The P.S. 145 Parent Teacher Association is aiming to raise $17,000 by mid-January through a GoFundMe campaign in order to continue the school’s new chess curriculum.

Over two hours after Qahwah House began serving coffee and tea on Low Plaza on Friday afternoon, a line of eventgoers still stretched from the cafe’s table down to the Sundial.

P.S. 145 will soon launch a new mental health and wellness program funded by a $30,000 grant through New York State Assembly member Daniel O’Donnell’s office.

Desde la primavera, empleados en P.S. 145 han tenido que usar armarios como espacios de oficina. Los servicios psicológicos y las sesiones de terapia del colegio se han realizado en espacios comunales en vez de cuartos privados, y lugares fundamentales para el colegio, como la sala de música, la sala de televisión y el laboratorio de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas han sido convertidos en salones de clases.

Staff members at P.S. 145 have used closets as office space since the spring. The school’s counseling and therapy sessions have been held in communal spaces instead of private rooms, and vital enrichment spaces, such as the TV studio, STEM lab, and music room, have been converted into classrooms.

The neighborhoods in and around West Harlem were home to historic LGBTQ businesses supporting the local community. Now, this legacy lives on in many current establishments that provide entertainment and resources to benefit the LGBTQ community in West Harlem and the greater New York City area.

With a hanging mirror ball, colorful flashing lights, and cozy circular booths, the gay bar Suite, located on the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 109th Street, has become a central space for the gay community in West Harlem.

The Campaign to Close Rikers coalition hosted a Countdown to Closing Rikers rally on Aug. 31, with the support of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a West Harlem-based environmental justice group. Rallygoers urged Mayor Eric Adams to close down the Rikers Island jail complex because of its harmful physical and emotional conditions.

Amid increased rates of auto theft across New York City this year, the New York Police Department’s crime prevention division, with the support of the New York City Police Foundation and the 26th Precinct, held its first auto larceny informational event in Central Harlem’s 32nd Precinct last Friday.

Tasha Phifer became a full-spectrum doula in 2020, after an acquaintance sent her information about a free doula training. Once she learned about the transformative work of doulas, Phifer realized that she could promote racial justice by providing doula care to marginalized Black and Latinx families. Now, as a doula coordinator carrying out the Citywide Doula Initiative at The Mothership, a doula care provider in Upper Manhattan, Phifer connects residents to free doula services.