Puerto Ricans Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Puerto Ricans Who Moved To Harlem After Hurricane Maria Are Living In Uncertainity

Buzzfeed reports that Puerto Ricans who fled the storm-ravaged island for New York City in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria are living in a state of uncertainty.Continue reading

Public Testimony From Puerto Ricans Impacted By Hurricanes Irma And Maria In Harlem

A Town Hall meeting featuring first-hand eyewitness accounts of the devastation and reports in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico will be held Monday, December 11, 2017 at 6pm at the MNN El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center, co hosted by Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN).Continue reading

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz In Conversation With Raphael Montañez Ortíz In Harlem

El Museo del Barrio presents artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz in conversation with El Museo’s founder, artist /educator Raphael Montañez Ortíz.Continue reading

‘Los Sures’ A Film By Diego Echeverria At Columbia In Harlem

Join Columbia Univerity for a screening of Los Sures by Director Diego Echeverria. Produced in 1984, the film, which documents neighborhood life in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is an important record of the history of New York City and the communities of students we teach.Continue reading

‘Harlem River Drive’ Revisited With Eddie Palmieri (Video)

NPR reports that in 1971, Harlemite, pianist, composer and bandleader Eddie Palmieri put out a formative album called Harlem River Drive. Continue reading

Harlem’s Council Speaker Mark-Viverito On Exclusion of Bankruptcy Protection

Statement by Harlem's Council Speaker Mark-Viverito about exclusion of bankruptcy protections for Puerto Rico in 2016 Omnibus Spending Bill. “Once again, the Republican Congress has singled out Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. Continue reading