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We empower, engage, and support older adults in the village of Harlem, and promote an age-friendly community.
We are a community where all of Harlem’s older adults can live and thrive.
Harlem Advocates for Seniors at each of its sites provides program support and essential services for adults ages 60 and over, designed to promote healthy aging, independence, and social connection. Through a range of educational, wellness, and recreational activities, we support older adults in maintaining an active, informed, and engaged quality of life.
In 2011, as a result of the New York City fiscal crisis, senior centers throughout Harlem were facing financial hardship and possible closure. Into that vacuum came the legendary vanguard of Rita Carrington, Sylvia Scudder, Janie Huntley, Claire Hall, Josie Piper, and others; Harlem community leaders for over 40 years who decided to create a vehicle in which seniors, senior providers and community stakeholders could work together for greater involvement and leadership on senior issues in Harlem. Read more
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