We are happy to announce that DJ henri will be spinning the music on the Go Africa Stage during the Go Africa Harlem Street festival on 7/16/2016

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Visit www.GoAfricaHarlem.org for more information.  the Go Africa Harlem Street Festival will take place on 7/16/2016 from 10am – 7pm on 116th Street btw. 7th & 8th Aves. please register at http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/  or email Info@GoAfricaHarlem.org or phone 646-502-9778 Ext. 8001
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For many years, dj.henri has been spinning an African and Caribbean groove at SOB’s, (le) poisson rouge, City Winery, Symphony Space, Sylvana’s, and other NYC clubs — opening for acts like Salif Keita, Ebenezer Obey, Femi Kuti, Antibalas, Diblo Dibala, Aster Aweke, Tinariwen, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Vieux Farka Toure, and Natacha Atlas.  dj.henri’s radio station Radio Africa Online (http://radioafricaonline.com) is the longest-running station playing African and Caribbean music online.  His hugely popular Radio Africa Online Mixes are also featured in the iTunes Store and elsewhere, generating 100 Terabytes of traffic annually.

 
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We are proud to Welcome the Red Cross to the Go Africa Harlem 2016 Street Festival on 7/16/2016

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We are proud to welcome the American Red Cross to the Go Africa Harlem 2016 street to be held on 7/16/2016 on 116th street btw. 7th & 8Th avenues from 10am – 7pm.
Visit GoAfricaHarlem.org or or email Info@GoAfricaHarlem.org or phone 646-502-9778 Ext. 8001 for more information.
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The Red Cross provides free reconnection services to any individual who is separated from their family members due to armed conflict, natural disaster, or other humanitarian emergencies (see attached). We do not take sides in hostilities, nor report or care about immigration status. I feel that our services could be of great value to a large number of ethnic communities living in NY, but not many people actually know about them. I’m hoping that our attendance at events like the Go Africa Festival help educate people about such resources that are available to them.

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Family messages transmitted by the America Red Cross can be very brief, but the three short words “I am alive” may be all that is needed to ease the minds of distraught loved ones half a world away
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  •     Assisted 13,057 people   Opened 4,861 new cases
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Worked with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners in 103 countries
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The chaos and confusion that accompany war, disaster and international migration can separate families when they need each other most. When this hap- pens, the Red Cross joins the search across international borders, offering a unique service that allows families to reconnect.
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American Red Cross caseworkers at lo- cal chapters around the U.S. help fami- lies locate missing relatives by working with our partners – the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Cross and Red Cresent organizations in nearly every country around the world.
This past year, the American Red Cross helped reconnect thousands of families–bridging years of separation to renew critical links between new communities in the U.S. and their families abroad.
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We are proud announce that Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President will serve as Grand Marshall for the Go Africa Harlem street Festival on 7/16/2016

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We are again honored that the Honorable Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, will serve again as Grand Marshall for the Go Africa Harlem 2016 Street Festival to be held on 07/16/2016 from 10am – 7pm on 11th street btw 7th & 8th Avenues.
CONTACT: please register at http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/
or email Info@GoAfricaHarlem.org or phone 646-502-9778 Ext. 8001

  • Gale A. Brewer is the 27th Manhattan Borough President, responsible for advising the Mayor and City Council on borough concerns, commenting on all land-use matters in the borough, advocating for the borough in the municipal budget process, and appointing members of Manhattan’s 12 Community Boards. Gale Brewer 2
  • The Borough President also chairs the Borough Board, made up of City Council Members and Chairs from the Community Boards, and the Borough Services Cabinet, composed of senior officials from City agencies delivering services in the borough.

Ms. Brewer previously served on the City Council for 12 years, from 2002 through 2013, representing the 6th Council District which includes most of the Upper West Side and northern Clinton.

  • As Councilmember, she successfully passed legislation guaranteeing paid sick leave for most hourly employees, compelling landlords to fix repeat violations, requiring all City data be published online, and the nation’s first law protecting domestic workers.
  • She was the founding chair of the Council’s Technology Committee in 2002.
  • Immediately prior to her election to the City Council, Brewer served as Project Manager for the NYC Nonprofits Project at CUNY’s Graduate Center, and before that worked for the Telesis Corporation, a private firm that builds affordable housing in New York City.
  • Prior to that non-profit and private-sector experience, Brewer served in City government in various roles, including as…
  • New York City Deputy Public Advocate for Intergovernmental Affairs under Mark Green (1994-1998).
  • Director of Mayor Dinkins’ Federal Office in New York City, managing the administration’s legislative agenda in Washington and a technical assistance program to help community-based organizations obtain federal funds (1990 to 1994).
  • Executive Director of the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women (concurrent with the Federal Office, from 1993 to 1994).
  • Chief of Staff to West Side Councilmember Ruth W. Messinger– before Messinger was, herself, elected Manhattan Borough President (1979-1989).
  • Brewer also served on the staff of Lt. Governor Mary Anne Krupsak, the first women elected statewide in New York in 1974 (under Gov. Hugh Carey) and first served in government in the City Parks Department during the Lindsay administration.
  • Brewer has an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and she did her undergraduate work at Columbia University and Bennington College.
  • She co-teaches a class in urban policy each spring with former Borough President Messinger as part of Hunter College’s Public Service Scholar program, and has taught urban affairs at other area colleges, including Barnard, Baruch, Brooklyn and Queens Colleges.
  • Brewer is married to Cal Snyder; they live on the Upper West Side. Together they have raised many foster children.

We are proud to welcome The Harlem Brewing Co. as a Merchant in the Go Africa Harlem Street Festival on 7/16/2016

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It is with a great sense of pride that we welcome the Harlem Brewing Company as a Vendor in the upcoming Go Africa Harlem 2016 Street Festival to be held on 7/16/0216 on 116th street btw 7th & 8th Avenues from 10am – 6pm.
The Harlem Brewing Company will be providing  beer and food pairings with African & Caribbean cuisines highlighting the alligator pepper  and other spices in the their products.
Visit GoAfricaHarlem.org for more information for Merchants and general Attendees or email Info@GoAfricaHarlem.org or phone 646-502-9778 Ext. 8001
Celeste Beatty and her team are a minority women owned business that has been doing great things since their inception. The product are now carried by FreshDirect & WalMart which speaks volumes towards their journey and success.
More details on the Harlem Brewing Company are below:
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the first brews were made in her studio apartment right across from Marcus Garvey Park. She’d finally opened the gift of a home brew kit that sat in the closet for several weeks (that might explain why the first brewed weren’t such a hit). So, she kept on brewing, never giving up on perfecting her recipes. After challenges trying to open a local brewery, she took her home grown recipes to Olde Saratoga Brewery, working closely with Paul and Chris, both fine brewers, Beer (1)bottling her flagship Harlem Brew-Sugar Hill Golden Ale. On June 19, 2001,none of the packaging materials were ready so recycled beer boxes were gathered. With the amazing support from family, friends and neighbors (Uncle Arthur drove a Penske truck full of the first batch of beer over the river and through an upstate area called Harlem Valley back to 125th Street), Harlem Brewing Company launched at the Studio Museum in Harlem.
visit http://www.harlembrewing.com for more information HBCLogo

We are proud to announce the support of Go Caribbean Inc. for the Go Africa Harlem 2016 Street Festival to be held on 7/16/2016

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We are Happy to Announce the support of Go Caribbean Inc. for the upcoming Go Africa Harlem 2016  Street Festival to be Held on 7/16/2016. visit  www.GoAfricaHarlem.org
please register at http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/
Click here to sign-up  or email Info@GoAfricaHarlem.org or phone 646-502-9778 Ext. 8001
Go Caribbean Inc.  A cultural, professional and policy platform that is focused on African and Caribbean based initiatives for groups and global diaspora populations from or related to African and the Caribbean basin. 178382526 FN_gluten-free-fried-chicken_s4x3 images (44 santiago-chicken-01
Go Caribbean Inc, a  U.S. based non-profit) endeavors to advance the awareness and soci-economic development of Africa and the Caribbean through local and international outreach initiatives via the following methods and vehicles.

  • Direct intervention for training, education, health, and wellness initiatives that are linked to employment in order to facilitate growth, development and progressive self-sustainment of the targeted populous.
  • Promotion of trade-centric events, forums, meetings, and fairs via public-private partnerships and governmental collaboration to drive trade via import/exports for countries in Africa and Caribbean.
  • Assimilation, processing and analysis of information that facilitates communication and information sharing for African and Caribbean communities in the context of progressive soci-economic development.
  • Promote and develop initiatives, and programs for training, education, health, and wellness initiatives that are linked to employment in order to facilitate growth, development and progressive self-sustainment of the targeted populous via public-private partnerships and governmental collaboration.
  • Development of information portals and blogs that facilitates progressive communication and dialogue in the sphere of soci-economic development in Africa.
  • Development of regional content that promotes progressive economic development in Africa and the Caribbean.
  • Fostering and development of governmental relationships and partnerships that lead toward long-term progressive soci-economic development in Africa and the Caribbean.

We welcome any input and suggestions that may aid in the accomplishment of the aforementioned objectives.
please register at http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/
Click here to sign-up  or email Info@GoAfricaHarlem.org or phone 646-502-9778 Ext. 8001

Go Africa Harlem 2016 Street Festival is Proud to have the support of NYS Assembly Speaker Heastie

