Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stylish business suit, he sat by himself, night after night, in the bustling entryway of the Dunlevy Milbank Center in the middle of Harlem. His narrow face bore a trusting smile that masked a dogged purpose. He was trying to teach a course on human sexuality for neighborhood parents, and often nobody came. But he kept showing up. Michael Carrera, professor and prophet, understood that as a white man and an outsider he needed the parents' support if he wanted to come to their community to help their kids. "Involving parents is a show of respect," he declares. "It says...
Since his initial success at the Milbank Center, Carrera has expanded his program to include two other community centers in Harlem, one of which is in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood. Carrera receives financial support from New York City's Childrens Aid Society and devotes many hours each week to fund raising from private as well as public sources. The cost for each teenager is about $1,500 a year, and the paid staff members are all indigenous to the community. "Most adolescent pregnancy programs are headed by white female social workers," says Cary Dixon, a 48-year-old black...
Residents of the neighborhood groused that they didn't want to put up with visiting busloads of crime buffs. Italian-American organizations argued, somewhat illogically, that by designating the house, the Government would be honoring Capone, thus defaming their ethnic group. Said Robert Allegrini, executive director of the Joint Civic Commission of Italian Americans: "We shouldn't be haunted by Capone's ghost 50 years later." Daunted by the furor, Levell withdrew his proposal last week, explaining, "I still feel the house is historically significant, but not at the cost of hurting the Italian- American community...
Residents are concerned at the amount of traffic and security problems the facility would create in the neighborhood, they said. They also said they were hoping the site could be used as low-cost housing instead...
...City Council has not yet ruled on the downzoning proposal, developed in a petition submitted by the East Cambridge Neighborhood Association...