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Women ‘In the Black’ – Organized by Women to Assist African-American Women Owned-Businesses see page 12

New Businesses Opened in Harlem During the Pandemic – Part 1 see page 5

AUDREY’S SOCIETY WHIRL. 52nd NAACP Image Awards was virtual perfection! Anthony Anderson returned as host see page 10

‘Twenty Pearls’ AKA Documentary Shows the Vision and Impact of Black College Women see page 9

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Businesses were closed last March when the fears of the spread of COVID 19 spread throughout the nation. We learned of many right here in the Harlem community were infected and some had died. We sat in disbelief and awaited our fate for weeks as we initially thought we would get through this and get back to business. Weeks became months and now here we are one year later. Last summer it seemed some aid was coming in the form of grants and loans to small businesses.

Princess Jenkins and I have always spent time bringing together and networking with other women business owners in Harlem. As we shared information, we learned that initially businesses in central Harlem were not getting much assistance. We began calling leaders of our business organizations, politicians and anyone who would listen that aid needed to come to small businesses in central Harlem, especially African-American women owned businesses. Finally, some grants and loans found their way to many of our businesses offering hope they will be able to bounce back from the Pandemic. We don’t want to just bounce back from the Pandemic. We want to grow our businesses and reach our full potential. As always, we want to pull other women-owned businesses in this community with us. That is why we have reorganized “Women In The Black” and we have brought on like-minded women and together we are working to have an organization that can provide the investment, leadership and assistance needed to help our legacy businesses survive in Harlem. (see page 12) We mourn the passing of Ann Price. I worked with Ann at Chisholm Advertising in the 1990’s. Condolences to Ann’s daughters, her grandchildren and other family members. (see page 15) You can visit our website to see past issues, past videos, current events, advertising and subscription information, etc. at www.harlemcommunitynews.com. We are also on Instagram and Facebook.

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The COVID Theater Think Tank

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he COVID Theatre Think Tank (CTT) announced that on Thursday April 1st at 2pm ET, they will host a national town hall for the theatre industry to address the current state of the virus, what lies ahead,

and what it means for the reopening of theatre across the country. Key advisers to CTT including Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Economist Blythe Adamson; CUNY Graduate School of Public Health Professor Bruce

Lee; White House Senior Advisor for the COVID-19 Response Andy Slavitt; SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education Teresa Y. Smith and more speakers to be announced, will be on hand to discuss these matters and share the latest information and insights into the vaccination efforts, effect of the variants, and other important factors in the timeline to reopening.

This will be the first of several CTT Town Halls, which are intended to help the theatre industry hear directly from experts in order to move toward reopening with a common understanding of the underlying sci-

ence and conditions. The Town Hall is free to attend and open to theatre industry professionals in all roles.

Registration is now open at https://www.eventbrite. com/e/covid-theatre-townhall-tickets.

COVID-19 THEATRE THINK-TANK (CTT) is a self-organized consortium of theatre professionals across the nation,

representing multiple disciplines and corners of the industry from Broadway to Off-Broadway and Regional theater makers, has joined forces with leading front-line health experts, including faculty from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health, to research the unique challenges facing the theater industry emerging from the

pandemic. Through study and analysis, CTT aims to assess what the evolving scientific understanding of COVID-19 means for theaters, their employees, and audiences, and serve as a resource for theaters of all types and sizes nationwide, as well as individual artists, unions, guilds and organizations. www.covidtheatrethinktank.org

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EXPRESSIONS

PONDER THIS! Respect for the Bottle Lady

By Hazel Rosetta Smith

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do not know her name or nationality. Do not know where she lives.

Do not know the reality of her plight through these trying COVID-19 months that turned into a year. I just know my heart is touched by her spirit of duty and diligence. She is an entrepreneur of self service by any means possible and necessary to survive and thrive. I have profound respect for the bottle lady.

I have watched her from my window doing what she does to earn a nickel. She gently unties each plastic bag from a pile of bags hauled out to the curbside of buildings on the upper westside.

Each bag in turn is relieved of its contents and retied with precision and

care as if it had not been disturbed.

Her jackpot is the stash of empty plastic bottles that were supposedly on their way for recycling by way of city sanitation department trucks. We have heard it said someone’s trash is someone else’s treasure. In this case, someone’s trash is cash, be it a mere 5 cents per bottle.

And on she goes most of the day rain or shine, the bottle lady is out and about on the city streets to earn a living, quietly and legally.

If you watch her closely, you will see there is an art to how she stocks her cart with bottles of all sizes, equally balanced for weight consistency and space capacity. She holds every bottle in her hand as if it is a treasure of great value. The hunt is on, the count is rising, it takes 20 bottles to make one single dollar.

