COMMUNITY

 PEOPLE NEVER KNEW THAT I WAS A COMMUNITY PRESIDENT OF A HOUSING PROJECT OR  THAT I WAS A PTA PRESIDENT IN A HARLEM COMMUNITY OR A CORE MEMBER OF THE SLT* OR SERVED AS A  BOARD FOR CEC!
BUT WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS THAT I LOVE MY COMMUNITY*
AND THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLEM (OLD SCHOOL) FROM 125TH STREET WHEN SYDENHAM WAS A HOSPITAL NOT A CLINIC AND NOW ITS A NURSING HOME AND THANK GOD MY GRANDMOTHER IS NOT IN IT (NO PUN ATTENDED*) BUT WHEN GRANT PROJECTS WAS WHERE THE BIG* FAMILIES LIVED AND SAY WHAT YOU THOUGHT I WAS SAYNG IN MY BIO WHEN I SAID I GREW UP IN HARLEM? YES I WENT TO PS36  AND 125 BEFORE THEY NAMED IT THE RALPH BUNCH SCHOOL~ (GOES BY A DIFFERENT NAME NOW?) BUT GUESS WHAT? FOR Y'ALL OLD SCHOOL LIKE ME  IN MORNING SIDE PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN THE PARKS DEPT BUILDING USE TO BE A HEAD START CALLED MRS LYNN'S THEN WE WENT STRAIGHT TO PS 36!
AND ACROSS THE STREET PS125*
SO YES HARLEM BORN AND RAISED!
AND BLUMSTEIN ON 125TH IS WHERE I USE TO GO  SEE SANTA CLAUS
SO YES IAM STILL IN THE COMMUNITY
READINGS BY MERCEDES
MERCEDES
MERCEDES JUAREZ