Family History Community Workshop

The 8-session Family History Community Workshop teaches Harlem residents how to create a family history photo book or a short family history documentary. The class meets on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Columbia University Lee C. Bollinger Forum, 605 West 125th Street at Broadway from December 2025 to May 2026. Priority was given to Harlem residents, but all New York City communities could apply. The workshop is sponsored by the Digital Media Training Program, under the auspices of the Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry (a 501 C3 non-profit). The workshop is currently fully enrolled. If you are interested in our next workshop, click here.

The Digital Media Training Program

The purpose of this site is to publicize a multi-media project exploring Harlem's past and present told by the people who live in the community. The project is called Harlem Through My Eyes and it utilizes video oral histories, photography and animation to tell the story of this world famous community. It is being created by a group of students ages 14 to 21 under the tutelage of Melvin McCray, program director, of the Digital Media Training Program at MIST Harlem.