New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/01/2015 -- It has been an exciting and historic week leading into the 6th Annual Harlem Pride Celebrations themed "Justice for All, The Movement Continues." Thousands of Same Gender Loving / Lesbian, Gay, Bi Sexual, and Transgender (SGL/LGBT) revelers, family and friends visited uptown Manhattan for a week of festivities heralding the marriage equality win and the great strides gained by the SGL/LGBT community within the United States.

The week opened on Sunday, June 21st, Harlem Pride 2015 Sunday Service at St. Philip's Episcopal Church at 11:15am with award winning recording artist Nhojj.

Harlem Pride 2015 has capped an exciting year for Harlem's SGL/LGBT community, highlighted by the US Supreme Court recognizing gay marriage and Governor Cuomo targeting the eradication of new HIV infections in New York, with a renewed and focused outreach to Black, Hispanic and transgender communities. So today, HARLEM PRIDE offers in celebration, performances, music, entertainment and information that will lift the spirits and health of the SGL/LGBT community. - John Reddick, VP Harlem Pride, Inc.

Monday June 22nd, Celebrating The "T": Harlem Pride Trans* Appreciation Reception at Harlem A-loft Hotel. Tuesday, June 23rd, Circle of Life Celebration: A Memorial Service in conjunction with SAGE Harlem at Union Theological Seminary. Wednesday, June 24th, Dominican Film Festival LGBT Presentation of "Dolares de arena" co-sponsored by Harlem Pride at Columbia University's Alumni Auditorium. Thursday, June 25th, Harlem Pride Night for "Invisible Life The Musical" at The Apollo Theater. Friday, June 26th 2015, Pride Ride: Rockin' The Rivers! Circle Line Cruises Pier 83.

On Saturday, June 27th, rain or shine the 6th Annual Harlem Pride Day Celebration, Harlem Pride's signature event kicked off the weekend at Jackie Robinson Park. With more than 100 vendors and 5,000 participants the Village of Harlem shared #LOVEALWAYSWINS. Special Guest Frenchie Davis opened the fiesta with the song, "Home" from the Broadway musical The Wiz. Speaker of the New York City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York City Comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, New York State Assembly Member from the 70th district, Keith L. T. Wright and Musical Guest Divinity Roxx.

Sunday, June 28th, Harlem Pride represented the Village of Harlem at NYC Heritage of Pride Parade March down 5th Avenue into the Greenwich Village.

Sunday Evening, June 28th, Official Harlem Pride Closing Party

Hashtags: #HarlemPride2015, #JusticeforAlltheMovementContinues, #DominicanFilmFest

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About Harlem Pride
In 2010, Harlem Pride's founders saw an opportunity to celebrate not just our Same Gender Loving/LGBT community, but its role and contributions to Harlem's rich history and thus Harlem Pride was born.

Our mission is to advocate for, educate, promote, and unite Harlem's Same Gender Loving/LGBT individuals, organizations and supporters in cultivating a sense of honor, dignity and respect for our diverse culture and community.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/08/2015 -- On Wednesday, June 3rd at Aloft Hotel Harlem the Harlem Pride 2015 Committee announced its 6th Annual Harlem Pride Celebration theme "Justice for All, The Movement Continues." A week of festivities (June 21st – 28th) is planned to take place throughout the upper Manhattan region to herald the great strides of national and global equality. The uptown enclave will open its arms to thousands of Same Gender Loving / Lesbian, Gay, Bi Sexual, and Transgender (SGL/LGBT) revelers, family and friends from the Tri State area and beyond.

"We are honored to represent the community in Harlem," says Carmen Neely, President of Harlem Pride. "It's been a wonderful six years and our growth has been tremendous. We thank all who have supported us through these years and invite folks who are new to us to come be a part of our family as we celebrate SGL/LGBT PRIDE in Harlem!"

