The LDS Church (Mormons) in partnership with the Jean Sampson Scott Greater New York Chapter Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS-NY) will host its eighth annual African American Genealogy conference on Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 1-5PM. The location is 360 Lenox Avenue/Malcolm X Boulevard at the northeast corner of West 128th Street, Manhattan. Conference activities include a series of presentations followed by light refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.
HABG Memorial District Presentation December 13th
5 DecThe Hunter College Urban Affairs and Planning Department worked with the Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force and the East Harlem community to produce recommendations for a proposed memorial district in East Harlem. They are presenting their final report next Tuesday, December 13th, at the Silberman School of Social Work on 3rd Ave between E118th and E119th streets. All are welcome to attend!
We Want Your Ideas!
12 OctHarlem African Burial Ground
Community Visioning Workshop
Thursday, October 20, 2011
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Elmendorf Reformed Church
171 East 121st Street
Between Lexington and 3rd Avenues
The Fall 2011 Hunter College Urban Planning Studio and the Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force are hosting a community visioning workshop on Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at the Elmendorf Reformed Church, 171 East 121st Street, between Lexington and Third avenues. The objective of this workshop is to generate community input on the idea of creating a Harlem African Burial Ground Memorial District centered on First Avenue and East 126th Street.
The visioning workshop will start with a brief introduction of the Harlem African Burial Ground memorial district idea, followed by participants breaking into smaller discussion groups so that everyone has a chance to express their ideas. Each group will have a Hunter College student facilitator guiding the conversations.
Participants will learn about the history of the Harlem African Burial Ground and what makes a successful memorial district. Each group will be given a map of the community and asked to identify important places, such as stores, community institutions, parks and other local resources they value and/or use on a regular basis. Participants will be asked to think about how the African burial ground could be memorialized, how it could be integrated into the community, and how this memorial district could help shape the future of East Harlem.
The results of the workshop will be shared with all participants and guide the Hunter College Urban Planning Studio in crafting three separate alternative design concepts that could be used to create a memorial district. These concepts will be presented to the Task Force and East Harlem in December 2011.
CB11 Letter to NYC DOT
8 AugIn addition to the letter of support Manhattan Community Board 11 recently provided us, they also sent the following letter to Margaret Forgione, the Manhattan Borough Commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation, asking that Community Board 11 and Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force members be present when DOT inspects two shipping containers worth of material excavated during DOT’s construction of the new Willis Avenue Bridge.
Letter of Support from CB11
5 AugWe recently received the following letter of support from Manhattan Community Board 11:
Letter of support from Harlem CDC
11 JulWe recently received the following letter of support from the Honorable Keith L. T. Wright, Chairman of the Board of Harlem Community Development Corporation (HCDC):
CB11 Board Unanimously Approves Resolution in Support of HABG
22 JunLast night’s Manhattan Community Board 11 (CB11) meeting was the last full meeting of the board before they break for the summer. The meeting started promptly at 6:30pm and was still going strong as of 10:30pm while the board worked diligently to address all of the items brought before it by its committees.
It is with wide smiles that we inform you that last night the Full Board of CB11 unanimously approved the resolution in support of the Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force:
While the language of the Community Board’s resolution is not yet finalized, we will provide it here after the letter is released to the public.
Thank you to all of our members for your continued support and a special thank you to the members of CB11 for your support of our organization and its efforts.
