagine. Revitalize. Renew.” as it celebrated

the achievements of affordable housing preservation and development initiatives that work to make a difference in communities throughout New York.

Honorees of the awards program were more than deserving for the work they do to uplift the affordable housing community.

The accolades presented at this year’s awards were “Private Developer of the Year” to Artimus, “Public Service Award” to Richard Froehlich from New York City Housing Development Corporation, “Clara Fox Award for Outstanding Achievement” to Carl Weisbrod, Director of the New York City Department of City Planning, and last but not least “Nonprofit of the Year Award” to West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc. (WHGA) and Community League of The Heights (CLOTH).

West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc. (WHGA), a community based development corporation led by Executive Director, Donald Notice has been uplifting the West and Central Harlem communities for more than 44 years was more than humbled to have received the “Nonprofit of the Year Award.” WHGA has developed 1,690 housing units

for low-to-moderate income families while acquiring $300 million dollars in construction finance and equity. Their Multi-Service Center, Oberia Dempsey is Harlem’s hub for 25 innovative social service pro-

affordable neighborhood for all its residents, including low- and moderate-income community stakeholders.

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(L-R) Executive Director of New York Housing Conference and program awardees: Rachel Fee, Executive Director of New York Housing Conference; Yvonne Stennett, Executive Director of Community League of the Heights (CLOTH); Donald C. Notice, Executive Director of West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc. (WHGA); Rafael E. Cestero, President & CEO of The Community Preservation Corporation & CPC Resources, Inc.; Ken Haron, President of ARTIMUS; Robert Ezrapour, Vice President of ARTIMUS; Carl Weisbrod, Director of New York City Department of City Planning; Richard Froehlich, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of New York City Housing Development Corporation.

Left to Right: Presenter Marc Jahr from Community Development Futures, LLC and Donald C. Notice, Executive Director of West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc. (WHGA)

grams serving over 80,000 New York City residents with comprehensive services each month.

WHGA opened a Healthy Food Hub and Pantry in October 2014 and has since served 6,062 residents. The Hub provides access to farmers’ market subsidies, nutrition classes, and cooking demonstrations and is also a Harlem pick up location for Corbin Hill Farms Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) food products.

The WHGA philosophy, “Continuing the Journey,” embodies an honest commitment to continue to make West Harlem a strong neighborhood.

The organization is committed to ensuring a safe, decent and

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New York College of Podiatric Medicine

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HEALTH

Eunice V. Ramsey-Parker, BA, DPM (’85), MPH

Toenail Fungus: A Persistent Problem Associate Professor of Podiatric Medicine and Clinic Administrator of the Foot Center of New York

As Clinic Administrator of the Foot Center of New York (FCNY), Dr. Eunice

by Eunice Ramsey-Parker, dition, Ramsey-Parker happily has her DPM, hands MPH full. “There are so many great a podiatrist would Clinic Administrator, New York examine opportunities here to workFoot with Center studentsof one-on-one, ” she says, “helping to the toenails and shape the doctors of tomorrow.” Administrator since 2008, she oversees maythe send a portion of a clinic budget, scheduling of doctors andother patients, credentialing nail to a laboratory for a sweaty feet or skin the operations, doctor canitstreat it effecoftively the clinic doctors with insurance providers, with New York definitive diagnosis, one conditions arecompliance all risk facso itand eventually clears State Department of Health (DOH) regulations as well as New York City DOH that would target precisely tors and make one more up.

If a toenail fungus inrequirements, licensure for the phlebotomy lab, and compliance with EHR the organism causing your susceptible to fungal nail fection is allowed to worsrequirements.

en, that is, to go untreated,

infections (which can af-

tions (both monitored by your podiatrist), and could take months. Even then, the infection might not be permanently cured.

Onychomycosis is difficult to cure because the fungus responsible for the infection grows very slowly, and it is hard to get the

infection. Treatment could

Dr.the Parker works Dr. Anthony Iorioasand VPasoffeet).

Operations and both oral antifuninclude fect hands well pain also might makewith workDevelopment Desander Más in community outreach, to ensure we have and topical medicaTo diagnose the con- gal the ing or walking difficult. providers, students, and materials we need for every health fair.

She says that often, established FCNY patients The infection is caused oenail fungus, or stop by our tables just to say hello, while other community residents who attend our screenings become onychomycosis, is by fungi, slowly growpatients. “We sow lots of good will” at the fairs; she thinks it’s a good way of meeting the community. FCNY’s ing microorganisms thatthe number of people who can come here.” a commonbyproblem, new credentialing HealthFirst “absolutely will vastly increase

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but when it’s your problem, are hard to avoid; they And she’s about reachingthrive out more; working withsuch Mr. Más and NHEMA (New Harlem East Merchants in damp areas it’s uglythinking and embarrassAssociation) the FCNY Board,as there will berooms, more presentations to the community. The new FCNY Board locker showing and youand want it gone.

