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While We Are Still Here is a 501(c)(3) organization that includes long-term residents of 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue—the average number of years of residence is thirty. Non-resident members are interested in helping to preserve the grand history of these important sites.
When we began, in 2015, our work was, chiefly, focused on 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue, but, over time, due to the input of our neighbors, we broadened the scope to include Harlem, in general. And in including more of Harlem, we seek to expand the panorama of its historical narrative, because the lens continues to be tightly focused on the Renaissance of the 1920s; the ravages of 1960s/70s-era drug addiction and dealing (and later, the crack epidemic); the crime and poverty; and now gentrification—but Harlem, in reality, is so much more than all of these things.
We are not attempting to downplay or negate the realities of the preceding, but we are attempting to expand the perspective to reflect a resilient community of people, who lived, worked, thrived, and engaged in activities such as coaching little league teams, seeing to it that their children were educated, and who curated art shows in church basements and storefronts or on the sidewalk.
Racing against the dynamic forces of gentrification and time, the documentary, In the Face of What We Remember: Oral Histories of 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue tells the extraordinary history of two Harlem buildings that were, perhaps, the social, political, and cultural epicenter of the Black World.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES: Harlem Markers Project is an initiative to install twenty-five historic markers in Harlem to pay homage to individuals, events, and organizations that imbue Harlem with its unique narrative. The markers will be installed this year.
Please continue to monitor our website for upcoming events.
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