A recent study found that nearly a quarter of American women experienced domestic violence last year. The Violence Intervention Program is working to reduce these negative numbers.
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As Violence Rises, a Sanctuary for East Harlem Women
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Posted in Crime, East Harlem, Education, Spanish Harlem0 Comments
Park Advocates Uneasy over $7 Million Tennis Center Expansion Plan
Posted on 20 December 2011.
Community activists from East Harlem and the South Bronx argue that the John McEnroe Tennis Academy should be more accessible for local people –- but the man himself says he shares the same goal.
Posted in East Harlem, Featured, Spanish Harlem, Sports2 Comments
VIDEO: Restaurants Urge Diners to Save Half for Later
Posted on 27 November 2011.
The Save Half for Later Campaign wants to help shrink northern Manhattan’s waistline, and more and more restaurants are joining the cause.
Posted in Arts & Culture, Harlem, Video0 Comments
Bringing Books to El Barrio
Posted on 15 November 2011.
Despite the area’s rich cultural heritage, places to enjoy literature are hard to find in East Harlem. But now one woman has raised over $70,000 to open a new Latino bookstore for the community.
Posted in Arts & Culture, East Harlem, Spanish Harlem0 Comments
Northattan Covers the March, End to End
Posted on 11 November 2011.
Northattan’s reporters followed the Occupy Wall Street End to End March from its beginning in Washington Heights till it reached Zuccotti Park.
Posted in East Harlem, Economy, Fort George, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Inwood, Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Politics, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights0 Comments
VIDEO: Iconic Mural Restored in El Barrio
Posted on 28 October 2011.
At the heart of Spanish Harlem, artists and activists recently repainted a 12-year-old portrait of Che Guevara and Don Pedro Albizu Campos, the father of Puerto Rico’s independence movement.
Posted in Arts & Culture, East Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Video0 Comments
AUDIO: Graceful Resistance at East Harlem Church
Posted on 06 October 2011.
Our Lady Queen of Angels Church closed in 2007. Today, loyal members still hold weekly Mass on the sidewalk.
Posted in East Harlem, Religion, Spanish Harlem0 Comments
Northattan Live
Posted on 06 October 2011.
Posted in East Harlem, Fort George, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Inwood, Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights0 Comments
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