On October 3, 2026, Dyckman Run Club will celebrate its 7-year Anniversary by hosting a 5K run/walk and by giving back to our community!
REGISTER: https://events.elitefeats.com/26dyckman
Whether you’re chasing a PR, completing your first 5K, or showing up to support the neighborhood, this event is for everyone.
Every step helps support the inaugural Dyckman Scholarship, creating opportunities and investing in the future of our community.
Register today and let’s move forward together!
Step away from the noise. Return to yourself.
Resonance is a community gathering designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and simply be. Through immersive sound healing led by Iyanga Intelez, you’ll be guided through a restorative experience using crystal singing bowls and resonant frequencies that invite deep rest, presence, and renewal.
Join Morris-Jumel Mansion for a FREE outdoor screening of this 60-minute documentary that explores and, in many instances, uncovers the stories of Black men and women who contributed to the building of the Nation, which celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.
Director Stacey Holman will introduce the film, parts of which were shot inside the Morris-Jumel Mansion.
Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy.
Celebrate Family & Community Day this August at Morris-Jumel Mansion by crafting your own French-inspired hand fan! The mansion’s ties to French culture date back to its former resident Eliza Jumel, who brought European influence to the estate. In the 18th and 19th centuries, hand fans were not only fashionable but also used a “language” of gestures to convey secret messages. Don’t miss this chance to stay cool! Materials are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Celebre el Día de la Familia y la Comunidad este agosto en la Mansión Morris-Jumel creando su propio abanico de inspiración francesa. Los vínculos de la mansión con la cultura francesa se remontan a su antigua residente Eliza Jumel, quien trajo la influencia europea a la finca. En los siglos XVIII y XIX, los abanicos no solo estaban de moda, sino que también utilizaban un “lenguaje” de gestos para transmitir mensajes secretos. ¡No pierda esta oportunidad de mantenerse fresco! Los materiales están disponibles por orden de llegada.
NO REGISTRATION NEEDED
This program is supported in part by the Medical Center Neighborhood Fund
Word Up welcomes award-winning professor Seth Michelson to discuss his new book Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry, a humanizing story of immigration shown through the lens of undocumented, unaccompanied children and the poems they write. In conversation with Michelson will be David C. Baluarte, an immigration attorney and CUNY law professor.
“Heartfelt . . . a surprisingly uplifting call to reform an unjust system.” -Publishers Weekly
This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.
In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees for this event are encouraged to stay masked.
Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.
In heart-wrenching prose, Seth Michelson faces the U.S. immigration crisis head on-by learning and sharing the stories of migrating people fleeing violence and poverty, and by leading workshops for minors held inside a maximum-security detention center. Highlighting the experiences of people desperate for safety, Michelson tirelessly fights for justice and their freedom. Guided through the powerful medium of poetry, the children share their pasts, struggles, hopes, and dreams. Among them, Carlitos, a 13-year-old boy who escaped a gang to try to make a safe and honest life on his own after his mother’s death, and Karla, a teenager whose family begged her to flee for safety after she was shot. Remarkably, they and other children from similar circumstances express themselves with honesty, passion, and optimism for a better future.
Michelson also introduces us to migrating people at the border, including a woman who was chased from her home amid violence, and a dedicated father who was arrested and beaten while searching for work to make a more secure life for his wife and daughter.
Whether relating experiences in a Mexican refugee camp or a U.S. immigration detention center, Michelson’s prose is brisk and gripping, offering hard-earned insights into ways we might create a better immigration system that treats all people with dignity.
Seth Michelson is an award-winning professor who has gained recognition from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Fulbright Foundation. He is the author of academic articles, book introductions, film and book reviews, and fourteen books of poetry and poetry in translation. His work has been published in English and Spanish in Argentina, Mexico, England, and Italy, among other countries. He currently teaches at Washington and Lee University in Virginia where he is the chair of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
David C. Baluarte (he/él) joined CUNY School of Law as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a Professor of Law in January 2024. Baluarte is an advocate, teacher, and scholar in the areas of immigration, refugee and statelessness protection, and international human rights. He has written numerous journal articles, academic studies, human rights reports, and participated in various grant-funded projects and high-profile impact litigation initiatives in these areas.