Harlem Pride also announced its continued collaboration with the organizers of the 4th Annual Dominican Film Festival in New York. On Wednesday, June 24th, Harlem Pride and the Dominican Film Festival team up to present a special screening of the film "Dolares de arena." Directed by Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzman the film depicts the lesbian affair of an opportunistic young woman involved with a wealthy matriarch "Our collaboration with Harlem Pride brings our two communities together on our opening night in support of our award winning LGBT film selection" offered Armando Guareno, Founder and Executive Director of The Dominican Film Festival.

Harlem Pride 2015 Event Schedule will include:
Sunday, June 21st, Harlem Pride 2015 Sunday Service at St. Philip's Episcopalian Church at 11:15am with award winning recording artist Nhojj.

Monday June 22nd, Celebrating The "T": Harlem Pride Trans* Appreciation Reception at Harlem A-loft Hotel, 6:00pm - 10:00pm.

Tuesday, June 23rd, Circle of Life Celebration: A Memorial Service in conjunction with SAGE Harlem at Union Theological Seminary, 6:00p - 9:00pm.

Wednesday, June 24th, Dominican Film Festival LGBT Presentation of "Dolares de arena" co-sponsored by Harlem Pride at Columbia University's Alumni Auditorium, Showtime 7:00pm.

Thursday, June 25th, Harlem Pride Night for "Invisible Life The Musical" at The Apollo Theater, Showtime 7:30pm.

Friday, June 26th 2015, Pride Ride: Rockin' The Rivers! Circle Line Cruises Pier 83 West 42nd Street, 9:00pm – Midnight [Boarding Starts at 8:00pm] Tickets – $50 (includes food).

Saturday, June 27th, 6th Annual Harlem Pride Day Celebration, 12Noon - 6:00pm at Jackie Robinson Park located on Bradhurst Avenue @ West 148th Street.

Sunday, June 28th, NYC Heritage Pride Parade March

Sunday Evening, June 28th, Official Harlem Pride 2015 Closing Party at Cove Lounge, 325 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10027, 9:00pm – 3:00am. Tickets $15 Online In Advance – $20 At The Door.

For more information on Harlem Pride Week 2015 or to purchase tickets visit: www.HarlemPride.org, Facebook.com/HarlemPride or Twitter.com/HarlemPrideNYC

Hashtags: #HarlemPride2015, #JusticeforAlltheMovementContinues, #DominicanFilmFest

Harlem Pride Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor: NY-Presbyterian Hospital - Ambulatory Care Network

Hotel Sponsor: Aloft Hotel Harlem

Media Sponsors: GO! Magazine and Edge Media

Official Travel Sponsor: Southwest Airlines

Special Collaboration: 4th Annual Dominican Film Festival

Event Sponsors: Testing Makes Us Stronger, William F. Ryan Center, New York Liberty, Cove Lounge, EmblemHealth, Safehorizon, Metropolitan Community Church of New York, Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY).

Partners include: LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent, Rivers Of Living Water, SAGE Harlem, The Gatekeepers Collective

Public Relations: Global Network of Black Pride

About Harlem Pride
In 2010, Harlem Pride's founders saw an opportunity to celebrate not just our Same Gender Loving/LGBT community, but its role and contributions to Harlem's rich history and thus Harlem Pride was born.

Our mission is to advocate for, educate, promote, and unite Harlem's Same Gender Loving/LGBT individuals, organizations and supporters in cultivating a sense of honor, dignity and respect for our diverse culture and community.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

OSCAR® WINNING ACTRESS MO’NIQUE, ISAIAH WASHINGTON AND ROBERT L. JOHNSON ATTENDED THE HARLEM PREMIERE OF PATRIK-IAN POLK’S NEW FILM BLACKBIRD with PRIDE

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2015 -- Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037) was the venue for a premiere of Patrik-Ian Polk's Blackbird presented by Harlem Pride and DBQ Magazine. The star studded Wednesday, April 22, 2015 event kicked off with a Red Carpet and VIP Reception followed by the 7:30 PM Screening which was introduced by Robert L. Johnson (Chairman of RLJ Entertainment and founder of Black Entertainment Television). The director and cast members participated in a special Q&A, followed by a Blackbird after party at Harlem's Cove Lounge.

