Past Speakers

Shawn Hill, Harlem Community Activist and Cofounder of The Greater Harlem Coalition (GHC)
Shawn analyzes FOIL data that GHC has requested from New York State and City agencies. The resulting maps, graphs, and other visualizations help Harlem residents, and small business owners see how decades of bureaucratic and political decision-making have resulted in many health and quality-of-life disparities we experience daily.

Keith Wright
Served in the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 2016
Assemblyman Wright served in the New York State Assembly from 1993 to 2016 as leader in the State Democratic Party and as chair of the New York State Assembly Housing Committee. During his tenure in the Assembly, he chaired key committees in the Assembly including those related to election law, social services, and labor.

Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney
Avlin Bragg is a civil rights lawyer, former federal prosecutor, and politician from Harlem. In an interview with The American Prospect, Bragg noted that he had been “deeply affected by the criminal justice system – most directly through three gunpoint stops by the NYPD.” He graduated from Trinity School before attending Harvard College. He graduated from Harvard cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in government in 1995 and earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.

Olufunmilola Obe , Commanding Officer at Manhattan North
Olufunmilola Obe is a commanding officer at Manhattan North and is one of the highest ranking black women on the force. She works on community and neighborhood policing, street safety, gun violence, probation, and crime in general, and the oversaturation of rehab clinics.

Cordell Cleare, New York State Senator
Cordell Cleare is an American activist and politician from Harlem. She has been a member of the Democratic Party since the late 1990s. She is currently the state-senator for New York's 30th State Senate district.

Kristin Richardson Jordan
Kristin Richardson Jordan is an American politician who was the Council member for New York City's 9th City Council district from 2022 to 2024. Jordan identifies as a democratic socialist and police abolitionist. In her 2021 race for the New York City Council, she campaigned on a platform of "radical love."

Celebrating Thelonius ‘Theo’ Riley

We celebrate the life of Thelonius ‘Theo’ Riley, W121RBA resident and photographer.

Viewing: Unity Funeral Home
2352 8th Avenue, Harlem, NY
Date: Friday, December 9th, 2022
Time: 3 PM - 6 PM

Services: Greater Zion Baptist Church
2365 Frederick Douglass Blvd New York, NY 10027
Date: Saturday, December 10th, 2022
Time: 9 AM

Internment: Pinelawn Cemetery
2030 Wellwood Ave, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Date: Saturday, December 10th, 2022
Time: 9 AM

Repast: Eastwood Manor, 3371 Eastchester Rd,
Bronx, NY 10469

Build the Block

Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Ebenezer Gospel Church
225 Malcolm X Blvd (also know as Lenox Avenue),
New York, NY 10027

Hosted By
Police Officer: McGuire 917-767-3698
Police Officer: Estevez 917-225-6751
For Accommodations Contact:
28th Precinct 212-678-1611

Community Holiday Gathering

Let's FUNdraise Together!
This is our last FUNdraiser and event for 2023.
Come out to support our fight to protect landmarks, resolve quality of life issues, and sustain the DISTRICTS' historic architecture and cultural history in 2024.

PLUS -- its our annual TOY DRIVE. Share in the season of joy by donating a new, unwrapped toy for children from newborn to 16 years old.

ALSO, we are recognizing and giving special thanks to our community of volunteers and their contributions in 2023.

Purchase tickets for our Holiday Gathering and FUNdraiser event at beautiful Home to Harlem.
Tuesday, Dec. 19th 6PM
Contribution Levels Starting at $25+

This includes good food, drinks, door prizes/raffles, and support for our efforts in 2024.
Unable to make it? You can still purchase tickets to help.

Block Association Potluck

Here are a couple of photos in case you missed December's Block Association Potluck.

We had a lot of fun and hope to see you at our next community event!

Fall Beautification 2021

Love Your Block Grant

LOVE YOUR BLOCK GRANT

In November 2016, The 100-168 West 121st Street Resident Block Association was awarded a Love Your Block Grant for a community beautification project. Love Your Block is an initiative of NYC Service in partnership with the Citizens Committee for New York City that provides a unique opportunity for neighborhood groups to transform and improve their communities through local action while leveraging city services.