Claudette Powell is a registered professional nurse. Her career and experience span over 20 years in home health care administration, encompassing hospital and community-based programs. Claudette’s st…
Alicia L. Hyndman
Alicia L. Hyndman was elected to the New York State Assembly on November 10, 2015, in the 29th AD, encompassing the neighborhoods of Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, St. Albans, Addisleigh Pa…
Celebrity Emcee For The Big Awards Gala Ms. Gail Lewis
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,…
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…
BLACK PANTHER: A Review
By Annette Gordon If you are the only person left who hasn’t seen the movie, Black Panther, here is why you should go see it. The storyline is about a fictional country in Africa named Wakanda, which …
Director Ryan Coogler Says ‘Black Panther’ Brought Him Closer To His Roots
As a kid in Oakland, Calif., Ryan Coogler hung out at a comic book shop near his school, reading about superheroes who looked nothing like him. “As I got older, I wanted to find a comic book cha…
LEADERSHIP RE-DEFINED
How often have you heard the expression, ‘leaders are born, not made’? I’ve heard it hundreds, maybe thousands of times in my lifetime; as a matter of fact I almost believed the lie, until I escaped t…
People Power in Protecting the Environment
Imagine living in a community with poor sewage for thirty years. In addition to coping daily with the unpleasant stench, one has to contend with possible health implications and poor water quality on …
Badges and Incidents of Slavery:
The Beginning of Wisdom is Calling Things by Their Proper Name By Marc Albritton During the “old slavery days” African people endured, struggled and fought against the brutality of racism and white su…
Embrace Ya Kidz – S E Queens Youth Empowerment Day Parade
It takes a village is one of the most shared clichés in communities of color. This resonant “Black Family” sentiment had its roots in Africa, but made universally popular by Hillary Rodham Clinton in …
