Published on 06/03/2024 10:49
Video duration: 1 min United States: in New York, a school uses figure skating as a springboard for African-American women in Harlem United States: in New York, a school uses figure skating as a springboard for Afro-Americans Americans from Harlem (France 2)
In the Harlem district of New York, in the United States, an association helps African-American women by offering a school combining figure skating and evening classes. The academic and university results are spectacular.
At the foot of the skyscrapers of Manhattan in New York (United States), they occupy a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers. On the ice, skaters from the Harlem neighborhood are performing. For 30 years, the “Figure skating Harlem” association has made equal opportunities a daily fight for African-American women.
A major documentary series in 2025
The idea was born in the early 90s in the mind of Sharon Cohen, a former champion. This involves offering young women from the working-class neighborhood of Harlem a school combining figure skating and evening classes. An idea since supported by former First Lady Michelle Obama. “Skating is our bait, but it’s education that counts first, and it works”, says Sharon Cohen. With its support program, the school displays spectacular academic and academic results. A philosophy which has attracted the attention of a famous streaming platform, which will dedicate a major documentary series to it in 2025.
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