I’d be honored to join the 116^th Amsterdam News Anniversary Host Committee! Monday December 8, 2025 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm In-person and virtually!

Tax Deductible Gift to the Amsterdam News Educational Foundation!
Listed as a Host Committee Member on all Anniversary materials!
Special VIP Reception at the close of the 116th Anniversary with our acclaimed Publisher in her history laden office with historic commemoratives parting gifts!
Honored in perpetuity as a Founder Circle member of the “Reimagined…” iconic historic Amsterdam News HQ as featured in this ABC News microdocumentary for gifts $250 or $25 monthly!

I love that if I give $100 or $10 monthly or more – I’ll be listed in perpetuity as a Founder of the "Reimagining..." of the Amsterdam News iconic historic headquarters focused on preserving and sharing 116 years of irreplaceable Black history.

I want to help in the essential work of getting all of NYC, Harlem and the nation’s Black community excited about the "Reimagining..." of Amsterdam News' headquarters, featured in this ABC micro-documentary - plus folks let folks know they can help preserve a precious piece of Harlem and NYC history and help support the Black community in these challenging times.

I’ll get the word out to my family and friends!

STORY

The Amsterdam News and its headquarters have never just been a newspaper and a building. Rather, they have both always been vital institutions committed to empowering the Black and Brown community through fearless journalism and innovative storytelling. Now the Amsterdam News Educational Foundation is focused on converting this iconic institution, arguably the most treasured building in Harlem, into a public gathering place and museum honoring the role

Once one of the biggest weekly newspaper in the nation, and still to this day a New York City based “newspaper of record”, Amsterdam News’ was recently awarded “2024 Publisher of the Year”, the first time in the 125 years of this award that it has been accorded to a Black woman publisher. Additionally, Amsterdam News’ publisher was seminal in the recent founding of the groundbreaking Word in Black - a “public benefit corporation” of ten of the nation’s leading Black newspapers working in alliance to address racial justice while helping ensure the financial survival of Black media. Moreover, with 30 journalism awards and industry accolades in 2025 alone, plus the largest and fastest growing digital readership of all legacy Black newspapers, Amsterdam News’ and Amsterdam News Educational Foundation’s (founded in 1991) groundbreaking leadership is resolved, equipped and has the proven track record of innovative visioned action to bring this bold vision to reality.

Despite being the “Media Capital of the World” New York City is a news desert for Black residents. Home to the nation’s largest Black and Brown community, that community is underserved despite the city being media-saturated by mainstream outlets. Research shows that the Black community is highly distrustful of a mainstream media “designed to hold them back”, but has high degrees of confidence in Black newspapers like Amsterdam News. Additionally, Amsterdam News’ among its Black newspaper peers is legendary for its especially fearless racial justice newsroom.

Past headlines from the January 6, 1922 edition clamored not only against the Ku Klux Clan, but also decried the defeat of the Dwyer Anti-Lynching bill in U.S. Congress, and extolled Blacks who had gathered in Europe to denounce the fierce racial prejudice endured in the U.S. Amsterdam News was the first to publish Malcolm X’s writings and one of the few to stand up for the “Central Park Five,” now the Exonerated Five.

With its historic legacy and ongoing work Amsterdam News and its foundation, the Amsterdam News Educational Foundation are trusted partners for Black and Brown communities in New York City and across the nation. A powerful footing for the successful execution of this vision.

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