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Church of Scientology Community Center of Harlem Hosts Finale of the 18th Human Rights Summit

HARLEM, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- Harlem is a crossroads of culture and innovation, a trend-setting community of global influence. This is one reason the Church of Scientology Community Center of Harlem is an ideal location for the final day of the 18th annual Human Rights Summit. Organized by United for Human Rights and its program for young people, Youth for Human Rights International, the annual summit provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to young advocates from around the world.

This year, more than 50 delegates representing 35 nations and territories gathered at United Nations headquarters in New York for the first two days of the three-day summit and the Church of Scientology Community Center of Harlem hosted the final day.

At the UN, these young humanitarians met ambassadors and representatives of permanent missions to the UN. Internationally recognized human rights icons shared their experience and expertise with the delegates. By taking part in panel discussions and meeting and networking with other delegates, they broadened their horizons. And delegates presented their human rights activities to the hundreds attending the Summit in United Nations Conference Room 4 and countless others watching on UN Web TV. But the delegates found the final day of the summit to be the key to the future success of their campaigns.

At the Church of Scientology Community Center of Harlem, delegates attended a workshop where they learned how to use human rights education to create lasting and meaningful change.

"It is youth who will shape the future," said United for Human Rights Executive Director Emma Sims, who led the workshop at the Harlem Community Center. "They have the energy and optimism to achieve their dreams. Our human rights materials give them the practical tools they need so they can put their ideas into action. Human rights education is the key to broad social change. When people understand their rights and the rights of others, they are far more engaged. Delegates can grow their initiatives by bringing many more people on board using these booklets and videos."

Ms. Sims presented each delegate with A Youth for Human Rights educator kit, containing all elements for the initiative. They learned how to use the educational materials to raise awareness of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the vital role human rights education plays in creating social change. Then the delegates reviewed their own goals and formulated plans and programs to create the change they want to see.

The Church of Scientology of Harlem is an Ideal Scientology Organization, dedicated in July 2016 by Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige. "This new Community Center represents not just an offer to help," said Mr. Miscavige to the thousands gathered for the grand opening, "but rather, our obligation and right to help. Because, no matter what makes each of us individuals, we all represent the brotherhood of man. And so there is no escaping the fact that anyone's suffering is also our suffering. And that none of us are free unless all of us are free. When you track that to the end of the blackboard, it becomes no less than our inviolate duty to introduce humanity to every last living soul. And thereby keep faith with the family of man."

The Church of Scientology and Scientologists support United for Human Rights and Youth for Human Rights, making it possible to provide these materials free of charge to educators, civic and community leaders, and anyone wishing to educate others on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The program was inspired by humanitarian and Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, who believed "Human rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream."

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Harlem is a crossroads of culture and innovation, a trend-setting community of global influence. This is one reason the Church of Scientology Community Center of Harlem is an ideal location for the final day of the 18th annual Human Rights Summit. Organized by United for Human Rights and its program for young people, Youth for Human Rights International, the annual summit provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to young advocates from around the world.

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Mentors Honor L. Ron Hubbard for Helping Them Help At-Risk Youth Take the Path to a Better Life

HARLEM, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- In the Bronx, where the violent crime rate is the highest of the five boroughs of New York City, TBS New Direction, a Bronx-based mentoring and youth interventionist nonprofit, is addressing the root of the problem. Joined by religious leaders and community activists from the Bronx and Harlem, TBS New Direction leaders and members gathered at the Church of Scientology Harlem Community Center to honor L. Ron Hubbard for his common-sense guide to better living, The Way to Happiness. The group uses the book to build character and expand young people's ability to succeed without resorting to crime. To express their appreciation, they awarded honorary membership to L. Ron Hubbard, along with a Black Spades Jacket, which they presented to a representative of the Church of Scientology.

"I am honored to extend L. Ron Hubbard our heartfelt recognition for his extraordinary contributions to humanity through The Way to Happiness," said Mr. Marion "Tiny" Frampton, founder of TBS New Direction at the presentation.

TBS New Direction programs include gun and gang violence prevention, public safety activities, job development and training, community outreach and mobilization and social intervention. For the past several years, the nonprofit has been using The Way to Happiness to help youth learn the importance of moral values and discover their own goodness and values.

TBS New Direction takes its name from The Black Spades, a street gang that began in the Bronx in the 1960s. The Black Spades' original purpose was to fight racism, violence, bigotry and crime, and to counter the rapid spread of heroin throughout the community. By the 1970s, however, when the original leadership stepped down, the gang lost its bearings and ultimately became one of the most dangerous gangs in New York.

In 2019, a corps of The Black Spades founding members created the nonprofit TBS New Direction to accomplish the group's original purpose through mentoring at-risk youth.

The Church of Scientology Harlem and its Community Center are dedicated to working side by side with groups of all denominations and providing an array of civic programs and humanitarian initiatives to strengthen and unite the community.

For more information on the Church of Scientology Harlem Community Center and its programs, watch Destination Scientology: Harlem. And to see how changemakers from all faiths, cultures and nations use The Way to Happiness to uplift their communities, watch episodes of Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network.

