This page features items important to Louis Armstrong’s story and our community, including home ownership, education, incarceration, public advocacy, and artistic creation from our friends.
It’s in Queens!
Check out the weekly column from QEDC to learn about events at Queens Theatre, Queens Museum, Queensboro Dance Festival, Jamaica Center for Learning and the Arts, Lewis Latimer House, Langston Hughes Library, Queens Farm, Queens Botanical Garden and so many more!
Justice Arts
In the legacy of Louis Armstrong, arts organizations working with young people and adults impacted by the criminal justice system gathered for an in-person day of conversation and fellowship, part of an ongoing series of justice arts conversations in partnership with New Yorkers for Culture and the Arts. Interested in being involved? Contact the museum at [email protected] and check out this spreadsheet to learn more. You can also Sign up for the newsletter to be notified about future details. We are also proud to support the advocacy to include the Department of Justice in the White House and NEA’s “whole-of-government” approach to the arts.
Juneteenth
In June of 2024, New York City’s arts and cultural organizations are invited to join together in marking Juneteenth. 1) As a community, we pledge to continue the ongoing work of achieving equity, equality, and justice in our organizations and society. 2) A listing of our public events marking the celebration of Juneteenth will be compiled and shared with media and tourism outlets. Check out the list of events. Interested in planning your event for 2024? Reach out to us at [email protected] or through the Culture @3 community and Anti-Racism Working Group.Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens
Housing
Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens CDC (NHSQ) is a HUD-certified non-profit counseling agency with over 28 years of housing and advisory services for local residents of Queens. NHS of Queens mission is to preserve and revitalize underserved neighborhoods in Queens. Working in collaboration with government and businesses, we are led by local residents and guided by local needs. NHSQ catchment area includes Community Boards 1 through 4, consisting of the Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside, Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights. Check out their events!
Community!
Our Land Acknowledgement: Where do we stand? We are still learning as an organization, but to the best of our knowledge, the Louis Armstrong House Museum stands on the traditional land of the Matinecock People, one of the original tribes of New York, and a people who continue to live and work on this land to this day. We stand in a community that has been home to immigrants from many nations throughout its history and through today. We stand in a community that, in the 1940’s, welcomed two Black artists, at a time when many communities did not. We stand because of the support of community members and leaders who have passed, including Selma Heraldo, Michael Cogswell, Phoebe Jacobs, Stanley Crouch and Jimmy Heath. And we stand in the legacy of both Louis and Lucille Armstrong.