I began this writing by noting that I do not know her name, or other facts one might learn in conversation with another.

However, I say to you, I know her voice. I have passed her on the avenue many times and our eyes have connected. Without bragging about my slim

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donation, I will admit I have given her a dollar or two whenever I could.

The reason for revealing my moment of giving is to recollect and share her reaction.

Taking no notice of what I was extending toward her, the bottle lady does not look down, her eyes are focused on my eyes and in a soft, sweet melodious voice she says, “God bless you.”

I imagine my response “God bless you too” must have sounded wimpy, because in just those few seconds, I am filled with emotion and unexpected teariness. And it happens, every time she blesses my heart.

I know this is what true thankfulness sounds

like without using the words “thank you.” I sense that the bottle lady is asking God to bless me without knowing me or my circumstances.

She reveals her belief and faith in three words

that mean more than she could ever know. Maybe it is not the words, God bless you, that mean so much, as it is the request she personally delivers to God on my behalf.

The last time I saw the bottle lady she was moving gingerly up Columbus Avenue. I noticed her cart was not anywhere as full as I had seen it and it lacked the orderliness it usually exhibited. I was a distance away, but I quickly snapped a picture of her to place on my prayer altar, something I had not done for her though she has often come to mind in my daily meditation.

When I looked at the picture I had taken, in

the shadow of the street post on the pavement it appears as a cross directing her steps under the protection of God. It is my hope that all is well on her life journey. It is my desire that more of us will be a blessing to others and inspired by the perseverance of the bottle lady. God bless you and yours.

[Hazel Rosetta Smith is a journalist, playwright, artistic director of Help Somebody Theatrical Ministries and HRS Speaks! Retired, former Managing Editor and Woman’s Editor of the New York Beacon News and current columnist for Harlem Community News, Inc. Contact: misshazel@twc.com]

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New Businesses Opened in Harlem During the Pandemic – Part 1

By Pat Stevenson Photos by Seitu Oronde

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arlem has lost a lot of businesses due to the Pandemic. However, we have also gained many new businesses which opened after March 2020. Some business owners had signed new leases and begun renovation just prior to the shut down. Others are taking advantage of the newly opened spaces available now due to the closing of businesses.

As many New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and feeling a bit more comfortable about outdoor and indoor dining, residents and visitors to Harlem will find there are many new restaurants and other businesses to ex-

plore. We will introduce you to these businesses in the next few weeks with a 4-Part series.

Tito’s BBQ Station opened in September 2020. Tito is the nickname of the owner who says this is his first

restaurant. The restaurant is located at 348 Lenox Ave. Call them at 212-828-4867.

Harlem Biscuit Company opened in November 2020. they are located at 2082 Frederick Douglass

Blvd (between 112th and 113th Streets). They serve house-made biscuit sandwiches featuring fried chicken, bacon, eggs and cheese and more. You can call them at 929-390-1472.

King Barka opened a second location in Harlem January 2021. The restaurant specializes in Jamaican Cuisine.

They claim to have the best oxtails in Harlem.

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They are located at 2733 Frederick Douglass Blvd. Call them at 646-952-0394.

Dolly’s 1st Cut Meat Market opened December 2020. They say the

market is filling the void of meat markets in Harlem. Located at 2515 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. You can call them at 646370-6308.

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OP EDITORIAL

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OP-ED: Prophetic Politics and Black America: “What Will You Do unto the Least of These?”

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO

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f it were not for the Black Church in America, our long struggle for freedom, justice, equality, equity, and empowerment would not have made the progress that has been accomplished over the past 500 to 400 years. I speak in the tradition of my Presbyterian great-great grandfather, The Reverend John Chavis (1763-1838) in North Carolina and The Reverend Nat Turner (1800-1831) in Virginia.

Depending on when you define the beginning of the international Transatlantic Slave Trade will give you a deeper insight on why the religious, political, and historical perspectives of people of African descent still matter in the United States and across the African Diaspora in 2021.

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in his theological genius, courage, and prophetic utterances, challenged all of us when he clearly stated, “An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Black church leaders uphold the tradition of speaking truth to power.

It is, therefore, a reaffirmation of my faith in the oneness of God and the oneness of humanity that I must join to publicly support my African American clergy leaders in Washington, DC and across the nation who dare to remind even some of our own local African American elected officials that we all should stand for helping those among us who are less fortunate, poor, homeless, malnourished, imprisoned, returning-from-prison, and destitute.

To that end, a group of distin-

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guished African American clergy leaders and other community leaders on March 9, 2021 sent an urgent letter of concern to The Honorable Vincent C. Gray, DC Ward 7 City Councilmember and former Mayor of Washington, DC. I consider Vincent Gray a friend that I have admired over the past years.