Mo'Nique, Isaiah Washington, Julian Walker, D. Woods alongside the film's producers Carol Ann Shine and Keith Brown. Special guests also include Tyson Beckford, Leon, Wade Davis,Harlem Pride's President Carmen Neely, DBQ Magazine Publisher David Bridgeforth and Recording Artist Monifah.

Blackbird tells the story of 17-year-old Randy Rousseau (newcomer Julian Walker), a devout high school choirboy struggling to come of age in the small religiously conservative Mississippi town he calls home. Randy juggles his role as star of the church choir with facing the everyday trials of a high school misfit- a misfit plagued by eerie visions and premonitions. Complicating matters, his little sister has gone missing and his parents have subsequently split up, leaving him to care for his heartbroken mother, Claire (Mo'Nique). When Claire discovers a shocking secret her son has been hiding, she blames him for the disappearance of his sister. Randy's father, Lance (Isaiah Washington), who has been keeping a watchful eye on his broken family, steps in to give his son a hand as he struggles to make the difficult transition into manhood.

Academy Award® winning actress and comedian Mo'Nique, veteran actor Isaiah Washington and newcomer actor Julian Walker star in this adaptation of Larry Duplechan's novel, with the script co-written by Polk and Rikki Beadle-Blair. Terrell Tilford, Gary L. Gray, Kevin Allesee, Torrey Laamar, Nikki Jane and D. Woods round out the cast.

Blackbird will be released theatrically on April 24, 2015 by Robert Johnson's RLJ Entertainment as well as on the subscription-based UMC: Urban Movie Channel this Summer in tandem with its VOD, digital and Blu-Ray/DVD.

Blackbird Trailer: www.vimeo.com/86641697
Purchase Tickets TONIGHT in Harlem: http://www.fandango.com/blackbird2015_182247/movieoverview

Social Media Hashtags: #HarlemPride2015, #BlackbirdHP, #WeAreBlackbird

Tagline: Will you choose to be what you had no choice in being?

About Patrik-Ian Polk
An award-winning filmmaker best known for creating the hit TV series "Noah's Arc" for MTV's Logo Network. His feature film credits include "Punks," which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, "Noah's Arc: Jumping The Broom", nominated for three NAACP Image Awards (Outstanding Film, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Directing) and winner of the GLAAD Award for Best Film (2008) and "The Skinny."

UMC: Urban Movie Channel
Robert L. Johnson's Urban Movie Channel has acquired U.S. rights to the coming-of-age film "Blackbird." Urban Movie Channel, a digital subscription based channel that will feature urban-themed movies. Programs previously released by RLJE under the One Village brand will be incorporated into UMC's library, which will also include titles from RLJE's existing Image independent feature film line.

Harlem Pride
Harlem Pride's founders saw an opportunity to celebrate not just our Same Gender Loving/LGBT community, but its role and contributions to Harlem's rich history and thus Harlem Pride was born.

The organization's mission is to advocate for, educate, promote, and unite Harlem's Same Gender Loving/LGBT individuals, organizations and supporters in cultivating a sense of honor, dignity and respect for our diverse culture and community.

About DBQ Magazine
DBQ Magazine is currently the fastest growing and most popular LGBT publication for people of color in the country. The DBQ brand is that of the critically acclaimed gay media personality, David Bridgeforth, which is a partnership of beauty, brains, and substance with a liberal sophistication. DBQ Magazine, because of the publication's unique ability to give readers what they want while leading them to what they need, has been nicknamed the 'Oprah Magazine for the gays'.

