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SAGE: Harlem HEAT Office
SAGE Harlem The SAGE Harlem Neighborhood Program is considered a NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) based not on geography but on affinity. That means that we strive to create “safe space” for LGBT seniors in Harlem and those that identify with them by, a) producing opportunities for recreation and socializing; b) providing social services and support; c) facilitating educational opportunities; and d) partnering with neighborhood CBOs and senior centers to raise visibility and improve the quality of services. The SAGE NORC is located at the Harlem Independent Living Center at 289 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10027. The office is open Tuesdays & Fridays 9-5.
SAGE has four separate offices in Manhattan. The majority of our programming takes place at our Community Services Office in the LGBT Center and at our Harlem HEAT Office in the Harlem Independent Livng Center. As part of their ongoing outreach efforts to L.G.B.T. seniors of color, SAGE created, "Harlem Elders Advocating for Themselves" (Harlem HEAT) over a year ago. The group, whose office is located at 125th St. and St. Nicholas Ave. is meant to extend SAGE’s services and build community among L.G.B.T. seniors in Harlem, East Harlem and the Bronx. Scarborough, SAGE and Harlem HEAT’s community organizer said the group would help L.G.B.T. seniors help themselves by “teaching seniors how to advocate for themselves with social work agencies, medical care providers in general, how to speak up for themselves.”
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