Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Supports Harlem’s Black and Latino Communities

By Jada May

Gale Brewer spent her morning and afternoon going to events, supporting the communities that help New York move forward. Her morning started off at the Harlem Chocolate Factory, a black-owned business, and there she congratulated Jessica Spaulding on the occasion of her grand opening.

Self-taught culinarian, Spaulding grew up with a passion for baking and especially for chocolates. She had dreams of one day owning her own business, doing what she loves most.

 

Brewer spoke about Spaulding and her business, showing support for Spaulding and other small business owners trying to make it in a world with big corporations.

“There’s a lot of discussion in the papers today about Amazon,” said Brewer, “Three billion dollars – and small businesses don’t get nothing, and you know what, that’s wrong.”

The next event Brewer attended in Harlem was a book launch at the Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center. Brewer gave the authors of the book about health, Jennifer Mieres and Stacey Rosen, a Proclamation for Heart Health. The proclamation honored the women for their work  bringing awareness of health issues to a community with many needs.

The New York based doctors and authors, Mieres and Rosen, published a book to bring awareness of heart disease to a hoped-for readership of women.

Recently they have published a Spanish version of the their book Hispanic version of the book that in English was titled “Heart Smart for Women.” In Spanish the book is titled  “Un Corazón Saludable Para La Mujer Moderna.”

The expectation is that, at least in a progressive New York City, language won’t be a barrier for better health, notably in the Latino community.

The book talks about knowing the symptoms of a heart attack, about the importance of wisdom in making food choices, about knowing the benefits of working out, and so on.

There with the doctors was retired anchor Jorge Ramos of Telemundo 47, with his wife Yolanda Ramos, who shared a moving story about her life-threatening heart attack, and the changes she made to live a healthier life.

Leaving the joyful event, women seemed to have been encouraged to make better choices, not only for themselves but for those they love in their lives.