Linda's Place

Hand Made massager made by Toby!  Massage Technique using a hand made device made by Toby.  Young's Style Tai Chi & Massage  Techniques! Yin Sun Wong known as Toby lives in Harlem. He has been practicing  Tai Chi Quan, and meditation for over 26 years. He also has practicing knowledge of massage and acupuncture. He practices daily.  He is sharing and teaching various healing practices with the Harlem community. He says it is his way of giving back to America by helping the community in Harlem that are in need of alternative health practices. The form of Tai Chi that he teaches is Young's Style with (108) moves, it is a 500 year old Chinese Martial Art form.  This practice helps to prevent many ailments, health maintenance, good health, and well being.  He has been teaching Tai Chi Quan in Marcus Garvey Park in the Spring, Summer, and early Fall of 2014, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Due to weather ch...

We need your support to make this event happen! Please if you have any food donations please bring them! Especially fruit, apples, oranges, bananas, etc. This is an out-of-pocket event! A group of us thought that so many times information that are people should receive is using discussed on panels in other communities. We took upon ourselves to bring these authors to our community. We will also have some oral histories presented by some elders, that were a part of a Harlem Consumer Cooperative in the 1960s, and Ben Armstead will be present to talk about his grandfather who started the first Black Bank in Chicago, and FDIC to be put into law. Knowing ones history and communicating it with one another is powerful! Thanking you in Advance! NAMA (New Amsterdam Musical Association) Presents A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION Book Signing & Discussion IN HARLEM Jessica Gordon Nembhard , the author of “Collective Courage” A History of African American Cooperative Economic ...

Florence M. Rice Senior Citizen Chairman War on Seniors Welcome Committee &  Founder & President  of Harlem Consumers Education Council, Inc. 646.730.4332 April 29, 2014 To Whom It May Concern, Re: War on Seniors My name is Florence M. Rice. I am 95 years old, and a long time Harlem resident. I am the founder and President of Harlem Consumers Education Council, Inc.  I am concerned about what is happening to seniors. It is a war on seniors. We are in a crisis situation in housing being forced out of our apartments and homes. We are being put into nursing homes that do not care about us. We are victims of elder abuse on all fronts, across the board. Many seniors are being made homeless, and we need dialogue with the powers to be that are suppose to represent us. We are voters. I was forced out of my apartment in 2004, by what was called a constructive eviction, and sent on a roller coaster ride,  in-and-out of the court...

Traveling is so important for the soul. It enhances my senses and broadens my connection to the human family. As I make plans for 2014, I have been reflecting on past travel experiences. Morocco is a Rainbow By Linda Fletcher Traveling to different parts of the world or to different parts of the country broadens our scope of reality. If we are open minded and receptive we can experience the spiritual dimensions of travel - in that not only do our physical body travel but also our soul. As I grow older I find myself adding up remembered events, places, people, and experiences that remain in the recesses of my mind. I conjure up these past pleasures, enlightened insights, lessons that enhanced - changed or moved my life further into being who I am. I have been thinking a lot about travel and realizing its depth and importance - in that ones perspective becomes broadened - and new dimensions open up. Lately - I have become aware that I remember my travel experiences the most - as if...