Unable to stage its big fundraiser because of the pandemic, Figure Skating in Harlem is going from the ice to the internet. The Figure Skating in Harlem Champions in Life Virtual Gala will be held May 14 and will feature Olympic champions Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi and Meryl Davis.
The 23-year-old group is the only organization for girls of color that combines education with access to the athletic and artistic discipline of figure skating. “Pivoting is a skating term,” says Sharon Cohen, the organization's founder and CEO, “and we pivoted and decided we could showcase the show virtually.
Anybody can log on to the gala, it is free to watch, and we hope people will support us through it. "We took the basic structure of our gala and