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Go Africa Street Festival 2016 NYS assembly speaker Heastie
July 16, 2016
Dear Friends:
Please accept my sincere greetings as you gather to celebrate the Go Africa Network – Go Africa
Harlem Street Festival 2016.
The festival, in its second year, celebrates the City’s African diversity, as well as strengthening
and promoting African merchants across New York City. Showcasing local and regional
merchants, the festivities include vendors that will provide food, beverages, and dress from
various regions of Africa. The activities include dance, music, as well as exhibits of African art.
Everyone attending this festival will be able to take part in a day of fun filled entertainment.
This innovative festival also brings together businessmen and political leaders to exchange views
and news on promoting trade and investment opportunities. This is an opportunity for everyone
to engage and interact to better understand our evolving futures.
Congratulations to Go Africa Network, and best wishes for a successful festival.
Sincerely,
CARL E. HEASTIE
Speaker
Go Africa Street Festival 2016 NYS assembly speaker Heastie
For questions about the event, please call (646) 502-9778 ext. 8001 or visit http://www.goafricaharlem.org.
For attendees visit:
http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/
For Vendor Registration: http://goafricaharlem.org/events/vendormerchant-registration-for-the-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-fest/

Calling all African & Caribbean Restaurants & Chefs In NYC/NJ! open registration for the Go Africa Harlem Street Festival 2016 (7/16/2016)

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Believe you or your Restaurant has something special? believe your recipes are second to none?
Well here is your opportunity to prove it.
Participate in the second Annual Go Africa Harlem Street Festival on July 16, 2016.
The second annual Go Africa Harlem Street Festival will be held ‪Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 116th Street within the boundaries of Adam Clayton Powell and Frederick Douglass boulevards in Harlem.
Participation is free for any African or Caribbean Restaurant or Chef while space is available.
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There are several options for which Restaurants & Chefs  can participate which are:

  • Direct participation (selling food, with Tables, tent, Food containers, and napkins with (utensils) no charge
  • Direct participation (higher level) with above and with a charcoal grill (User  must pay for the grill rental which is 100.00) the grill will be (Charcoal Grill is  5′ W x 2′ in size) we will provide setup and removal of grill at no charge.
  • Sample participation (Vendor has table and passes out food samples and other item to drive awareness (No Charge).

For more details visit the following:
For Vendor Registration: http://goafricaharlem.org/events/vendormerchant-registration-for-the-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-fest/
 
For General Attendees, Click http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/ 
 
For questions about the event, please call (646) 502-9778 ext. 8001 or visit http://www.goafricaharlem.org
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NY African Restaurant Week (NYARW) supports the upcoming Go Africa Harlem Street Festival on 7/16/2016

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A Taste of Africa USA (ATOAU), organizer of the NY African Restaurant Week (NYARW), is proud to support Go Africa Network’s Go Africa Harlem Street Festival that will be taking place on Saturday, July 16, 2016.  See www.GoAfricaHarlem.org
General Attendees: please register at http://goafricaharlem.org/events/general-attendee-sign-up-for-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-festival-on-july-16th-2016/
Some of the restaurants who will be participating in NYARW 2016 will be featured at the festival.  Interested Merchants can register via the link below:
http://goafricaharlem.org/events/vendormerchant-registration-for-the-go-africa-harlem-2016-street-fest/
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A Taste of Africa USA is a community-based organization that is dedicated to promoting the best of African cuisine and culture. We are also committed to supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in our community. We are thus looking forward to supporting the Go Africa Harlem Street Festival as it provides us with another opportunity to fulfill our mission.
The NY African Restaurant Week is an annual cultural event inviting people from all over to celebrate the best of African cuisine, wine, chefs, artisans and restaurants across the city. During this week, foodies, travelers, people from all backgrounds and more are treated to some of the best African dishes served in New York City.
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At the NYARW, some of the premier African restaurants will be offering a discounted prix fixe menu, highlighting the best of African cuisine from more than 40 African restaurants and some Caribbean restaurants. The African Restaurant Week provides the wide-ranging dining options and brings individuals from our various communities, surrounding areas and tourists to walk the streets of New York City and enjoy a dinner at a special discounted price.
To learn more about the program, sign up or see how you can participate, please visit NYARW.com. NYARW 2016 will take place from October 6-16, 2016.

Martin Ezemma, Business Development Specialist

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Business Development Specialist-Access to Markets-Africa Focus
Minority Business Development Agency-U.S. Department of Commerce
Martin provides business consulting services for minority businesses on Doing Business In Africa.He serves as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business In Africa. Martin represents MBDA to coordinate the Africa Diaspora business community engagement through the office of Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC)-International Trade Administration (ITA).
Before joining MBDA, Martin was a small business owner and worked in the financial services sector. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the George Washington University School of Business.

Export.Gov

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We are pleased to announce that the local Export.gov team in Harlem will be supporting the African Union Expo 2015 and deliver sessions related to exports, trade and logistics.
Export.gov Helps American Companies Succeed Globally

Export.gov brings together resources from across the U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace.

From market research and trade leads from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Service to export finance information from Export-Import Bank and the Small Business Administration to agricultural export assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Export.gov helps American exporters navigate the international sales process and avoid pitfalls such as non-payment and intellectual property misappropriation.

Export.gov was created to provide better customer service for businesses interacting with the Federal Government. TheU.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration manages Export.gov as a collaborative effort with the19 Federal Agencies that offer export assistance programs and services

http://www.export.gov/about/index.asp