The ministers expressed their strong objection to an effort that Councilmember Gray is leading to terminate the contract of the service provider currently running the short-term housing program at The Horizon in Ward 7.

As the letter points out, that program has been delivering an essential service to families in desperation and facing homelessness. And the social service provider that the city entrusted to provide this essential service, CORE DC, has been lauded by city officials as a dedicated and ideal partner.

It is therefore troubling that anyone would want to end this, particularly since the program is a bedrock of stability for those most in need, as well as a transformative centerpiece of Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s effective fight against poverty in the nation’s capital city.

The ministers argue that Councilmember Gray’s effort has nothing to do with the exemplary services CORE DC continues to provide. Instead, the ministers say this is all driven by Councilmember Gray’s opposition to a completely unrelated project involving the federal government’s plan to contract CORE DC to

provide critically needed reentry services for men returning home from periods of incarceration in federal prison.

We hope that is not, in fact, what’s unfolding, particularly at a time when a pandemic has exacerbated the desperation of individuals who are on the economic margins of society, but the ministers are nevertheless adamant in their plea.

“The effort to dismantle this program is troubling enough on its own,” the ministers write.

“But it is even worse in light of the fact that you have openly – and at times inexplicably – taken a hostile stance against CORE DC regarding the organization’s plans to open another facility in Ward 7, a residential reentry center for returning citizens.”

I am hopeful and prayerful that Councilmember Gray will respond affirmatively and will heed the requests of church and community leaders to support CORE DC and The Horizon residential facilities in Ward 7 to continue to offer critical needed services to DC’s homeless and those returning citizens from prisons and jails.

There will always be political differences among elected officials. Yet, differences of opinion about public policies among elected officials should never rise to the occasion to permit a turning of backs on the poor and the homeless. In other words, those who are privileged to make decisions that will impact the quality of life of others should always be concerned about the least of those among us.

All of the major metropolitan

areas in the United States are facing the challenges of homelessness and poverty. While we live in the richest nation in the world, we cannot afford to lose sight of our mutual civic and moral responsibilities to be our “brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.”

The following biblical scripture reference should apply to all urban public policymakers: “What you do unto the least of these, you do also unto me.” That is why I use the term “prophetic politics” as the act of political decision-making as a reaffirmation and practice of one’s faith and commitment to serve all of humankind fairly and justly.

The Black Press of America grew out of the Black Church 194 years ago with the publication of Freedom’s Journal in New York City in 1827 by John Russwurm and The Reverend Samuel Cornish. We knew back then as we know today that we must continue “to plead our own cause” to demand freedom and equality. This also means that we are obligated to plead with each other to treat one another fairly and equitably as well.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Executive Producer and Host of The Chavis Chronicles (TCC) on PBS TV stations across the U.S. and can be reached at dr.bchavis@ nnpa.org.

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key factor often overlooked by first-time home buyers is being ready to take advantage of an opportunity when it becomes available.

Many prospective home buyers will say, “I am not ready to buy but just want to learn about the process.” This is an understandable response. It is important to be familiar with the home buying process before making a purchase. There is a natural hesitancy to move cautiously through the process because unknowing can lead to making a costly mistake resulting in losing a great deal of money.

But oftentimes when it is least expected that is precisely when a great home buying opportunity will become available and catch them completely off guard. They have not become ‘mortgage ready.’ This term means meeting the basic financial requirements for applying for a pre-approval from your lender. A lender will want to make sure you have saved enough money saved for the down payment and closing cost. They will also want to see a clean credit history usually 24 months with at least 3-4 active credit accounts. Many prospective first-time buyers will need to pay off some existing cred-

it debt to improve their credit score. Most first-time mortgage products will require a minimum score of 620- 640.

As a result, these prospective buyers will miss out on a tremendous home buying opportunity because they were not ‘mortgage ready.’ This unfortunate situation just happened to some potential buyers. Their apartment building was converted into a condominium. The information about the sale was presented to them months in advance. The tenants were given an opportunity to purchase their units at an incredible insider price (30% less than the market value)!

Up to this point, most of the tenants in that building had not considered becoming homeowners. Now here is an outstanding opportunity for them to purchase

their units, build equity and create intergenerational wealth for their families. But sadly, most of them had inadequate savings or unresolved credit issues and were not able to purchase their unit.

So, the lesson learned here is to start aggressively saving as much money as possible. I know this is very difficult when monthly living expenses are constantly increasing. Start with creating a monthly household budget.

Eliminate wasteful spending.

Develop a projected purchase date. Maintain focus on completing the home buying process.

Understand the home buying process is extremely difficult.

