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Promote black busi-nesses and assetownership;

Coordinate eventsand services; and

Foster a sense ofcommunity amongpeople from everycorner of the AfricanDiaspora repre-sented in the county.

In order for thispublication to really re-

flect our unique points ofview, we need to hearfrom you! We invite youto submit ideas for arti-cles and upcomingevents.

Lets use this fo-rum as a medium for

Rockland Countyhas been home to peopleof African ancestry forcenturies. Did you knowthat some of the countys

original landowners werefree blacks?

Despite the factthat blacks have calledRockland County homefor hundreds of years,news and information,for and about blacks,

have seldom been toldfrom our diverse pointsof view.

The experiencesof people of African an-cestry in the county canbe likened to the prover-bial canary in the coalmine-signaling what is tocome for other people ofcolor.

Our goals areto:

Raise awarenessabout issues facingthe black community;

Educate the publicabout our historicand contemporarycontributions to thearea;

Welcome!

hours of operation.

Email the informa-tion to us at:

[email protected]

no later than October 15.

Want to supportblack businesses, but dontknow where to find them?

Own a black busi-ness, but cant afford toadvertise?

We are putting

together a business direc-tory for Rockland County.If your business is blackowned, in whole or in part.We need to know the nameof your company; mailingand web address; years inbusiness; description ofproducts and services; and

c| y i|xServ ing the B lack Popu lat i on of Rock land County , New York

Black Business Directory Coming Soon

Special points of

Interest:

Community Profiles

Emmalines All Natural Hot Sauce

Temple1 Unisex Gallery

Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc., New Ro-

chelle-White Plains Alumni Chap-

ter

Chiku Awali

Inside this issue:

Is Your School Makingthe Grade?

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Educational Summit 2

Buses leaving County for

March on Washington3

More than Shelter 3

Community Profiles 4-5

Helping Hands 6-7

Rising Stars 8

September/October 2010

Volume 1, Issue 1

Residents celebrate Black History

Month .


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Is Your School Making the Grade?

Did you know...

CEJJES Institute to host Education Summit

ronment, and the materialwell being of marginalizedcommunities.

For more informa-tion about the educationalsummit and the institute, visitwww.cejjesinstitute.org.

The CEJJES Institutewill host an educational sum-mit on October 23, 2010 atRockland Community Col-

lege. The days events in-clude workshops for parentsand youth in grades 6-12.

The purposes of theannual event are to promotethe importance of education

and academic achievement;promote importance of fam-ily and community involve-ment in the education of chil-

dren; and to support schools.

The CEJJES Institute,located in Pomona, NewYork, promotes social justice,especially in the areas ofhealth, education, the envi-

South Africa.

Sources: Nordstrom,Carl. 2003. Nyack andBlack and White.

New York Times. Obitu-aries. April 5, 1986.

Depthome.brooklyn.cuny

In 1959 Dr. CharlesLawrence was the firstperson of African ances-try in the county to winelection to public officewhen he was elected tothe school board inSpring Valley.

Lawrence was also the

first black to be electedto the House of Deputiesof the Episcopal Church.

Dr. Lawrence was adriving force behind theordination of women inthe Episcopal Churchand the churchs effortsto end apartheid in

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need to be established and/or expanded not only in theEast Ramapo district, butthroughout the county. Wecannot rely on the schools toeducate our children. Theresponsibility of educatingour children belongs to all ofus.

For additional infor-mation on how your childsschool performed relative toother schools in the county,v is i t www.nystart .gov/p ub l i cwe b / C o un t y . d o ?year=2009&county=ROCKL

As schools aroundthe county reopen theirdoors, you may be wonder-ing if our schools are reallymaking the grade.

Three school districtshave the largest black popu-lations: East Ramapo, Nyackand Haverstraw-Stony Point.According to New York StateDepartment of Education,East Ramapo is about 56%black. Nyack is almost aquarter black. Haverstraw-Stony Point is about 13%black.

Most districts in thecounty met the state stan-dards for adequate yearlyprogress for black studentswith one exception. The EastRamapo School District didnot meet adequate yearlyprogress standards forblacks on the secondarylevel in English LanguageArts.

Community-basedprograms aimed at improv-ing performance in EnglishLanguage Arts for studentsat the high school level may


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Did You Know?

land county were Asian-owned compared to8.5% for the state.

5.6% of firms in Rock-land County were His-panic-owned firms com-pared to 9.6% for NewYork State.

Data published bythe Census Bureau, as part ofthe American CommunitySurvey, found that the per-centages of minority-ownedfirms in Rockland County forall groups were below thestate average.

The most recent data avail-able, from 2002, shows thefollowing:

5.3% of firms in Rock-land County were black-owned compared to7.6% for the state.

5.9% of firms in Rock-

Local NAACP Branches headed to March on Washington

invites you to get on the bus!Buses with leave RocklandCounty for the march on Oc-tober 2, 2010. The cost is$40.00 per person.

To reserve yourseat on the bus and to learnmore about activities of yourlocal branch, contactA l d r i d g e a t w i l b u [email protected].

The National Asso-ciation for the Advancementof Colored People (NAACP)is organizing a March onWashington, October 2,2010.

There are a numberof reasons for the march, asindicated on the organiza-tions web site.

The nations oldestcivil rights organizationscalled for the march in aneffort to protect jobs, educa-tion, and the economy. The

NACCP hopes the march willalso help the organizationsefforts to build a diversecoalition of people toreclaim American themesand traditions-a more per-fect union, common good andjustice for all.

The march, shouldhelp galvanize a movementfor the majority of peoplefor justice in America, sayorganizers of the march.

Wilbur Aldridge,Mid-Hudson Region andWestchester Region Director,

A Home Represents Much More Than Shelter

homes. About 49% of blacksin the county owned homes.

Efforts to address

the disparity in home owner-ship are sorely needed. Anysolution aimed at closing thegap should address the myr-iad of causes ranging fromindividual choices to institu-tional barriers.

Home ownership isa key indicator of an individ-uals or a groups overalleconomic well-being. A

home is often the largestsingle asset in the averageAmericans portfolio. Equityin a home can be used topay college tuition, start abusiness, or help a familysurvive a job loss or sudden

health crisis.

Racial differences inhome ownership exist and

persist nationally and locally.According to the RocklandCounty Department of Plan-ning., home ownership wasmore prevalent for whiteRocklanders. Over 75% ofwhites in the county owned

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Frances Pratt, President of the Nyack Branch

of the NAACP.

Tyrone Williams of Yogis Unisex Hair Salon

located at 298 Route 59 in Nyack.


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Emmalines All Natural Hot Sauce

Did You Know...

Temple1 Unisex Gallery

nance. Temple1 Unisex Gal-lery promises to treat youlike royalty!

For more informa-tion, including informationabout free consultations, visitthem in person or online atwww.temple-1.com. You canthe salon at call845.215.9348.

Temple1 UnisexGallery, is owned and oper-ated by Kelvin Hemp Ed-munds. The full service hair

and nail salon is now locatedat 342 West Route 59 Na-nuet. Temple 1 was formerlylocated on Franklin Street inNyack.

Incorporated nearly

10 years ago, the salon pro-vides high quality customercare in an Afrocentric envi-ronment to clients from all

racial and ethnic back-grounds.

The staff have morethan twenty years of experi-ence in the industry, includingin locks and lock mainte-

ment.

The fund is locally ad-ministered by RocklandEconomic DevelopmentCorporation.

For more informationcontact Steve Porath,Director of Economic

Small businesses in Rock-land County that cannotqualify for traditionalbank financing, may beeligible for businessloans starting at$2,500.as part of the West-chester/Rockland Re-volving Loan Fund.

Loans may be used fora variety of purposesincluding working capi-tal, inventory and equip-ment.

The loan fund was es-tablished and fundedby New York StatesEmpire State Develop-

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Alice Crowe Bell and her mother,

Gwendolyn Crowe.

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Locally, EmmalinesAll Natural Hot Sauce isavailable at: Back to Earth,Feeding the Spirit HealingCenter, Foodmarket Interna-tional, Hungry Hollow Co-op,Nyack Farmer Market, TheOutside In, True Food andCasa Del Sol.

