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MT-08-16-17 PAGES.Indd AUGUST 16 - AUGUST 22, 2017 • VOL. 18 • No. 33 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS • INWOOD • HARLEM • EAST HARLEM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Colors Los colores del orgullo of Pridep10 p10 Photo: Cristóbal Vivar VigilVigil p4 Health p14 Rally p12 Who can apply? What is the commitment? All Kids and Teens in grades 1 - 12 can register for Participants are expected to attend all weekly rehearsals CIRCLE UP or TO BE HEARD. No experience is between Sep 23 - Dec 9 and the performances. Those Program Description necessary. who miss more than 2 rehearsals may not be invited to In each of the programs, community actors will work We have new eligibility requirements for the perform. together with their peers and a professional Artist/ UPTOWN ACTION program this year. To A mandatory parent orientation will be held on the Activist/Educator to conceive, create and perform an be eligible for this program you must be an scheduled start date of each youth program. original theatrical piece inspired by self-selected social adult family member (parent, grandparent or No rehearsals will be held during Thanksgiving week. justice themes. sibling) of a current youth participant, OR be Throughout the process, participants will take part in a returning UPTOWN ACTION participant. If What is the east? theatre games and activities to build confidence and you are interested in registering for UPTOWN All programs are offered free of charge. capacity for self-expression and team work. ACTION, first create an account in the online The work of all 4 groups will culminate in a festival of registration system, then email mino@ Where do the programs take place? social justice theatre offerings the weekend of Dec peoplestheatreproject.org expressing your All programs will take place at the Alianza Dominicana 9 and 10. interest. Cultural Center located at 530 West 166th Street. 2 AUGUST 16, 2017 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com “More than just a job” Forum held on Story and photos by Gregg McQueen summer youth rittney Taveras has been Bspending a lot of time at the employment Isabella Geriatric Center. While the facility might not be the obvious go-to place for the teenager, Taveras has been hard at work as a participant in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). “It’s more than just a job,” said Taveras. Opportunity Act of 1964, summer youth of the city’s Department of Youth and Rosa Pascual, who serves as Isabella’s employment programs were founded to assist Community Development (DYCD); Eddie Director of Volunteer Services, said Taveras is young people earn workforce skills. Silverio, Director of the Alianza Youth part of a group of 60 youths employed at the Recently, U.S. Congressmen Adriano Services Division at Catholic Charities; Ross facility through SYEP. Espaillat and Bobby Scott hosted a local Frommer, Vice President for Government “It’s more than just the paycheck,” agreed roundtable discussion to discuss the impact of and Community Affairs and Associate Dean Pascual. “It teaches young people how to hold New York City’s Summer Youth Employment at Columbia University Medical Center a job.” Program (SYEP), which aids youths aged 14 (CUMC); Sandino Sánchez, Director of Teen She said many SYEP participants are from through 24 gain paid summer work for several Employment Programs of the Children’s Aid low-income families and help their parents weeks in July and August. Society; and Eddie Cuesta, National Executive with household bills. “Or maybe they can buy The lawmakers hosted a sit-down discussion Director of Dominicanos USA, among others. their own clothes, and that’s something the with numerous local employers, educators, Espaillat, who represents Northern parents don’t have to worry about getting,” service providers and SYEP participants on Manhattan and the Bronx, and Scott, a she said. August 9 at Columbia University’s athletic Virginia Congressman who serves as Ranking A result of federal initiatives to eradicate complex in Inwood. Member of the Committee on Education and “It’s more than just a job,” In addition to Taveras and Pascual, the the Workforce, said they intended to gauge the said Brittney Taveras. poverty including President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” and the Economic group included Bill Chong, Commissioner See SYEP p13 Eddie Cuesta con los participantes del SYEP de Dominicanos USA. Médico de la Universidad Columbia (CUMC, por sus siglas en inglés); Sandino Sánchez, director “Más que de Programas de Empleo para Adolescentes de la Sociedad de Ayuda Infantil; y Eddie Cuesta, director ejecutivo nacional de Dominicanos USA, entre otros. un simple Espaillat, quien representa al Norte de Manhattan y el Bronx, y Scott, miembro del Congreso de Virginia quien funge como miembro de la Comisión de Educación y