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Why Patricia is combining art therapy and activism
[lead]“I’ve been in recovery from addiction for 19 years… I never thought I’d be able to get 19 seconds of anything.”[/lead] Patricia first came to Harlem United a year into her recovery, hoping to not just survive but thrive, and one of the first programs that she connected with was art therapy. “Some things that…
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IN THE MEDIA: Harlem United featured on NBC News
In honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NBC News ran a news piece featuring Harlem United and one of our clients and peer advocates, Ray. You can read the full story here.
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How art therapy is changing Ellen’s life
Ellen will be quick to tell you that she’s not an artist, but her dozens of paintings over the past thirteen years tell a different tale. When she first started in the art therapy program in 2004, she says that she didn’t really know what she was doing. “I was just throwing paint on. But…
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Time-Sensitive HIV/AIDS Call to Action!
Friday’s World AIDS Day event in NYC was an exciting moment in New York State’s effort to end our HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020. New HIV diagnoses in New York State have decreased to historic lows and we have demonstrated major progress toward achieving our ETE goals. All of you are part of this progress! In…
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What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Trauma is an experience that produces injury to the body or the mind as from violence or an accident. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, known as PTSD for short, is a collection of symptoms that can develop after experiencing a life threatening or violent trauma, or witnessing a life-threatening or violent trauma. These symptoms can develop immediately…
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Honoring World Suicide Prevention Day
Lawrence, one of our clients, came to us with an idea: he wanted to make a video talking about his experience with depression and suicide and invite other Harlem United clients to do the same. He hoped it would raise awareness, shatter stigma, and help others like him get the help they need.
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What you need to know about overdoses & the opioid epidemic
The rate of opioid overdose in the United States has tripled since 2000. To make matters more complicated, it’s not always clear who is at risk for an overdose. The image you have in your mind of who a “drug user” is could be based on an inaccurate stereotype. International Overdose Awareness Day is this…
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How to Safely Self-Inject Your Hormones
Learn more about Harlem United Congratulations on self-injecting your own hormones! These instructions will provide a step-by step guide for intramuscular injection. Be sure to see your doctor for an in person training on how to inject your hormones safely. If you don’t have a doctor, or if you are interested in primary care, or…
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FY18 Budget Agreement Includes Social and Economic Justice Provisions that Will Help New Yorkers Most in Need
For Immediate Release April 8, 2017 Contact: Jason Cianciotto I 347-703-3865 I jcianciotto@harlemunited.org New York, NY — The FY18 New York State budget agreement announced last night by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie includes provisions that are critical to…
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Fighting HIV Stigma: Meet Harlem United’s 2017 Peer Empowerment Leaders
In 2016, Harlem United was one of 17 agencies honored with a Positive Organizing Project grant. Led by AIDS United and funded by Gilead Sciences, the Positive Organizing Project challenges HIV-related stigma and discrimination by empowering people living with HIV to organize in their communities. As part of our participation in the Positive Organizing Project,…
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