On Monday, August 23rd from 6 pm to 9 pm, there will be Candidates Forum and Debate moderated by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Les Payne at Convent Avenue Baptist Church (420 West 145th Street) in Harlem.
Rep. Charles Rangel, State Senator Bill Perkins, State Assembly Member Keith L.T. Wright will debate their challengers (candidates running for the offices of U.S. House of Representatives 15th Congressional District, NYS Senate 30th District and NYS Assembly 15th District) and defend their records before the Harlem and Upper Manhattan residents vote for their candidate in the Democratic Party primary on September 14, 2010.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14th, 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
“Summer in the City”
Part I • 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
NY City “Children’s Festival” On W.135th St. btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell Jr. Blvds. Featuring Excerpts from Disney musicals, games, arts & crafts, live music and dance, healthy eating and living exhibits, open houses by the Harlem YMCA, “Back to School” exhibits, sports and recreation clinics.
Part II • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Youth/Seniors Swimming Demonstrations by the Harlem Honeys and Bears for the whole family. Hansborough Recreation Center, 35 West 135th Street (between Malcolm X Blvd. and Fifth Avenue)
Part III • 12 Noon-7 PM
National Historic Black College Fair & Expo. Over 50 Historical Black Colleges and Universities, City and State Colleges and Universities. Distributing information on admissions, scholarships and test requirements. W.135th St. (btwn. Malcolm X & A.C. Powell Jr. Blvds.)
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Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s latest documentary FREEDOM RIDERS, is the powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives — and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment — for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders’ belief in non-violent activism was sorely tested as mob violence and bitter racism greeted them along the way.
FREEDOM RIDERS features testimony from a fascinating cast of central characters: the Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the rides firsthand.
“I got up one morning in May and I said to my folks at home, I won’t be back today because I’m a Freedom Rider. It was like a wave or a wind that you didn’t know where it was coming from or where it was going, but you knew you were supposed to be there.” — Pauline Knight-Ofuso, Freedom Rider
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It was June 1964, the beginning of the Freedom Summer — the height of the Civil Rights movement — when a mob of Klansmen in Neshoba County, Mississippi murdered three civil rights workers: two Jews from New York and an African-American from Mississippi. It took 41 years for the state to convict one man, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old Baptist preacher and notorious racist, in the killings.
The disappearance and murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner quickly became an international story as the shocking crime woke up the consciousness of the nation and the world.
On August 4th, 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed in part because of the revulsion over the “Mississippi Burning” murders.
The new documentary NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM tells the story of these three American heroes and the Mississippi County still divided over the meaning of justice 40 years after their murders. The film takes an unflinching look at ordinary citizens struggling to find peace with their town’s violent, racist past in today’s America.
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The mission of Harlem Pride is to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Same Gender Loving pride in Harlem and to provide opportunities for networking and communication among its LGBT and SGL organizations and community members.
This weekend, they invite the Harlem community to join them at The Fire Island Black Out (FIBO) and is offering participants a chance to win a Beach Concierge Package: A Beach Bag that includes a bottle of Champagne, champagne flutes, beach towels, sun block, sun tan lotion and many other Goodies.
FIBO is a multi-cultural weekend event celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community of color and their families and friends. The FIBO weekend focuses on diversity, community, and friendship. EVERYONE regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation is invited to attend and enjoy FIBO!
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