ACKNOWLEGMENTS
We proudly salute our partners and collaborators who have helped make harlem is . . . possible.
harlem is . . . SENIOR ADVISORY GROUP:
Barbara Horowitz, Community Works
Voza Rivers, New Heritage Theatre Group
Dietrice Bolden, Impact Repertory Theater
Lee Daniels, Writer
Michael Davidson, Board Developer
Paul Deo, Artist
Daniel Carlton, Artist and Historian
Eugenia Foxworth, Foxworth Realty
Kathleen Benson Haskins, Community Advocate
Laura Jean Hawkins, Hawkins Consulting
Deirdre Hollman, Educator
Deborah Pannell, Project Mavens
Terry Schwadron, Journalist and Musician
Randall Kennedy, Community Works Organizer and Exhibition Producer
David Lackey & Terren Baker, Whirlwind Creative, Website & Exhibition Design and production
harlem is... COMMUNITY PARTNERS ADVISORY GROUP
Joyce Adewuni, African Ensemble
Courtney Bennett, 100 Black Men
Herb Boyd, Journalist
Francois Brooks, Choreographer
Debra Ann Byrd, Take Wing and Soar
Joanna Castro, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
Lainie Cooke, New Heritage Theatre Group Organizer and Musician
Marcos Dimas, Taller Boricua
Geoff Eaton, NAACP, Mid-Manhattan Branch
Michael Esguerra, Graphic Designer
Irene Gandy, Jeffrey Richards Associates
George Harrell, Community Board 19 Arts and Culture
Craig Harris, Musician
Laura Jean Hawkins, Hawkins Consulting
Linda Humes, Yaffa Cultural Arts Center
Glenn Hunter, Harlem Archives
Cal Jones, Community Historian
Clarence Jones, Author, Stanford University
Jamal Joseph, Columbia University
Randall Kennedy, Community Works Organizer and Exhibition Producer
Fern Khan, Educator, Bank Street College of Education
Connie Lee, Marcus Garvey Park Alliance
Lynn Leiberman, GothamToGo
Sandra Levinson, Center for Cuban Studies
Winston Majette, Harlem Week
Elena Martinez, Bronx Musical Heritage Center
Joyous Pierce, Harlem Arts Alliance
Eric Pryor, Harlem School of the Arts
Sandra Rivera, Choreographer
Janice Mae Robinson, Actor
Greg Shank, City College Center for the Arts
Robin Bell Stevens, Jazzmobile
Karen Taylor, Where We Are At
Ellie Terry, Writer
Carmen Vasquez, Community Advocate
Linda Walton, Cultural Arts Consultant
Eric Washington, Historian
Sylvia White, Harlem Hospital Center
Ade Williams, Apollo Theater
Jill Williams, Clark Center for Dance
Lloyd Williams, The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce
Mal Woolfork, TMI Partners and Solutions
Theodora Yoshikami, Community Advocate
SPECIAL THANKS
To documentary photographer Ruth Morgan for her exquisite portraits of harlem is… honorees,
To NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the cherished archival photographs
To Michael Esguerra for his extensive work as exhibition and publication designer.
To NYC HEALTH+HOSPITALS|HARLEM:
Ebone M. Carrington, MPA, FAB, Chief Executive Officer, NYC Health+Hospitals/Harlem
Sylvia L. White, Deputy Executive Director, NYC Health+Hospitals/Harlem
Mary E. Short, Assistant Director, NYC Health+Hospitals/Harlem
To Whirlwind Creative Inc. for the design and development of harlem-is.org