Chairman, the Reverend Robert Royal, wants the FCNY to reach out to the many senior centers in the vicinity.

Thick, discolored, and de- ers, and swimming pools formed nails are caused where one is also likely Eunice V. Ramsey-Parker earned her BA in biology at Barnard College, her DPM here at NYCPM in 1985, was a toand be barefoot.

AMPH priorindiby toenail fungus (among surgical resident at NYCPM as well, received her health policy and administration from the New of athlete’s foot, part time in 1989, going full time in 1992. She other reasons).

Youin 2009. mightShe agnosis York Medical College started working at the College was in private practice in for the Bronx and Manhattan 20 years, and while she no longer practices privately, she poor for circulation, ignore the condition a diabetes, still works in not a federally-qualified health center in New Brunswick, NJ, working with “an indigent population immunodeficiency while if it’s painful, but an that needs a lot of health care. It’s hands-on patient care and it’s a joy for me.” She’s worked there for 22 years. if you have pain, the soon- condition, or trauma due to sports injury,She ader you visittoa all podiatrist, thedevotes In addition of this, she time toorheranchurch. is an ordained deacon at the Convent Avenue vanced age, Sunday consistently greater the likelihood that she Baptist Church in Harlem, where also teaches school as part of the children’s ministry. Dr. Parker also

medicine under the nail.

In some stubborn cases, surgery to remove the nail may be necessary. Removal allows the application of topical medication directly to the nail bed.

Keeping your feet clean and dry are most important for prevention. Also: • Wear shower shoes in damp public areas.

• Change shoes and socks daily.

• Wear socks made of synthetic fiber that “wicks” moisture away.

• Wear well-fitting shoes. Avoid tight hosiery.

• Make sure all tools used to cut nails are disinfected.

• Trim toenails straight across so they don’t extend past the tip of toes.

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January is Cervical Health Awareness Month: What to Know about Cancer Screening

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• Computer-aided detection: Historically colposcopy has been a very subjective exam, and accurately identifying biopsy sites is a challenging task. DySIS colposcopy, a clinically-proven, FDA-cleared device, adds Dynamic Spectral Imaging to objectively quantify acetowhitening, and displays the results in a color-coded map.

“Its ability to help me to select biopsy sites has resulted in me finding an increased number of significant pathologies,” says Dr. John Patterson of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare of DySISmap.

• Reduced anxiety: Receiving news from your doctor that your Pap smear result is abnormal is frightening for any woman. However, the new computer-enhanced imaging offers more clarity for both the clinician and the patient.

“It was really good to be able to see the screen and feel a little more in control and understand what was

happening,” says Heather Holyoak, a medical student who had three colposcopy procedures and a biopsy over the past three years.

“For me, it wasn’t remotely painful or uncomfortable, and it could be something that puts your mind at ease.”

• Prevention: Two FDA-approved vaccines are highly effective in preventing infections of high-risk HPV types that cause the majority of cervical cancers. The HPV vaccine is recommended to be given to pre-teen girls and boys at 11-12 years old before they are sexually active, but can be given up to age 26 for women and 21 for men.

For more information on screening, diagnosis and prevention, visit cancer.org/ cancer/cervicalcancer and www.DySISMedical.com.

Cervical cancer is completely preventable and the best prevention is being regularly tested to detect abnormalities early. With these new tools, cervical cancer can be eradicated in our lifetime.

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• The basics: Woman 2165 years old should have a Pap smear every three years according to new health guidelines, along with a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test in some cases -- not annually as most women were taught. The Pap smear detects changes in cervical cells caused by persistent HPV infections, and the HPV test improves detection. After an abnormal result, doctors may perform a colposcopy exam by applying a solution to the cervix and watching for areas that turn white (acetowhitening), which can indicate abnormal cells. Certain women may need more frequent screening or treatment to remove pre-cancerous areas.

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URBANOLOGY

Energy Healing

By William A. Rogers

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he human body is made of energy; energy healing is a way of creating a balance of the body’s energy source to address illness that is an imbalance of energy in our body. Einstein showed through physics what Taoist sages understood thousands of years ago. Everything in the material world is made of energy and all things radiate energy. In the human body specific states of wellness can be determined by the electromagnetic waves emitted. Under-

standing the wave signals emitted from the body can determine the status of our health or illness.

Quantum medicine considers the cause of sickness to be the change of spin of electrons outside the atomic nucleus and the orbit change, which causes the change of small and large biomolecules, the change of all cells and finally the change of organs. Because the electron is a changed body, when the spin of electrons outside the atomic nucleus and orbit change, the electromagnetic wave emitted by the atoms will change.