Most people will tell you it is probably the most stressful thing they ever done. But all those who can successfully complete the process, will say that it is well worth the effort. You must start preparing now for your future. Home prices in Harlem are continuing to soar higher and higher. You cannot afford to wait much longer because soon it will be too late.

If you are interested in attending the workshop or have questions regarding the home buying process contact, Rev. Dr. Charles Butler at (212) 2814887 ext. 231or email at cbutler@hcci.org.

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EVENTS

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HARLEM CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS April 1 6:30-8:00pm Black and Red: Socialism and Black Liberation Throughout the twentieth century, the Black freedom movement intersected in various ways with the communist and socialist movements. The first Black woman to run for president of the United States was Charlene Mitchell, who ran on the Communist Party ticket in 1968. From Hubert Harrison, W..E.B. Du Bois, and Claudia Jones, to Esther Cooper Jackson and Angela Davis, many of the leading lights of the Black movement have also been communists or socialists. Join this conversation to discuss this often overlooked red thread through Black radical history. Online for FREE at eventbrite.com

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April 1 10:00am Basketball Sounds and Style with Bobbito Garcia Join DJ/producer, filmmaker, and designer Bobbito García in this virtual intergenerational STEAM education program and dive deep into sports, music, and fashion. Learn how the sounds of New York City basketball moved from the court to the recording studio with objects from the City/ Game: Basketball in New York exhibition, and experience the style of the game as you design your own high-fashion sneaker in a live art-making activity. For ages 7 and up.

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April 2 7:00-8:00pm Afro-Picks Featuring Hella Black Mexican

a look back on laughter (Apr 2) Join for the viewing of scenes from Hella Black Mexican and host Major Nesby will sit down with filmmaker Ehcrama Marche to discuss the film. Watch live on CCCADI’s Youtube and Facebook. FREE. April 2 9:00pm A Look Back on Laughter The Apollo Comedy Club celebrates the Theater’s rich comedic roots.

Join the Apollo Comedy Club producers Bob Sumner (producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of Laff Mobb on Aspire) and Apollo Late Night producer Dwight Jordan as they look back on five years of the Apollo Comedy Club.

This informal conversation will include back-stage stories, video clips and highlights of the comedians who have performed at Harlem’s hottest night spot. Online at apollotheater.org FREE. April 3 9:00pm Apollo Music Cafe: Infinity Song

speculative fiction w newland and james (Apr 6)

Roc Nation’s Infinity Song is a sibling band and music collective formed in 2014 in New York City whose members are not only singers but also songwriters, arrangers, instrumentalists, and music producers. Performances will be recorded at the Apollo Theater and streamed on the Apollo’s Digital Stage. Hosted by Jodine Dorce. FREE at apollotheater.org April 5 6:00-7:30pm Ponte Ready!

La BoriVogue A bailar! Join for a special live streamed event directo desde Río Piedras, Puerto Rico with La BoriVogue (Laboratoria Boricua de Vogue), a space of practice that uses vogue as an instrument of liberation and social justice. FREE online at elmuseo.org April 6 6:30-8:00pm Speculative Fiction with Courttia Newland & Marlon James Join the Schomburg Center to explore the

socialism and black liberation (Apr 1)

Basketball Sounds withBobbitoGarcia (Apr 1) contours of speculative fiction and get between the lines of Courttia Newland’s newest novel, A River Called Time. Described as a monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics, and conscience, it takes place in an alternative London, devastated by war and climate change.

Newland will be joined by New York Times bestselling author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James and moderator, Rochelle Spencer, author of AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora’s Surrealist Fiction. Online for FREE at eventbrite.com April 6 7:00pm Dreams & Defiance: Latin Dance vs. The World Our first journey visits an eclectic group of people, asking what their dance/music means to them. Just as important, showing us! While there are dozens of dances commonly labeled as Latin dance, this journey will focus on dances unified by improvisation, syncopation, partnering, incorporating jazz dance movements, or have sparked social change.

On the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Facebook Live. FREE.

hella black mexicans (Apr 2) April 7 6:00-7:00pm OP&M Dialogue Series: Jon Henry- Stranger Fruit Through the portraits of women in intimate gestures of cradling, holding, and embracing their sons, Henry aims to capture the visceral fear and vulnerable emotional landscape of Black mothers. Henry will be joined in conversation with photography-focused interdisciplinary artist and writer Qiana

Mestrich who recently wrote about Stranger Fruit for Photograph Magazine. Special guest Monifa Bandele, who has worked with MomsRising to advocate for economic security and justice for mothers, women, and families, will offer remarks.

The conversation will be hosted by Grace Aneiza Ali, curator of On Protest and Mourning. Online at cccadi.org FREE.