Richard E. Pelzer II & Ulysses Williams of Global Network of Black Pride with Camille Evans of CME Group were honored to produce and manage the red carpet presentations for the evening.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/17/2015 -- Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037) is set to be the venue for a premiere of Patrik-Ian Polk's Blackbird presented by Harlem Pride and DBQ Magazine. The star studded Wednesday, April 22, 2015 event will kick off with a Red Carpet and VIP Reception followed by a 7 PM Screening which will be introduced by Robert L. Johnson (Chairman of RLJ Entertainment and founder of Black Entertainment Television). The director and cast members will also participate in a special Q&A, followed by a Blackbird after party attended by celebrity guests and the filmmakers. Scheduled to appear are Mo'Nique, Isaiah Washington, Julian Walker, D. Woods alongside the film's producers Carol Ann Shine and Keith Brown. Confirmed guests also include Bevy Smith, recording artist Chad B, Wade Davis, Carmen Neely, David Bridgeforth and recording artist M Bars. Additional celebrity guests to be announced.

Blackbird tells the story of 17-year-old Randy Rousseau (newcomer Julian Walker), a devout high school choirboy struggling to come of age in the small religiously conservative Mississippi town he calls home. Randy juggles his role as star of the church choir with facing the everyday trials of a high school misfit- a misfit plagued by eerie visions and premonitions. Complicating matters, his little sister has gone missing and his parents have subsequently split up, leaving him to care for his heartbroken mother, Claire (Mo'Nique). When Claire discovers a shocking secret her son has been hiding, she blames him for the disappearance of his sister. Randy's father, Lance (Isaiah Washington), who has been keeping a watchful eye on his broken family, steps in to give his son a hand as he struggles to make the difficult transition into manhood.

Academy Award® winning actress and comedian Mo'Nique, veteran actor Isaiah Washington and newcomer actor Julian Walker star in this adaptation of Larry Duplechan's novel, with the script co-written by Polk and Rikki Beadle-Blair. Terrell Tilford, Gary L. Gray, Kevin Allesee, Torrey Laamar, Nikki Jane and D. Woods round out the cast.

Blackbird will be released theatrically on April 24, 2015 by Robert Johnson's RLJ Entertainment as well as on the subscription-based UMC: Urban Movie Channel this Summer in tandem with its VOD, digital and Blu-Ray/DVD.

Blackbird Trailer: http://www.vimeo.com/86641697
Purchase Tickets: http://www.tinyurl.com/HPBBird
Social Media Hashtags: #HarlemPride2015, #BlackbirdHP

Tagline: Will you choose to be what you had no choice in being?

About Patrik-Ian Polk
An award-winning filmmaker best known for creating the hit TV series "Noah's Arc" for MTV's Logo Network. His feature film credits include "Punks," which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, "Noah's Arc: Jumping The Broom", nominated for three NAACP Image Awards (Outstanding Film, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Directing) and winner of the GLAAD Award for Best Film (2008) and "The Skinny."

UMC: Urban Movie Channel
Robert L. Johnson's Urban Movie Channel has acquired U.S. rights to the coming-of-age film "Blackbird." Urban Movie Channel, a digital subscription based channel that will feature urban-themed movies. Programs previously released by RLJE under the One Village brand will be incorporated into UMC's library, which will also include titles from RLJE's existing Image independent feature film line.

About Harlem Pride
Harlem Pride's founders saw an opportunity to celebrate not just our Same Gender Loving/LGBT community, but its role and contributions to Harlem's rich history and thus Harlem Pride was born.

The organization's mission is to advocate for, educate, promote, and unite Harlem's Same Gender Loving/LGBT individuals, organizations and supporters in cultivating a sense of honor, dignity and respect for our diverse culture and community. Harlem Pride was incorporated in New York State as a Not-For-Profit Corporation in 2010 and is a Registered Charity in New York State. All donations are Tax Deductible.

About DBQ Magazine
DBQ Magazine is currently the fastest growing and most popular LGBT publication for people of color in the country. The DBQ brand is that of the critically acclaimed gay media personality, David Bridgeforth, which is a partnership of beauty, brains, and substance with a liberal sophistication. DBQ Magazine, because of the publication's unique ability to give readers what they want while leading them to what they need, has been nicknamed the 'Oprah Magazine for the gays'.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm