Uptown Books: Different Differenter

Posted on November 20, 2020

Written by local author and social justice media maker Jyoti Gupta and illustrated by Tarannum Pasricha, Different Differenter is an activity book that introduces skin color to children in a healthy way. When young children begin to observe differences in skin color, their questions on the subject demand simple yet accurate responses. Jyoti’s arts-based book takes you on a playful and creative discovery to find answers that work for you and your family—while thoughtfully introducing facts of history and 15-plus new words. This makes the perfect gift for the young ones in your family. Click below and use the code UPTOWNBOOKS to get %15 off your purchase.

Get Yours: https://jyotigupta.org/the-book/

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Uptown Video: #ToryTalks with Jason Bolden Part 3, ft. Carolina Contreras

Posted on November 19, 2020

Shout out to our good friend Carolina “Miss Rizos” Contreras who never ceases to amaze us. On top of running a Miss Rizos salon in the Dominican Republic and here Uptown, she was recently named a Tory Burch Foundation Fellow. Check it out ASAP.

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Uptown Talk: Latinos Out Loud – Don’t F With Flipper

Posted on November 19, 2020

In this episode the crew talks about Rachel receiving two speeding tickets within minutes of one another, Jaime getting hooked on Hallmark, and Frank going on a weekend trip to Connecticut. On this week’s BOCHINCHE BITES, Jaime dishes on a fight club being raided by the cops in NYC, the pope liking a bikini pic on Instagram, and North Korea training dolphins for military use. On this week’s FRANKSPIRACY NEWS, Frank tells us all about the pineal gland. 

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$4 million grant program for East Harlem businesses | Manhattan Times

Posted on November 17, 2020

East Harlem small businesses are eligible for a $4 million grant program to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A joint effort by Union Settlement, City Councilmember Diana Ayala, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and the NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), the grant can be used to offset up to three months of operating expenses.

To be eligible, businesses have less than $1,000,000 in annual sales or 20 or fewer employees, and must be able to demonstrate financial losses due to COVID-19.

Storefronts, home-based and online businesses are eligible.

Read more: $4 million grant program for East Harlem businesses | Manhattan Times

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UC Love – La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorrine Padilla @ DOC NYC 2020

Posted on November 16, 2020

Listen up people, you have until November 29, 2020 to catch La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorrine Padilla at the DOC NYC film festival. A film by Uptown’s own Raquel Cepeda and Henry Chalfant, La Madrina is a feature length documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former “First Lady” of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentrifying community she helped rebuild in the 1980s. With one foot firmly grounded in the outlaw life and the other as an activist and spiritual advisor, Lorine straddles the complexities of multiple worlds. Employing rich never-before-seen archives of the borough that gifted the world both classic salsa and hip-hop culture, with an original score by Bobby Sanabria, the film is a searing journey through five decades of Bronx history and resilience in LA MADRINA’s own words.

Get Tix: http://2020.docnyc.net/LaMadrina

Get Tix: http://2020.docnyc.net/LaMadrina

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The Uptown Tweet of the Week:Congressman-Elect Ritchie Torres if you’re nasty…

Posted on November 14, 2020

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