ENTERTAINMENT

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‘Twenty Pearls’ AKA Documentary Shows the Vision and Impact of Black College Women

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor

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lpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is the nation’s first sorority for Black college women. Founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908, nine visionary women created a sisterhood committed to serving the African American community and elevating issues impacting women and girls. Forty-five years following emancipation and in the face of great racial and gender discrimination, these young women decided to become the change they wanted to see, creating an influential sis-

terhood and legacy that is culturally relevant today.

Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper brings the complex story of the nation’s first Black Greek Letter sorority to the forefront in the documentary, Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc®.

Twenty Pearls premieres Friday, March 26 at 8 p.m. EST on Xfinity Comcast’s Black Experience on Xfinity, becoming the first original film for the media company’s Black content hub. The Black Experience is led by

Keesha Boyd, executive director for multicultural video and entertainment at Comcast NBCUniversal.

Produced by Coffee Bluff Pictures, Deborah Riley Draper’s production company, Twenty Pearls takes viewers on a journey into the lives of Black women creating change at a critical moment in American history. Draper, an award-winning documentarian who is also a member of the sorority, takes pleasure in being able to tell this universal story about the women who founded an organization that is still making change

today.

“I chose to tell this story because it is an important story about this country,” says Draper. “In this documentary, we see the evidence of the 113 years of the impact of AKA in

all aspects of American life and that is a story that needs to be told.”

The timing is right as America is in the midst of a contemporary civil rights movement that saw the rise of the nation’s first Black

and South Asian woman to the Vice-Presidency, Kamala Harris, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. who pledged as an undergraduate at Howard University.

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If you are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, book your appointment by calling 877-829-4692 (877-VAX-4NYC) or visiting nyc.gov/vaccinefinder.

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52nd NAACP Image Awards was virtual perfection! Anthony Anderson returned as host “This award is obviously much more than myself. I’m here receiving it but this dives into everything that I’m a part of.”

NAACP Chairman Leon W. Russell presented this year’s Chairman Award to civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson from Ebenezer Baptist Church. Lawson called

Host Anthony Anderson

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he 52nd NAACP Image Awards’ live simulcast was virtual grandeur from beginning to end! The lavish production, which was beautifully staged, opened with remote greetings from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris praising the great work of the premium civil rights organization.

This year’s stellar festivities consisted of a week-long celebration, with five nights of virtual awards honoring Black Excellence and people of color across television, music, literature and film.

The events all led up to Saturday’s live broadcast, hosted

by Anthony Anderson across ViacomCBS Networks which included BET, CBS, MTV, VH1, MTV2, BET HER and LOGO. This year’s presentation was the personification of Black Elegance with nominees and winners appearing remotely via video and presenters appearing from iconic location in L.A., New York and Atlanta – all dressed to perfection!

The 2021 NAACP Image Awards crowned DJ D-Nice, who hosted hit socially distanced dance parties

Hall of Fame inductee Eddie Murphy

during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its top honor of Entertainer of the Year.

Black-ish won a leading five awards, winning in the categories of best actor (Anderson) and supporting actor (Deon Cole) and supporting actress (Marsai Martin) in a comedy series after picking up another two awards earlier in the week. Beyoncé who dominated the music-focused Thursday night event and Soul won four awards each.

Other top winners included three-time winners Power Book II: Ghost and Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, best comedy series winner Insecure (star Issa Rae also won for best actress in a comedy series) and former president Barack Obama, whose memoir A Promised Land was named best nonfic-

tion literary work. During the live show, Bad Boys for Life won best motion picture, with stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence appearing together via video, bumping fists.

Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page took the first award, for best actor in a drama series.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom won two awards during the live show (for stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman’s performances), with Davis also winning for her small-

NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson

screen role on How to Get Away With Murder. Boseman won the award for best actor in a motion picture for his role in Ma Rainey, with his widow Simone Ledward Boseman accepting on his behalf.

Michelle Obama presented the first Social Justice Impact award to Stacey Abrams, praising Abrams for knowing that “organizing on the ground is the best way to crack a ceiling.” Abrams, accepting via video and hold-

NAACP Chairman Award recipient James Lawson

ing her award, recalled how she was raised by her parents “to see the challenges in our world as opportunities to act.”

LeBron James received the President’s Award, recognizing special achievement and distinguished public service presented by NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson, who presented the award and then thanked James for “not shutting up and just dribbling.” In his acceptance speech James said,

the honor a “stupendous surprise.”