There is now a technology that can determine the wellness of the body by analyzing the strength or weakness of the electromagnetic waves emitted by the atoms that comprise every vital organ in the human body. A machine known as The Quantum Resonance Magnetic Analyzer (QRMA) developed in China is now being used by wellness practitioners to develop a computerized report on the status of every internal component of a client’s body.

The QRMA is a small box that is connected to a computer; the client will hold a testing rod which is connected to

the QRMA for about five minutes while the machine scans the electromagnetic waves emitted from the client’s body. The QRMA software will allow the client to receive a comprehensive report card on the functions and health status of all of the vital organs within the body. QRMA report will give the client the opportunity to identify and correct the internal body issues that need to be address based on the report’s findings.

Ki Energy treatments and training can be one option, homeopathic remedies could be another. A change in lifestyle may also be neces-

sary to bring balance to the issue in question. A client might also take the report to his or her doctor for advice. The most important thing is to have an understanding about what is going on inside your body. Perhaps even more important is to be given advice on ways to address any health issues in the report.

If you would like more information on energy medicine or the Quantum Resonance Magnetic Analyzer send me an email at yourway2wellness2014@gmail.com or call 646 329-6727 I wish you a very Happy and Healthy New Year

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fter discussing many, many herbs with you to bring you a higher quality of health, have you made some of the small changes that could bring this about?

Have you changed your water? Added alkaline foods to your regular food choices? Reduced or eliminated devastating acidic foods, sugars and beverages (sodas) that cause disease?

Do you now wake up and drink water within the first twenty minutes? And have a second within the next hour? These small changes in your daily living habits are guaranteed to rev-

olutionize your life, health and well-being. I promise.

AND REST. Are you getting enough ‘quality’ sleep? The air that is in your bedroom is vitally important to a good night’s sleep.

Before air conditioning homes were built with natural materials, not synthetic man-made materials. We generally sleep with all the windows closed and air conditioning or heating systems full blast, which makes us more susceptible to illness and disease, and can cause everything from allergies to depression to cancer.

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small changes in your daily living so we can replace the cycles of diabetes, prostate cancer, obesity, breast cancer, and depression into cycles of health and wellness.

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by Audrey Adams

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t’s a new year-and you’re already behind the eight ball. You make the same resolutions again, and again to no avail. Well, it’s time that you took a long, hard look at why you hold yourself back! I’m not talking about the psychological reasons behind your inability to lose a few pounds or to stop smoking.

I want to talk instead about the fact that you’re not saving money.

When I was coming up, I remember my dad sitting down to pay the bills each

Fiscally Fit! month, and before forking over anything to anyone else, he would pay himself first. It didn’t take me long to understand the concept.

It did, however, take me awhile to follow in his footsteps once I started to earn money. It seemed such a simple thing to do ... pay myself first! Needless to say, month after month I foolishly neglected me and in so doing allowed money into someone else’s coffers that should have been and would still be mine had I not allowed it to flow right through my fingers.

Others benefited from my largesse, no problem, but I was left empty-handed!

I don’t like being empty-handed. So I decided to change that once and

for all ... I started paying myself first! I gave myself whatever I could afford each month, sometimes $10, other times a couple of hundred, but always something. We can all benefit from investing in ourselves, and I hope that the following suggestions help.

• Have and set monthly and yearly savings goals and develop a plan to achieve them.

• If you do not have a bank account, open one.

Money in the mattress won’t collect interest, and sleeping on top of it won’t keep it safe.

• Develop the habit of saving some amount of money each week or each month. Consider writing a

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check to yourself or getting a money order made out to you! Deposit the money in your account at the same time each week or month.

• If you have children, make fiscal fitness a family affair by encouraging them to save a portion of their allowance each week or month. Make sure that they, too, have a savings account, and organize a family outing to the bank together to pay yourselves.

• No matter how tough things get, don’t touch your money once it is in the bank.

Don’t forget that it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice something in order to meet your goal. This could mean taking a bag lunch to

work instead of buying a burger and fries, but your goal is more important.

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The quiet girl that sits the next row over may know how to inspire people. The know-it-all in your class could own a business in the future. The kid everybody picks on might become President. But in the new book “Women Who Broke the Rules: Coretta Scott King by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Laura Freeman, you’ll read about one woman who didn’t necessarily want to be a leader. She only wanted to sing.

Born in April 1927, Coretta Scott grew up on her family’s farm and was “a bit sheltered” as a girl; still, she was very aware

that some things were unfair, which always made her angry. Everybody in Marion, Alabama, knew Coretta was a fighter, that she had “the guts to climb up and over the Rules,” and that she had a temper, but there was one thing that calmed her: music.

Because her mother was the church pianist, Coretta was encouraged to sing solos as a very small child.

She was known to rush through chores so she could spend time with her music; in high school, she was the school’s most promising singer-musician. Later, she landed a scholarship at an Ohio college, where she studied music and education, “in case a career in singing didn’t work out.”

