Black History Month Guide 2018

Black History
is

Our History
is

American History

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HVCATS HONORS BLACK HISTORY
HUDSON VALLEY CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY STUDIO

Rick Soshensky MA, LCAT, MT-BC, NRMT, director

"Life affirming and life changing” “Rick is a miracle worker”
Stacy Rein, President, United Way Parent

Hudson Valley Creative Arts Therapy Studio (HVCATS) offers the highest
quality, state-licensed music therapy for individuals, groups or communities
dealing with disability, trauma, illness and other challenges.

We serve children, adolescents and adults. Sessions are designed to achieve
outcomes related to improved social, communicative, and emotional health. 

www.HVCATS.org 845-514-8669



We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office
we can, where we have a majority of black people... The question for black
people is not, when is the white man going to give us our rights, or when is
he going to give us good education for our children, or when is he going to
give us jobs-if the white man gives you anything-just remember when he
gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
-Fannie Lou Hamer

We’re gonna have to do more than talk. We’re gonna have to do more than listen.
We’re gonna have to do more than learn. We’re gonna have to start practicing and
that’s very hard. We’re gonna have to start getting out there with the people and
that’s difficult. Sometimes we think we’re better than the people so it’s gonna
take a lot of hard work” - Fred Hampton (Black Panther Party) 1948 - 1969

Learn Black History. Learn From Black History.  
Join the fight for Justice with us. 
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Astor Services for Children & Families is a community-based,
non-profit organization that provides children’s mental health
services, child welfare services, and early childhood development

programs. Astor serves children and families in New York
State’s Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx.

6339 Mill Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572 | (845) 871-1000
www.astorservices.org

Celebrating Black History Month

Antonio Delgado is running for Congress in New York’s 19th
Congressional District. Antonio grew up in a home with two full-

time working parents who taught him the value of hard work,
public service and giving back to the community. While at Colgate
University, Antonio never took his opportunity for granted. He was

awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and went on to study law at
Harvard. Both Antonio and his wife, Lacey, were raised to believe
that with success comes responsibility. In the Hudson Valley, the
American Dream should be an attainable dream. Now, more than

ever, it is time to stand up and Þght for American values.
Find out more at delgadoforcongress.com

Paid for by Delgado for Congress





Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley Proudly serving and
empowering the people of
Dutchess, Orange, Ulster
and Sullivan Counties

BIRTH CONTROL Emergency Contraception

HIV Testing & Referral HPV Vaccine Cancer Screening

TRANSGENDER HEALTH SERVICES PREGNANCY TESTING

ABORTION Sexuality EDUCATION Programs

ADVOCACY STD Testing & TREATMENT

PEER EDUCATION Breast Exams

ppmhv.org 845.562.7800

The right of all Americans to access affordable, high-quality healthcare
is under constant attack. However, African-Americans face unique
obstacles to sexual and reproductive healthcare, and these challenges
impact the Black community in distinct ways.
African-Americans are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer and
twice as likely to lose their lives to cervical cancer than non-Hispanic
whites. African-Americans account for almost half of the 1.1 million
people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, and are likelier to be
diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis than non-Hispanic
whites. African-Americans have more unintended and teen
pregnancies, and as a result, have higher rates of abortion.
African-American women are more likely to be uninsured or
underinsured and are often forced to delay care, which – in the case
of cancer – may cause patients to miss crucial opportunities for early
detection. Since Black women tend to be diagnosed later than other
groups, they experience higher death rates.
Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley (PPMHV) works to protect
and advocate for sexual and reproductive rights of African-Americans
and reduce racial disparities in healthcare. Crucial services like cancer
screenings, STD testing and treatment and affordable birth control, as
well as education and outreach, deliberately serve to close these
reproductive healthcare gaps.
PPMHV also organizes powerful diversity initiatives in Kingston,
through a Dyson Foundation grant, as well as in Newburgh and
Poughkeepsie through its Promoter/Promotores outreach, which trains
and deploys residents to provide information, referrals and
appointment assistance to increase service access and awareness.
PPMHV also spearheads the Poughkeepsie and Newburgh Healthy
Black and Latino Coalitions, a network of health/human service
organizations and community members that work to improve the
well-being of their respective communities.
With nearly 20,000 patients across Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, and
Sullivan counties, PPMHV is proud to be a local leader in the national
fight to ensure high-quality, affordable healthcare for all.







We’re Proud to Support
Black History Month Kingston

Kingston YMCA Farm Project
Celebrating our 5th year of

Community Food Production
Community Food Access
Youth Development
Education

Farm Stands in Midtown
June - October

To ensure our locally grown, organic
produce is accessible

we accept SNAP/EBT, WIC and
Senior FMNP checks

A program of the YMCA, the Kingston
YMCA Farm Project’s mission is to

educate and empower young people
and their families in the City of Kingston

by directly engaging them in
sustainable food production on our

urban farm while increasing the
community’s access to fresh, local food.

Connect with us:

www.kingstonymcafarmproject.org
Kingston YMCA Farm Project
yfarmkingston

3021 STATE ROUTE 213 EAST, STONE RIDGE, NY

Home of the Rondout Valley Food Pantry
& Committee for Racial Justice

Proudly Supports
Black History Month

Kingston

Thank you for all you do to
promote racial justice and to

create “The Beloved Community”

We gather for worship on Sundays
8am and 10am

Renewed and energized, we return to our daily lives
striving to serve those in need and work for justice and

peace in the name of Christ.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

We are here to help * contact us at

845-687- 9414 * [email protected]
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CELEBRATES “History...is not merely something to be
THE LEGACY read...On the contrary, the great force
AND POWER OF of history comes from the fact that we
BLACK HISTORY carry it within us...and history is
literally present in all that we do.”
-James Baldwin

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 HUDSON VALLEY LGBTQ
COMMUNITY CENTER

Honors and celebrates

BLACK
HISTORY MONTH

Pictured above, from left:
Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin; Audre Lorde; Laverne Cox and CeCe McDonald

WWW.LGBTQCENTER.ORG Honoring our past.
Celebrating our future. 

In the face of adversity, LGBTQ people of
color have not only survived but produced
tight-knit community, groundbreaking art
and culture, and vital political resistance.

300 WALL STREET The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community
KINGSTON, NY Center is proud to join Black History
Month: Kingston in highlighting and
celebrating Black excellence and the
LGBTQ experience, 

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ULSTER COUNTY

NEW YORK

Ski the slopes of the Shawangunk
Ridge or snuggle by a fire in the
comfort of your bed and breakfast.
Your snowy refuge awaits.

SEEK FOR
YOURSELF.

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