Gail Lewis has a passion for and a commitment to teaching. Professionally, Gail Lewis teaches Communications at the City University of New York. When not in a lecture hall instructing undergraduates,…
Destruction of Black Communities: “Gentrification by default.”
By Marc Albritton During the early years of the 1900s thriving independent black communities in America such as Greenwood (Black Wall Street), Oklahoma, and Rosewood, Florida was attacked and destroye…
Darren A. Wallace
Darren A. Wallace is the President and CEO of Vanguard Technical Solutions, LLC, based in Elmont, Long Island. His expertise in technology grew out of his formal education at the New York Institute of…
Teaching Children to Eat What They Grow in Brownsville
“Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when a man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life? …
QUEEN MAJESTY ARETHA FRANKLIN
WHEREITZAT SALUTES YOU – THE QUEEN OF SOUL! IN JAMAICA WE HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF SAYING STUFF…. “WE LOVE YOU AND CHERISH THE JOY YOU BROUGHT TO US – NUFF RESPECT!”…
A Tale of Two Jamaicas: “Town or Country?”
Part 1: “Town”
By Peter Ivey If you are planning to visit Jamaica and you find yourself deeply conflicted with the question of whether to stay on the island’s coast or in the big, little city of Kingston, then welco…
Let Us Make Dictator: An American Nightmare
By Marc Albritton “This morning I woke up in curfew. Dear lord I was a prisoner too. Could not recognize the faces stand over me. All dressed in uniforms of brutality.” These hauntingly prophetic word…
Design and Patterns of Nature
By Sharon Oliver, Founder and Lead Designer of Sharon Oliver Interior Design Interior design isn’t just the reformation of an empty space, but it is a reinvention of everything that already exists aro…
Men Wake Up and Stay Woke!
Written by: Publishers Vibe August 2018 Some eight years ago I wrote an expose about the sexual harassment and downright abuse prevalent in many local businesses that employed young women of color–own…
Grace Jamaica Jerk Festival 2018
By Leonard Mckenzie On Sunday July 22nd, 2018 the Grace Jamaica Jerk Festival was the scene at which the increasingly popular Nigerian singer Pato Ranking thrilled those patrons who braved the incleme…
Harlem Festival 2018
By Leonard Mckenzie Harlem New York— One of the biggest cultural celebrations in the countryis Harlem week, which continue throughout the entire month of August. This past Sunday, the event kick…
Frank Bastone – Social Dynamics
It was both pleasurable and informative to sit with Frank Bastone, President of Social Dynamics. Social Dynamics is a company that is dedicating to providing counsel and training to company executives…