Emmalines AllNatural Hot Sauce is alsoavailable online at:

www.emmalineshotsauce.com

Alice Crowe Bell, aresident of Nyack, is pro-prietor of Emmalines Spe-cialty. Inc. Bell has helpedturn a family recipe for anall natural hot sauce into aprofitable product, availablein some of the nations larg-est retail stores.

EmmalineHumphries, Alice Crowe Bellsgrandmother, created andused the sauce as part of hersuccessful catering business.Miss Emma, as she was af-fectionately known, was born

in 1893 in Columbia, Ala-bama.

Miss Emma taughther daughter how to makethe sauce, which she used toenhance meats, fish, poultryand vegetables. Her daugh-ter, in turn, taught the recipeto her daughters.

With the same spe-cial attention and care thatcharacterized Emmalinescooking style, Alice CroweBell continues to make thesauce batch by batch.


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Did You Know...

Countee Cullen, ModernAmerican Poet, authoreda poem about the strug-gle called God HavePity-Hillburn The Fair.

Source: Thomas Sugrue.(2008). Sweet Land of Lib-erty: The Forgotten CivilRights Struggle in the North.

Hillburns NAACP invitedattorney Thurgood Mar-shall to assist them intheir litigation againstRamapo Central SchoolDistrict, which forcedblack students to learn ina substandard and seg-regated environment.

The victory was amongMarshalls and theNAACPs first, long be-fore the historic Brown v.Board of Education ofTopeka, Kansas in1954.

Kappa Alpha Psi

The organizationalso operates a mentor pro-gram where members mentorboys in the county.

For more informa-tion on the tour, scholarship,mentor program go towww.n rwpkappas . com/index.html.

Kappa Alpha Psi,Inc., New Rochelle-WhitePlains Alumni Chapter servesRockland County. Charteredin 1972, the organizationhas been engaged in a num-ber of activities benefitingindividuals and families inthe region, especially areayouth.

The chapter organ-izes an annual tour of His-torically Black Colleges andUniversities and providesfinancial support to scholar-ship recipients throughout

their undergraduate career.Scholarship recipients mustdemonstrate high academicachievement and other at-

tributes shown to predictstudent success at the collegelevel.

Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts and Culture

month. The graduation forthe Class of 2010 is Septem-ber 11.

Chiku Awali spon-sors trips to African events inthe area and tours of Africa.For more information, visitt h e o rg a n i za t i o n a twww.chikuawali.org.

Chiku Awali, a non-profit organization based inSpring Valley, was foundedby Alexandreena Dixon in

2003 to enrich our commu-nity, especially youth.

C h i k u A w a l iopeates a number of pro-grams, including an Afrocen-tric coming of age program

called Rites of Passage. TheRites of Passage program isfor young men ages 12-14.

The young men par-ticipate in cultural and edu-cational workshops, publicspeaking and storytelling, anovernight retreat, and agraduat ion ceremony .Workshops are held once a


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Thurgood Marshall Monument in Hillburn,

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Competition for a Cause

Did You Know...

Faith-Based Institutions

dents by offering an arrayof programs and servicesincluding: food pantries, fit-ness programs, and work-

shops to enhance personaland professional develop-ment.

Look for profiles onfaith-based programs infuture issues of Point of View.

Black churches areone of the most enduring andeconomically autonomoussocial institutions in the black

community.

Pilgrim Baptist andSt. Philips African MethodistEpiscopal Zion Churches inNyack, for example, aremore than a 100 years old.

St. Charles AfricanMethodist Episcopal Churchin Sparkill was founded byresidents of Skunk Hollow.

Skunk Hollow was one ofcounties most historic blackcommunities.

Area churches, areworking to meet the naturaland spiritual needs of resi-

Church in Spring Valley.

The current President ofthe Rockland CountyMinisters Alliance isSupt. Eugene Jones, Pas-tor, Hollingsworth Me-morial Church FamilyWorship Center in Ny-ack.

There is an alliance ofclergy in RocklandCounty, representingmany different denomi-nations and ethnicities.