The show ended with actor and comedian Eddie Murphy being inducted into the NAACP Hall of Fame after an introduction by his longtime friend and collaborator Arsenio Hall. The show also included performances from Jazmine Sullivan and Maxwell, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album Urban Hang Suite. (Photos Getty Images for NAACP)

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Harlem Is In Good Hands

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hese days Harlem New York has been flanked with new retail businesses, restaurants, and fused culture. Now in many ways that can be a great thing, it can also take away the mystique of Harlem’s true culture leading to a forgotten era. We are in much need of individuals who will assist in maintaining the preservation of what is known as the mecca of the world.

Kells Barnett is one of those individuals with his groundbreaking “Take Care Of Harlem” Initiative. Created in 2013 Kells who himself is a born and bred “Harlemite” saw right away that something had to be done to maintain not only the uniqueness of Harlem, but to assist

in changes for the better.

Barnett sprung into action and created a program that specializes in every activity from community gardening, annual toy & clothing drives, to daily outdoor workout routines like jogging in a group of up to 40 participants

around the Harlem area.

One of Barnett’s most notable projects is the annual “Black Boys Wear Suits” campaign where youth between ages five up to twelve are taught how to put together suits, and how to knot ties. This campaign in par-

ticular was created to face the misconceptions aimed at young black men, and to reclaim the true image of who they are. There are so many valuable campaigns Barnett has created under this umbrella. His annual “Adult Prom” raises money for

high school students to have school supplies available to them at the start of the new year. Barnett has been recognized for his efforts by the National Action Network’s Women’s Auxiliary who awarded him for community service, along with many others. Kells Barnett is a millennial visionary who

loves Harlem deeply, So do not be surprised if you see him on Malcolm X Boulevard doing gardening work on the dividers he’s just taking care of Harlem. You can follow Barnett at @Kellsmania on Instagram, also to learn more and to join free you can visit; www.takecareofharlem.com

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Women ‘In the Black’ – Organized by Women to Assist African-American Women Owned-Businesses

By Audrey J. Bernard

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omen In The Black New York Inc, reorganized in January 2021, helmed by a dynamic duo -- founder Princess Jenkins (owner of The Brownstone boutique) and Pat Stevenson (owner of Harlem Community Newspapers, Inc.) with a mission of assisting African-American women business owners to be successful and make a significant economic impact in the community. The 501 C3 non-profit is made up of an Executive and Advisory board of like-minded women who believe Black owned women businesses have too often been unable to get the type of

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financing and resources required to soar and create the multi-million-dollar corporations they are capable of creating. They also want to ensure that

two African American women business owners who mean business!

They have owned and maintained businesses in Harlem more than 25

businesses get and stay "in the black” and leave a legacy for others to follow.

The expression “in the black” is used to refer to a company’s profitabil-

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Harlem community where they; live, work and raised their families. They have witnessed the struggles and are intent upon helping women growing their

debt - the goal resulting in financial stability.

As the entire world continues to transform, Women In The Black is seeking to implement a brighter more resilient future for African American women business owners in Harlem. This vision requires a relentless, long term secure pandemic plan committed to strengthening the community through fostering the growth of women owned businesses and promoting entrepreneurial excellence.

Women In the Black’s main objective is to raise monies to maintain and grow African-American women owned businesses by: providing grants/ micro loans ($2,500 to

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ity and current financial health. When a company is “in the black,” it denotes positive earnings, financially solvency and is unencumbered by too much

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$10,000) to assist them in Pandemic recovery. Also provide patience capital to legacy businesses (businesses who have existed for at least 7 years and

have gross sales of over $250,000 for 3 years) to ensure that they can expand and grow into multimillion dollars businesses, providing jobs while making a significant economic impact in the community.

The group is actively raising $200K for administrative and support staff, workshops and events.

Seeking a total initial budget of $3.7M. Women In The Black is making a true economic impact in the community. Proposals are available for government, foundations and corporations who have a desire to assist small businesses in general and specifically African-American women owned businesses.

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The organization is accepting tax exempt donations from individuals and organizations. Visit their website at www.womenintheblack.com

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Grandma’s Place Uses Momentum of Successful GoFundMe Campaign to Fundraise for Bookmobile

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woman in Florida who specializes in creating bi-racial dolls as well. She also invests time in choosing the books she sells. “The number of positive self-affirming books I come across are very gratifying and we are making sure that we are putting them up on our website,” she commented.

Since the pandemic Harhow a bookstore and toy store during the pandemic is non-essential when parents are being forced to teach their children at home. That was a mind blower for me,” said Harris-Martine.

As a way to raise money to pay the back rent accrued during its closure, Harris-Martine and her granddaughter Chelsea Grant, Vice-President of Grandma’s Place, started a GoFundMe campaign.

They aimed to raise $17,000 and ended up collecting over $46,000 in donations, some of which will be going towards the bookmobile project.

