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With the New York City Department of Health recording an all-time high in diabetes deaths, Health People in the South Bronx Demands the Release of $25 Million in Diabetes Prevention Funds Caught in a Federal-State Dispute.
6/13/2013 5:00 PM EDT
South Bronx Kids "Pull Your Pants Up" Dance and Rap featured at NY Liberty Season Opener May 31
Kids-Helping-Kids, a South Bronx mentoring program, will perform their new Pull Your Pants Up Dance, based on their viral rap with '60's icon Lesley Gore, at the NY Liberty WNBA Sesaon Opener on May 31st.
5/29/2013 6:00 PM EDT
South Bronx Kids Debut Their New "Pull Your Pants Up Dance" to Celebrate Bronx Week
Kids-Helping-Kids, an unique mentoring program for kids with sick and missing parents, debuts their "Pull Your Pants Up" Dance, a wonderful positive message based on their video produced by pop icon Leslie Gore
5/16/2013 6:00 AM EDT
Community Groups Make the Case for Fresh Direct's Bronx Move
Health People: Community Preventive Health Institute was among six Bronx groups which today submitted an amicus brief supporting the move of online grocer Fresh Direct to a new Bronx facility.
3/4/2013 5:00 PM EST
Lesley Gore Celebrates National Mentoring Month with South Bronx Kids
South Bronx's Kids-Helping-Kids, an unique mentoring program where teens help younger kids with ill or missing parents, celebrates National Mentoring Month with iconic singer Lesley Gore producing their video and song, "Pull Your Pants Up."
1/15/2013 6:00 AM EST
Health Crisis of Bronx Re-Entry Populations
A study by Health People, funded by the Elton John AIDS Foundation shows that 43% of releasees sent to the Bronx from state prisons have 2 or more serious chronic health conditions.
12/17/2012 5:00 PM EST
Health People’s Statement on New U.S. AIDS Blueprint
Statement by South Bronx-based Health People Executive Director Chris Norwood on the Obama Administration's PEPFAR "Blueprint for and AIDS Free World" and its implications for U.S. AIDS policy.
11/30/2012 6:00 AM EST
In NYC's "Forgotten Borough," 60's Singing Sensation Lesley Gore Mentors NYC "Forgotten Children" Who Have a Song to Sing and a Story to Tell
Singer Lesley Gore (“It’s My Party,” “You Don’t Own Me”) spent the summer quietly riding the 6 train to the South Bronx to help give voice to a group of kids who often find themselves voiceless in a noisy city. The kids, ages 5 to 20,...
11/12/2012 6:00 AM EST