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In the Bronx, where the violent crime rate is the highest of the five boroughs of New York City, TBS New Direction, a Bronx-based mentoring and youth interventionist nonprofit, is addressing the root of the problem. Joined by religious leaders and community activists from the Bronx and Harlem, TBS New Direction leaders and members gathered at the Church of Scientology Harlem Community Center to honor L. Ron Hubbard for his common-sense guide to better living, The Way to Happiness.

Share the Excitement at the Church of Scientology in the Capital of Cool

NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- Join the staff and parishioners of the Church of Scientology and Community Center Harlem in a celebration of their July 31 anniversary. "Harlem - it's pretty much inside of me," says Phil, an executive at the Church of Scientology Harlem in Destination: Scientology - Harlem on the Scientology Network. He describes Harlem as "a very, very proud community."

"I feel I have a responsibility to give back what has been given to me," Phil says, "And the Church is here to bring hope. . . The Scientology Community Center was built from the ground up and it was supported by Scientologists all over the world, because they knew that Harlem was a very, very special place."

Here, in the very heart of Harlem on 125th Street, thousands gathered on the afternoon of July 31, 2016, to share the excitement when Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige dedicated the new facilities.

Phil loves that people can get together here to create a better community. "This is a solution that the African American culture has been looking for, for so long - to bring a new Harlem Renaissance right here in Harlem, right now."

Harlem embraces all cultures. And some say there is a Latin rhythm in the way the heart of Harlem beats. East Harlem is home to the Latin American diaspora, with communities from Mexico and across Central and South America and the Caribbean. And the Church and Community Center have forged an enduring connection with the Latin community as well.

But short of taking "the A Train," the New York City subway line to Harlem, made famous as the theme song of the legendary Duke Ellington, there's no better way to find out what makes this Church unique than by watching Destination: Scientology Harlem on the Scientology Network.

About Destination: Scientology

Each episode of Destination: Scientology brings the viewer inside a new Church of Scientology, showcasing the diversity of our Churches and the cooperation that weaves every Church of Scientology into the local community fabric.

The Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018. Since launching, it has been viewed in more than 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology and Founder L. Ron Hubbard, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church's global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and can be streamed at Scientology.tv, on mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

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Join the staff and parishioners of the Church of Scientology and Community Center Harlem in a celebration of their July 31 anniversary. "Harlem - it's pretty much inside of me," says Phil, an executive at the Church of Scientology Harlem in Destination: Scientology - Harlem on the Scientology Network. He describes Harlem as "a very, very proud community."

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Church of Scientology Harlem Celebrates the Culture and Community of its Unique Home

HARLEM, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ -- In honor of the anniversary of the opening of the Church of Scientology and Community Center of Harlem, go behind the scenes with 'Destination: Scientology' an original series on the Scientology Network. Harlem has always marched to its own beat - in music, art and fashion - a beat that has reverberated around the world.

"There is nowhere else like Harlem," said Mr. David Miscavige, ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, when he dedicated the new Church and community center on July 31, 2016. "Your renaissance poets, your playwrights, your painters, your authors and musicians-even a mere recitation of the names is humbling: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Claude McKay and Louis Armstrong. What else need one say except 'excise Harlem from American history and everything turns lukewarm.'"

The staff and parishioners of the Church are equally passionate about Harlem and work each day to strengthen the vibrant community.

"Harlem is the capital of Black America," says Phil, a staff member at the Church. "We are brothers and sisters in Harlem. It's a very, very proud community. We have this vibe, this kind of swagger." Phil loves that "families can come, artists can come, they can get together and create a better community."

But Harlem also moves to a Latin beat says Sashianna, who describes how "growing up in Harlem is one of the best experiences you can have because you see what a real community is like. We have so much culture, we have so much art. I like to call it 'we have our own sazón'...our own type of flavor and our own seasoning to whatever we do."

In Destination Scientology: Harlem, viewers see how the Church has become a hub for this community, offering free tutoring for youngsters, performances by world-class artists, hosting an international delegation of human rights activists, and opening the Church for community activities and interfaith conferences.

The Church of Scientology Harlem is an Ideal Scientology Organization, configured to service Scientologists in their ascent to spiritual freedom and serve as a home for the entire community, a meeting ground of cooperative effort to uplift people of all denominations.

Destination: Scientology is an original series with each episode bringing the viewer inside a new Church of Scientology, showcasing their diversity and the cooperation that weaves every Church of Scientology into the local community fabric.

The Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018. Since launching, the Scientology Network has been viewed in 240 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also airs documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church's global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV channel 320 and can be streamed at Scientology.tv, through satellite television, mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

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VIDEO: https://youtu.be/wOs_NVaDYOw

In honor of the anniversary of the opening of the Church of Scientology and Community Center of Harlem, go behind the scenes with 'Destination: Scientology' an original series on the Scientology Network. Harlem has always marched to its own beat - in music, art and fashion - a beat that has reverberated around the world.

Related link: https://www.scientology.org/