Programs
A Hollander’s reflection on American healthcare and Harlem United
On April 26th, 30 journalism students from Holland, visited Harlem United. This is a guest post from Bastiaan Kah, one of the students, sharing their experience.
At a glance 133rd street looks like any other street in Harlem. Four-story brick houses, with steps out front. A/Cs hanging out the windows, usually with bars in front of them, and cars crammed in every available space. But right in the middle a different building stands proud. A glass and steel construction called "The Nest" rises. Named after the jazzclub that used to occupy the space, it now houses the ...
Joseph & Andre want to show you our new health center
We opened the doors to The Nest, our new community health center in Harlem and on opening day, we saw more than 70 patients — many of whom hadn’t been to a doctor in years. Joseph & Andre will show you around!
Harlem United awarded two new grants to expand our health care and HIV prevention programs
We have exciting news to share! Harlem United is the recipient of two new exciting and important grant awards, one in our Prevention department (or PESS, which stands for Prevention, Education and Support Services) and one in our Health Services department.
In PESS, Harlem United’s application to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Comprehensive High-Impact HIV Prevention (FOA PS15-1502) was selected for funding! This is a huge accomplishment because this funding opportunity was extremely competitive. In fact, we are only one of about 90 awardees ...
At-Risk LGBTQ youth have a message to share at the divisive ATLAH sign
This story was also covered by The Huffington Post
"The homo demons have metastasized in Harlem restaurants possibly transmit sexual disease"
"Many of these homos moving into Harlem looking for Black meat"
A group of young adults, who are part of Harlem United's HOME group for LGBT young adults of color, were out and about in Harlem on Saturday. They were doing a photoshoot with renowned yoga photographer Robert Sturman, who graciously donated his services. These young adults, many of whom are low-income, homeless, living with HIV, and/or at-risk for HIV, have ...
How a quiet change is transforming young LGBT lives
What I learned on my trip to Coney Island
Last month, I rode out to Coney Island, in Brooklyn, with Isaac & Pedro, two staff in our Integrated Harm Reduction Program to see their work in action. Nestled right next to the iconic rides on Coney Island’s historic boardwalk is a neighborhood where injection drug use is common. Despite the wind and rain, we park our van and the team sets up shop.
Over the course of the day, the team meets with clients who come for new, clean, sterile needles. We give them out for free because using clean needles lowers the risk of HIV and other blood-born infection transmiss...
