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Maria Ramos Recieves Robert Wood Johnson Award
East Harlem - October 29, 2008 - Maria Ramos an East Harlem activist and health literacy professional received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leaders Award.
PRINCETON, NJ (October 27, 2008) – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced Maria Ramos, a longtime health literacy activist in impoverished New York City communities, as one of ten exemplary Americans who will receive the Community Health Leaders Award for 2008. The distinguished annual award honors extraordinary men and women from all over the country who conquer huge obstacles and take commanding action in local communities to tackle some of the most challenging health and health care problems facing the nation. Awardees are celebrated with national recognition and $125,000.. Continue here
The East Harlem Cafe Opens For Business
East Harlem – October 3, 2008. The day finally arrived, the day which Michelle Cruz has been working and planning for a good long time. It was the day she finally opened her East Harlem Café. It takes a lot of effort to open a business, and Ms. Cruz did all that was necessary to open to make her dream come true... Continue here
Cab Ride From Hell
East Harlem - October 1, 2008.“The Night of the Cab Ride from Hell” or “How Papo Lost the Job That He Loved” or “The Excuses Men Make” a Personal Essay of Truth * by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
Everything always begins a few days before it actually happens…
We had come from East Harlem, New York City, to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville; an historic journey to an historical institution. This was the university system that was built by Thomas Jefferson, with the hard work of all his slaves, and where Edgar Allen Poe had attended, before dropping out after a year. Through the Universal Preparatory Program of Spanish Harlem (UPPerSPaHa), we had endeavored to bring a group of 18 high school students, nine boys and girls each, to study and otherwise hang out on the university campus, to live and work, for the first two weeks in July. We then were to go back to New York City where we would continue the program for the next three-weeks…Continue Story here