“I always planned to pass the store onto my granddaughter who is now 28 years old and helping me run the store, but at some point, I didn’t know whether that was going to happen. When everybody rallied for me, I decided to keep it open.”

Grandma’s Place is one

of the fortunate small minority-owned businesses to survive the pandemic. Harris-Martine gives all the credit to the local and global community that has supported her business over the past year: “The community came to my aid and made me want to go on, they showed up and did what they have to do to support me and I’m so appreciative. That out pouring of people all over the country and all over the world to care about a small bookstore in Harem really made me want to stay open and want to go forward and gave me the hope.”

Grandma’s Place is also expanding its online store (www.grandmasplaceinharlem.com) to include the most unique products of their collection. Such products include multicultural dolls, a source of pride for Harris-Martine who believe that dolls need to reflect the children who play with them. She works with a

ris-Martine has pivoted to sell Pre-K through 9th grade curriculum guides for families who are now playing more of a teaching role in the lives of their children. “I talk to parents all the time on how to use the materials,” she said.

While the store was closed Harris-Martine organized her personal library at home. She

has a collection of 100,000 books she calls the “Nurtury.”

Since 1993 she has provided one-on-one literacy tutoring for selected children in the neighborhood: “I was really trying to organize my space so that when this was all over, I could go back to working with the kids I needed to work with” There is also a Grandma’s Place podcast in the works with the help of her grand daughter Chelsea. It will focus on educational topics of concern to parents, including how to get children interested in reading books.

This incredible woman has never stopped working to promote education in her community and she says she has no plans of taking a break anytime soon: “Once a teacher, always a teacher.”

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hen a close friend told Dawn Harris-Martine, owner of Grandma’s Place, an independent book and toy store in Central Harlem, that over 25,000 children are living in the shelter system in Harlem alone, she was inspired to take action.

Harris-Martine plans to purchase a bookmobile that will offer free books to these families. “We have already gotten donations of books from people in the community, and I plan to make sure the bookmobile is fully stocked,” said the 81-year-old retired schoolteacher.

According to the Coalition for the Homeless over 120,000 people slept in the New York City municipal shelter system in 2020, close to 40,000 of them were children. A growing number of these women and children are entering shelters to escape domestic violence.

On Juneteenth (June 19) Grandma’s Place is planning to host a block party fundraiser with games, music and entertainment in Harlem to raise money for the bookmobile, which costs approximately $50,000. “People are asked to come and participate and donate for the bookmobile,” said Harris Martine. If anyone reading this article knows of an affordable bookmobile for sale, they are encouraged to contact (212) 360-6776.

When the pandemic hit the United States last March, Grandma’s Place was labeled “non-essential” and forced by state mandate to shut down from March through August.

It was the first time since the business opened 21 years ago that it had to close down.

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The Return of Holistic Healing

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atural healing options have seen a tremendous growth over the years. Holistic wellness is now a trillion-dollar industry. Many seniors have turned to natural wellness options to reduce or eliminate their dependency on pharmaceutical drugs and their many dangerous side effects. Others have explored holistic healing methods to naturally address hypertension, depression, di-

abetes, and pain management.

Over the past year the fear and anxiety around the COVID pandemic has provided an even greater interest in natural ways to improve and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

For an exceedingly long time, there was no vaccine available, it is still not available to many for a host of reasons.

Even if you get vaccinated it is not a cure, it will only reduce the dangerous and life-threatening systems of COVID by building an immunity in your body. Holistic health practitioners and natural products have become more popular because they can help build a strong immune system naturally.

Where do you go when your doctor cannot help you?

You might not hear, read, or see information about holistic

healing options in your major media outlets. It was for this reason the seven-day Harlem Holistic Wellness Week (H2W) marketing initiative was created eight years ago.

The major focus of H2W is to provide a platform to connect those looking to explore natural and holistic methods for improving their health with the holistic and natural health practitioners, businesses, organizations, and products that can help them.

H2W traditionally starts on the last Saturday in April to the first Saturday in May. April 24th to May 1st are the dates this year. H2W will be mostly virtual again this year on the www.h2w.nyc website.

The last Saturday in April is also World Tai Chi and Qigong Day. Thousands of people throughout the world

are introduced to the natural healing benefits of Tai Chi and Qigong.

The H2W Harlem Tai Chi and Qigong celebration will take place on Saturday April 24th in Marcus Garvey Park at the 124th Street at the Madison Avenue entrance from 10:00 am to 12 noon. This will be a wonderful way to start H2W2021 live. The event will be organized by Great Grand Master Abdul Musawwir who is a friend and has been my Shifu (teacher) for over 20 years.

