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June 2020
CU SPS Online Lecture – A Double Pandemic: Risking Your Life for Justice, Protesting Police Brutality during COVID-19 with Renee Cummings
Online Columbia Community Scholars Lecture A Double Pandemic: Risking Your Life for Justice, Protesting Police Brutality during COVID-19 with Renee Cummings Presented by the Columbia…
Find out more »NYC KidsFest – June 20th & 21st
NYC Kidsfest is entering its 15th year and 2020 will launch as a live, interactive, virtual festival! The weekend of June 20th and 21st…
Find out more »Uptown Community Boards Reopening Town Hall
Harlem & Washington Heights want to make sure their communities are ready for reopening! Join the uptown community boards for a Reopening Town Hall this…
Find out more »July 2020
CU SPS Online Lecture – A Systemic Solution to Low Literacy Rates, Poor Instruction, Dyslexia and Social Ills
A’Lelia Bundles Community Scholars Program Lecture A Systemic Solution to Low Literacy Rates, Poor Instruction, Dyslexia and Social Ills with Debbie Meyer Thursday, July 30,…
Find out more »August 2020
National Dance Institute Presents ndiLIVE! – Free Online Classes
WHDC grantee National Dance Institute announces ndiLIVE!, a free digital programming portal of joyful and participatory classes. Check out the new August schedule below (Tuesdays…
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2020 Harlem Music Festival – A Virtual Experience
Join West Harlem Development Corporation and The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce for a not-to-miss virtual celebration. 2020 Harlem Music Festival August 16th through August…
Find out more »October 2020
Columbia School of Professional Studies Career Fair
If you are seeking talented staff and/or interns, the Columbia University School of Professional Studies would like to invite you join them on October 13 from…
Find out more »Pathways to Apprenticeship Info Session #1
A pre-apprenticeship program for NYC residents has opened applications for its next Direct Entry Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship class. Pathways to Apprenticeship (P2A) opens doors through…
Find out more »Pathways to Apprenticeship Info Session #2
A pre-apprenticeship program for NYC residents has opened applications for its next Direct Entry Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship class. Pathways to Apprenticeship (P2A) opens doors through…
Find out more »Town Hall – Voting In NYC: What You Need To Know
Join Columbia University and local community leaders in Upper Manhattan in a discussion on voting in NYC. Make sure your voice counts. Learn more about…
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About West Harlem Development Corporation
West Harlem Development Corporation (WHDC) is a New York City-based nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization incorporated in 2011 whose mission is to promote increased economic opportunities and quality of life to sustain a vibrant West Harlem community. WHDC’s core program areas are education, workforce and economic development, and affordable housing. With its slogan “Solutions Through Collaborations”, WHDC partially achieves its mission through grantmaking to nonprofit organizations to provide services that benefit the residents of New York City’s Manhattan Community District 9 (MCD9), more commonly referred to as West Harlem. The boundaries of MCD9 are defined as: South to North from 110th Street to 155th Street; East to West from Manhattan, Morningside, St. Nicholas, Bradhurst, Edgecombe Avenues to the Hudson River.