Now What?

This website was designed as an educational resource for Columbia University students, Harlem residents and anyone interested in learning more about gentrification in Harlem. After exploring our website, we encourage you to take action:

• Learn more by clicking on the buttons to more information on our pages or references listed 

• Circulate this website to raise awareness on gentrification and displacement in Harlem, New York.

• Integrate the website into Teachers College, Barnard and Columbia University orientation.

• Promote and support small African-American businesses and vendors that still exist in Harlem.

A starter (60-plus!) list of Black-owned businesses in Harlem you can support right now (thecuriousuptowner.com) (Uptowner, 2023)