Abdul Musawwir has taught Tai Chi and Qigong in Harlem for 40 years and is considered one of the top African American Tai Chi Qigong Shifu’s in the country. I invite you to come out to the opening day for H2W2021 and be introduced to Qigong healing

exercises for seniors like Ba Duan Jin. Confirmed speakers for the H2W virtual workshops and interviews are Dr. Jewel Pookrum, (internationally known author and natural wellness practitioner) Dr. Jana B. Woodhouse (health & wealth) Raymond Pinkey, (owner of the Freetown Holistic CBD dispensary) and Mu’tun Sebi the wife of the late Dr. Sebi, Mrs Sebi is continuing the lifesaving natural healing work of her internationally renowned husband.

It might seem that natural and holistic healing practices are returning, but they never really left. Mainstream media and the current medical industry never seem to focus on promoting the use of natural methods to address any illness.

The powerful pharmaceutical industry has a lot to do with that. Where is the profit in promoting a lifestyle, products and self-awareness that can naturally address most of the illnesses that people take medication for currently?

Our subconscious mind is the most powerful natural healing tool that we have.

Nature has also provided natural herbs and many different vibrational healing options to bring balance and healing to our electronic body. If you would like to participate in this years H2W digital natural wellness program as a vendor visit www.h2w.nyc If you are interested in exploring natural holistic methods to address most illnesses visit the H2W website to learn the dates of H2W2021 programs, make sure you do your own research.

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sitions at Burrell Advertising in Chicago, Softsheen Chicago, Chisolm Advertising in New York and Ogilvy and Mather. in New York. Pat Stevenson, the publisher of Harlem Community Newspapers worked with Ann in the 1990’s at Chisholm Advertising.

Ann's best friends Sybil Early and Carolyn Dunn said they will both truly miss her.

Ann was married to the late Tom Price for more than 20 years. Ann

leaves to cherrish her memories two daughters, three grand children and a host of other family members and friends.

Her daughters will announce arrangements soon. In the meantime, they have a Go Fund Me account to help with expenses. To make a donation go to: https//gofundme/60282343.

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Born August 17, 1947 in Englewood New Jersey, she was the only child of the late Michell and Katie Robinson. Ann attended the Englewood public school sytem, then graduated from Western Michigan University.

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“Comeback Season: My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players” by Cam Perron with Nick Chiles, foreword by Hank Aaron

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our teeth got a good workout.

Yep, as a kid, you wanted those certain hard-tofind, favorite-player baseball cards but you didn’t want to be wasteful. Because you’d do anything to get the cards, you spent your change, hoped you’d be lucky, and you chewed a lot of gum. In the new book “Comeback Season” by Cam Perron (with Nick Chiles), though, the best things don’t come in a pack.

It all started with coins.

When Cam Perron was a little boy, his grandfather introduced him to coin collecting by taking young Perron to a local Massachusetts flea market, where the boy learned that col-

Comeback Season author CREDIT Photo Courtesy of the Author lectible things had stories behind them. That got him fired up about antiques, comic books, baseball cards, and music memorabil-

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brought recognition, reconnection and, for some of baseball’s most talented, financial refuge.

and their stories and their heartfelt appreciation just can’t be missed.

Perron includes a brief-but-helpful history of Negro League ball early-on but really, look for the players’ personal tales.

This book reads faster than a one-two-three inning and, aside from a couple of very minor profanities, it’s safe for a teen baseball fan. So find “Comeback Season,” play ball, and you’ll show a lot of teeth.

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ia. Other kids his age might’ve thought his hobbies were odd but Perron didn’t care; since toddlerhood, he was always more interested in what adults had to say than what his peers thought.

Perron had a variety of interests throughout childhood.

He loved playing hockey and dabbled in Little League but he says that adults ruined his fun in the games. At about the time he entered middle school, Red Sox fever hit his hometown just outside Boston and he talked his mom into indulging his love of Red Sox memorabilia. One day, the collector in Perron took notice of baseball cards for Negro League players, and his curiosity led him to research the stories behind the League; individual players caught his fancy and, with the eagerness of the 12-year-old he was, the white boy from Boston picked up the phone and called to talk with Black players that were many decades years older than he. Astoundingly, Perron became friends with those men, and he began making a name for himself among Negro League players for finding information they thought was lost forever – information that

“Comeback Season” is a good book that speaks to the heart of every former little boy with a fist full of baseball cards and an eye on a good deal. Hobbyists will completely understand what author Cam Perron says about the “hunt” and why it’s almost the best part of collecting, and his tales of accumulation will thrill anyone who’s relished the nail-biting anticipation of finding that one thing in a surprise place.

The big appeal of this book, though, starts when Perron quiets himself and lets Negro Leaguers talk. Readers who come to this book to learn about Black baseball players in the Jim Crow era are treated to remembrances from these men, in their own words,

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