Fuerza trabajo” Laboral, dijeron tener la intención de medir los éxitos del programa y determinar la necesidad de un mayor fi nanciamiento federal. Foro sobre empleo “Los empleos de verano son una manera signifi cativa de invertir en los jóvenes de nuestra juvenil de verano nación”, dijo Scott. “Estos trabajos dan a los jóvenes la oportunidad de obtener valiosa Historia y fotos por Gregg McQueen experiencia de trabajo, desarrollar habilidades y ganar un cheque de pago. La investigación Brittney Taveras ha estado pasando mucho también muestra que los empleos de verano tiempo en el Centro Geriátrico Isabella. previenen el crimen, reducen el encarcelamiento Si bien la instalación pudo no ser el lugar y salvan vidas”. al cual ir para la adolescente, Taveras ha La mesa redonda también incluyó a Bill estado trabajando duro como participante en el Chong, comisionado del DYCD, la agencia ropa y eso es algo que los padres no tienen que varias semanas en julio y agosto. que dirige el programa SYEP de la ciudad, Programa de Empleo Juvenil de Verano (SYEP, preocuparse por conseguir”, dijo. Los legisladores organizaron una mesa por sus siglas en inglés). que también ofrece a los jóvenes talleres Un resultado de las iniciativas federales para redonda con numerosos empleadores locales, sobre preparación para el trabajo, exploración “Es más que solo un trabajo”, dijo Taveras. erradicar la pobreza, incluyendo la “Guerra contra educadores, proveedores de servicios y Rosa Pascual, quien funge como directora de carreras, alfabetización fi nanciera y la Pobreza” del presidente Lyndon Johnson y la participantes del SYEP el 9 de agosto en el oportunidades para continuar la educación. de Servicios de Voluntarios de Isabella, dijo que Ley de Oportunidades Económicas de 1964, los complejo atlético de la Universidad Columbia en Taveras es parte de un grupo de 60 jóvenes Chong dijo que el programa SYEP empleó programas de empleo juvenil de verano fueron Inwood. a más de 70,000 jóvenes en 11,000 sitios de empleados en la instalación a través de SYEP. fundados para ayudar a los jóvenes a ganar Además de Taveras y Pascual, el grupo incluyó “Es algo más que el cheque de pago”, dijo trabajo en la ciudad de Nueva York este año. competencias uniéndose a la fuerza de trabajo. a Bill Chong, Comisionado del Departamento de El presupuesto del programa es ahora de Pascual, “enseña a los jóvenes a mantener un Recientemente, los congresistas Juventud y Desarrollo Comunitario de la ciudad empleo”. $126 millones de dólares, dijo Chong, y el estadounidenses Adriano Espaillat y Bobby Scott (DYCD, por sus siglas en inglés); Eddie Silverio, 82 por ciento provienen de la ciudad. Señaló Dijo que muchos participantes de SYEP organizaron una mesa redonda local para discutir director de la División de Servicios Juveniles de provienen de familias de bajos ingresos y también que el presupuesto del SYEP ha el impacto del SYEP de la Ciudad de Nueva Alianza en Caridades Católicas; Ross Frommer, sido duplicado en los últimos años por el ayudan a sus padres con las facturas de los York, que ayuda a los jóvenes de 14 a 24 años vice presidente de Asuntos Gubernamentales y hogares. “O tal vez pueden comprar su propia a obtener un trabajo de verano pagado durante Comunitarios y decano asociado en el Centro Vea SYEP p13 AUGUST 16, 2017 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 “If not now, when?” Vigil held to denounce racism Photos by Cristóbal Vivar members gathered at Bennett Park in Washington Heights on Monday evening, hey aren’t going away. August 14, for a rally against racism and xenophopia – and they pledged to gather as T A large contingent of community often as was necessary. The site has served in the past as a gathering place for residents, including in June 2016 to commemorate the mass shooting in Orlando and in November 2015 after the attacks in Paris and Beirut. “We must stand up and fi ght oppression, bigotry and racism wherever and whenever we see it,” wrote Elizabeth Lorris Ritter in a message inviting residents to attend the vigil. She quoted Jewish religious leader Rabbi Hillel: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not Immigrant Rights (NMCIR), the People’s was designed to bring together local residents now, when?” Theatre Project, the Northern Manhattan to show solidarity against hate. The event, organized by Democrats for Change and the Barack Obama The unrest in Virginia hospitalized 19 a host of advocacy groups Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan, in the people and killed three individuals. Activist including Community wake of the actions by white supremacists Heather Heyer died after a car slammed into Board 12, the Northern and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, Speaking out. Manhattan Coalition for See VIGIL p21 El fi scal general Eric Schneiderman. Fotos por Cristóbal Vivar “Si no o se van a ir.
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