Members of the Rock-land County MinistersAlliance meet monthly.

The alliance routinelydiscusses issues facingthe community and waysto bring about positivechanges.

The a l l iance wasfounded by Rev .Weldon McWilliams,Pastor of First Baptist

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Harry Protter, an organizer of Food

Frenzy, a drive to benefit the Hudson

Valley Food Bank

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ture or graphic.

ard Protter, managing part-ner of Jacobowitz andGubits.

Participating or-ganizations can collect dona-tions of both food andmoney. Every dollar raisedtranslates to seven mealsthat can be provided.

To register or learnmore about the Hudson Val-ley Food Frenzy, visitwww.foodbankofhudsonvalley.org.

Organized by thePattern for Progress Fellow-ship Program, the FoodFrenzy Food Drive will beheld from September 20-24,2010. September is Na-tional Hunger AwarenessMonth.

Food Frenzyencour-ages friendly competitionbetween businesses and or-ganizations of similar sizeand/or mission to collectdonations of food andmoney. Prizes are awardedto the organizations that

collect the most donations.

All donations will bedirected to the Hudson Val-ley Food Bank to help stockthe regional Food Bankswarehouse. The Hudson Val-ley Food Bank serves Or-ange, Ulster, Dutchess, Rock-land, Sullivan, and Putnamcounties.

The need is stillvery real for many individu-als and families in our regionand Pattern Fellows wants tocontinue to help, said How-

Pilgrim Baptist Church in Nyack

hosts an annual Martin Luther King

Holiday Celebration.


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Did You Know...

important dates aboutblack history in RocklandCounty on its web site.For example, in 1947YMCA first acceptsblack members.

F o r m o r e v i s i twww.nyacklibrary.org.

The Local History Roomat the Nyack Libraryhas various materialrelated to blacks inRockland County.

The Historical Society ofthe Nyacks works closelywith the library to iden-tify and preserve mate-

rials that are accessibleto the general public.

Historic images of blacksand others are nowo n l i n e a tw w w . h r v h . o r g . /nyacklibrary

The library publishes

Book Bag Give Away

Change asked that you joinin a community-based effortto support our Rocklandchildren and families withmeeting one of the most ba-sic yet imperative needs insociety-the tools to stimulateand master learning.

For more informa-tion about Advocating forChanges other programsa n d e v e n t s , v i s i t

www.afchange.org.

Advocat ing forChange wants your help inproviding needy studentswith book bags and schoolsupplies. This year marksthe 10th Annual Book BagGiveaway.

Labor Day week-end, Advocating for Changeand others, plan to distribute700 book bags in the Vil-lage of Spring Valley munici-

pal parking lot.The distribution of

book bags and school sup-

plies meets an importantneed.

In many schooldistricts the budget for schoolsupplies and educationalequipment has been cut,therefore parents will beexpected to provide a gro-ing number of additionalitems presented on the an-nual school supply list, saidCassanda Edwards, Presi-dent of Advocating forChange.

Advocat ing for

HASCO

more.

HASCO is locatedat 25 South Main Street in

Spring Valley. For more in-formation about programsand serv i ces go towww.hasco.org or call845.352.5897.

Hait ian-AmericanCultural and Social Organi-zation (HASCO) was estab-lished over 35 years ago to

provide Haitian immigrantswith resources to move to-wards self-sufficiency.

T o t h a t e n d ,HASCO offers a variety ofprograms and services, in-

cluding: naturalization andcitizenship services; immigra-tion services; food and nutri-tion program; health; housing

search and placement; men-tal health; case managementand service coordination;employment; senior recrea-tion; first time home buyersprogram; community educa-tion; transportation; and


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Cassandra Edwards of Advocating for

Change and others prepare book bags for

area children.

Founded in 1888, the Nyack YMCA did not

accept black members until 1947.


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Our childrenseem to make thenews for all the wrongreasons, despite thefact that so many aredoing positive things.We invite your nomi-

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You may nomi-nate any young per-son under the age of18. The Rising Star

should demonstrate acommitment to excel-lence in academicsand inone or more ofthe following areas:art, music, drama, ath-letics and service to

the community.

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