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"We have an organization worthy of the esteem of both the community  and the Great State of New York." 

"Special thanks to Voza Rivers and Jamal Joseph on 55 years of excellence and prosperity in the Harlem community through arts & culture for Harlem's youth! I especially want to thank IMPACT children for an amazing performance here in Albany.We wish them all the best!"

The year was 1997, and Harlem was like “a prison without bars,” Mr. Joseph said. “The crack epidemic was ravaging the community and buildings were crumbling,” he said. “And that was when I decided to create an organization to help young people understand there are other ways out, other options, other tools.”

Republished from Captrust, Tuesday, January 29, 2019

by Sylvana Smith

From Black Panther and convict to writer, poet, producer, college professor, Academy Award nominee, and youth advocate, Jamal Joseph’s life has taken a circuitous path to the present. His is a story of perennial social activism, advancing lessons from his Black Panther days to empower a new generation.

Excuse Me, Young Brother, I Just Did

Shades of Truth Theatre and Voza Rivers/ New Heritage Theatre

in association with The Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Community Center present

The Day Harlem Saved Dr. King written and directed by Michael Green