From there, she attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

Six months after arriving in Boston, she was introduced to a man named Martin.

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52 CAN DO’S: Healthy Lifestyle Solutions for each week of the year Part 2 of 2 “If you are what you eat and you don’t know what you’re eating -- do you know who you are? --Claude Fischler (French National Center for Scientific Research, 2004) One of the most important healthy habits on the path to wellness is to read and most importantly understand food

label ingredients on packages.

Often times we have to play detective to decipher what’s truly going on – or shall I say, going in our food?

Last week we discussed the hidden ingredients in bread and cereals. This week we highlight one of the worst ingredients hidden in our foods – so deceptive that it goes by over 50 different names but it’s essentially the same ingredient!

More on this in a moment…

According to Natural News.com, did you know there are over 70,000 food additives (artificial preservatives that include personal care products absorbed by skin into the bloodstream) approved by the FDA? Keep in mind that one of the primary reasons food additives exist is to ex-

tend the life of the product on the shelf –but at what expense?

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Have you ever stopped to think about why “you can’t eat just one” of your favorite snacks until the whole bag or box is completely devoured?

Here’s a clue: it’s not simply a question of gluttony.

You’ve probably heard of or consumed a preservative called MSG. MSG is short for Monosodium Glutamate, and is a common flavor enhancer and preservative used in foods that is cheap for food manufacturers to produce and tricks the brain into thinking food tastes better than it does, so we crave it more and more.

MSG has been associated with the following ingredients on your food label: anything “hydrolyzed” or “autolyzed, “yeast extract”, “carrageenan”,

gelatin, “natural flavors”, soy sauce, “spices” and dozens of other code names. MSG is reported to be a known excitotoxin (excites cells to the point of death) – and has been linked to problems such as weight gain, migraines, memory loss, tingling of feet and hands and even neurological issues – from Parkinson’s to Alzheimer’s disease. Neurological diseases involve the brain, spine and nerves that connect them (UCSFhealth.org).

Here’s a bonus Can Do Tip: Add flavor to healthy foods by combining natural seasonings you already have in your cabinet to make your own spice combinations instead of relying on “flavor enhancers” to “wake up food” flavors. Check the internet there are thousands of spice recipe varieties. Do you like

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Take a Close Look at Social Security in 2016

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(COLA) to monthly benefits this year. Understandably, this announcement shook up recipients who look to Social Security for a significant part of their monthly income. It’s only the third time payments were frozen in the past 40 years since automatic COLA adjustments began, but here’s the rub – all three occasions occurred after 2010. In short, most seniors will have to live with an average monthly payment of $1,341 with married beneficiaries receiving a total of $2,212.

2. Married and divorced individuals may have to rethink the way they claim benefits. Also last October, Washington settled a federal budget battle in part by

closing some notable loopholes in Social Security law that allowed certain married couples to substantially increase their benefits over time and certain divorced individuals to claim benefits from former spouses under certain circumstances. These new restrictions on so-called file-and-suspend and restricted-claim strategies go into effect this coming May. In short, if you’re close to age 62 (the earliest age you can start claiming Social Security benefits) getting qualified advice has never been more important.

3. Other COLA-related issues. When there’s no cost-of-living adjustment, there’s no change in the maximum amount of earn-

ings subject to the Social Security tax, which will stay at $118,500 in 2016.

This means earnings above that level aren’t subject to the Social Security portion of the payroll tax or used to calculate retirement payouts. At the same time, the Social Security earnings limit for people who work and claim Social Security payments will stay at $15,720 in 2016 for people ages 65 and younger. Social Security beneficiaries who earn more than this amount will have $1 in benefits temporarily withheld for every $2 in earnings above the limit.

4. Some benefits are going down – a little. The highest possible Social Security payment for a 66-year-old

By Nathaniel Sillin

worker who signs up for Social Security this year will be $2,639 per month, down $24 from $2,663 in 2015. The reason? Social Security noted that despite no cost-of-living adjustment there was an increase in the national average wage index, one of the statistical guideposts the agency uses to calculate benefits.

5. Service changes. If you haven’t created a My Social Security account, do so for two reasons: First, there have been reports of ID theft related to thieves attempting fraudulent signups for such accounts.

Second, the agency is making more detailed account data available online such as estimates of monthly

payments at various claiming ages. Also, Social Security expanded office hours in some of its field locations in 2015, so if you need faceto-face assistance, check hours of operation at your closest local office (https:// secure.ssa.gov/ICON/main. jsp).

6. Bottom line: Social Security froze benefit amounts for the coming year, and that has an impact on both current and future recipients.

You can’t fully understand your retirement without understanding how Social Security works, so now’s the time to learn.

Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s financial education programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www. twitter.com/PracticalMoney

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