Youth And Bill Clinton Promote Health

Health

The video aims to mobilize kids across America to lead healthy lives and fight obesity

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, recently selected one of its 20 national Youth Advisory Board members to appear in a YouTube video with former President Bill Clinton.   

Alliance Youth Advisory Board member, Justin DeParis, age 12, of Allendale, NJ, was selected to represent the board in the video with former President Clinton, which recently debuted on YouTube, Facebook, and on the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Web site healthiergeneration.org. 

Not The Wright Kennedy?

Politics

From the NYTimes.com by NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DANNY HAKIM

…In the weeks that followed, Ms. Kennedy, along with several members of Congress and leading political officials, began lobbying the governor for the coveted Senate seat. She attracted relentless attention and was viewed by many as the most likely choice for Mr. Paterson, given her national stature and ties to the incoming Obama administration.

“I’m surprised, I’m very surprised,” said Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright, a friend of the governor’s who met with Ms. Kennedy in his Harlem office. He added: “I had just met with her last week and she told me she was in and ready, willing and able.”…

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HW Poll: Should Barack…? (results)

As usual, we were not suprised by the results of the ”Should Barack Obama be called?” poll we posted the site the last few weeks leading up to the Obama Inaugural on January 20th, 2009. With 100% of the results in, Harlemites have the same pulse as the rest of the country:

1. President                                     60 %

2. Not sure                                       20 %

3. A black president                    10 %

4. A president who is black      10 %

From HW with www.Polldaddy.com

Obama’s Plan For Harlem?

Politics

President Obama’s first day on the job focused on high-profile items like moving his $825 billion emergency economic stimulus through Congress, closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and starting a drawdown of troops from Iraq.

All well and good. Obama made emphatic campaign promises that must be kept.

But while those matters drive the President’s agenda as well as press coverage for the administration’s first 100 days, here are four items – crucial to the needs of cities – Obama must take action on as soon as possible.

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Shephard Fairey Obama Plates

Shopping

 

Poster boy Shephard Fairey really hit the big time when his Obama print was picked up by the Obama Presidential Campaign last year. Having subsequently designed the official Inaugural Poster for Obama, he looks well positioned to become the go-to guy for reshaping how we visualize the White House (and Harlem).

The Life & Music Of Hazel Scott

Books

 

CELEBRATING THE LIFE & MUSIC OF HAZEL SCOTT

 

*Author Event*

 

A Reading/Discussion/Signing from

 

HAZEL SCOTT: THE PIONEERING JOURNEY OF A JAZZ PIANIST

FROM CAFE SOCIETY TO HOLLYWOOD TO HUAC

by KAREN CHILTON

(University of Michigan Press)

The Obama Daughters: Harlem Cool

Politics

Anne Hathaway wants to baby-sit them. The Jonas Brothers are happy serenading them. The Bush daughters want to give them advice. A lot of people want to dress like them. The youngest residents of the White House have sure grabbed Americans’ attention — on and offline. It’s true that being the daughters of the president of the United States has got to be a tough act. But that mantle is lightly held by Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7, the daughters of first couple Barack and Michelle Obama.

Harlem Armory Event Inspires

Politics

By Jamila Pringle

Harlem Armory celebration

Excitement filled the air as thousands of junior-high students and parents assembled at The Harlem Armory to celebrate the inauguration of newly instated president Barack Obama. The affair was sponsored by many organizations including The William J. Clinton Foundation, The Police Athletic League, Democrats for Education Reform and many more. This event, hosted by Democracy Prep Charter School, an elite public school in Harlem, turned out to be the largest inaugural celebration in New York. The community came together and proved once again why Harlem lives up to its name.

Obama On The Job (video)

President Barack Obama got down to the serious work of being US president…

…the day after the ceremony and glamour of his inauguration.

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Salters Scene: Harlem’s Inauguration Day

 

Where were you when Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States?  The students of Democracy Prep Charter School can say, “in the PAL 369^th Harlem Armory at the inauguration party we organized!”   

An Invitation To History ’09 (video)

Spann Watson, a 92 year-old Tuskegee airman from Westbury, NY, flew in Harry Truman’s inauguration ceremonies in 1949…

… Mr. Watson returned to D.C. with a special invitation to Obama’s swearing-in.

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NBA Reflects On Obama (video)

Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. NBA players and legends share their thoughts on America’s 44th President.

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