Our Mission
COORDINATED RESPONSES
MEMBER AGENCIES
The Consortium’s efforts focus upon agency networking, coordination of service delivery, advancing public knowledge of human service programs available to the residents of East Harlem.
MEMBER AGENCIES
COORDINATED RESPONSES
MEMBER AGENCIES
The diverse membership includes health and mental health service providers, public schools and early childhood centers, housing and employment programs, universities and hospitals, legal services and food pantries, child welfare and disabilities programming, immigrant service and intimate partner violence service providers, and settlement houses.
Representatives from Community Board 11, NY City Council, State Assembly, and State Senate offices representing East Harlem.
COORDINATED RESPONSES
COORDINATED RESPONSES
COORDINATED RESPONSES
- On-Site Service Fairs & Support for Newest New Yorkers
- East Harlem Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity (TRIE)
- COVID-19 Pandemic
- HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980's
on-site service resource fairs
On-site Support Services
On-site Support Services
On-site Support Services
Between March 2024 and December 2024, a total of 12 Service Fairs were held. These fairs aimed to connect newly arrived residents with essential resources, including legal assistance, healthcare services, and benefits navigation. Over 35 local organizations participated, providing targeted support and facilitating access to crucial services for individuals and families in need. The fairs have continued through August 2025 offering services to ALL East Harlem community residents.
CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION
On-site Support Services
On-site Support Services
Service Fair attendance ranged between 50 and 400 participants, with greater attendance at fairs that included clothing distribution.
East Harlem Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity Project
East Harlem Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity
Most recently, the Consortium spearheaded the East Harlem Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity, facilitating a participatory budgeting process that culminated in a series of community initiatives including a youth-led Photo Voice community needs assessment leading to a mobile gallery, a youth forum attended by community and elected leaders, a job and resource fair, and a community healing/neighborhood recovery event.
NIH announces winners of youth art challenge
The National Institutes of Health is pleased to announce the winners of the STRIVE for Change: Drawing on Our Strengths Art Challenge, a prize competition for original artwork highlighting the strengths of communities experiencing health disparities.
David, Eliseo, Gio, Isaiah, Lamair, Maya, Nathanael, Raul, Robin, Trevone, Ruth, Xavier and Xochi, Youth Art and Advocacy for East Harlem
Thirteen youth (ages 14 to 19) in East Harlem, NYC, engaged in a photovoice project depicting their hopes and dreams for health and well-being in their community. Zoelene Hill, Ph.D., of the New York Academy of Medicine, led the project in which youth took photographs and told their stories to uplift youth voices, visions, and strategies for improving health and well-being in their community. The panels from the project will become part of a mobile art installation that will be featured in buildings and offices across East Harlem.
community needs assessment for East Harlem
community needs assessment for East Harlem
The TRIE Steering Committee is tasked with conducting a community needs assessment for East Harlem to determine priority areas of need for 2021-2022.