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Yonkers Mayor Spano Presents School Spotlight Award to Robert C. Dodson School

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YONKERS, NY – November 30, 2023 – Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today joined Yonkers Board of Education President Rev. Steve Lopez and Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Luis Rodriguez to present his School Spotlight Award to the deserving administration, faculty, staff, parents and students at Robert C. Dodson School. Under the leadership of Principal Romulo Ramirez, Robert […]

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Embracing Community Spirit: Second Annual East Harlem for the Holiday Campaign Kicks Off, Inspiring Local Shopping, Dining, and Delivering an Economic Boost to the Local Economy

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East Harlem, NY – It is with great pleasure that we announce the commencement of our second annual East Harlem for the Holiday campaign. This initiative is a collaborative effort among East Harlem Stakeholders (Union Settlement, Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, Uptown Grand Central, El Museo Del Barrio, Museum of the City of New York, El Barrio

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Social Security – Nightmares vs. Daydreams

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 by Daniel Rose The federal programs collectively known as Social Security represent one of our government’s largest expenditures (some 5% of our GDP) and constitute the major source of income for nearly 70 million Americans.  Retirement payments, family death benefits and insurance protection against severe disability that are provided by Social Security are a crucially

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Afrofuturist Play “In the Valley of the Coming Forth” Comes to Brooklyn Nov 24-25

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On November 24-25, 2023, the premier performance of “In the Valley of Coming Forth,” an Afrofuturist play by Dr. Herukhuti, takes over the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn. This alternative Thanksgiving weekend event presented by the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute tackles themes of European settler-colonialism, imperialism and white supremacy through the story of

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Harlem’s Erika Seymore Recognized as Student of the Month

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A local student—Erika Seymore of Harlem—was recently recognized as Student of the Month by the Rotary in Hershey, Pennsylvania—where she is a student at Milton Hershey School. Erika is now a senior but has been living and learning at Milton Hershey School since eighth grade. For background, MHS is a residential school where students in

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The W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Complex Project, Accra, Ghana

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On Friday September 22nd, 2023, the W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation, New York, signed a Final Site Control Agreement at a Breakfast Meeting with the President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Pierre Hotel in New York city. The Agreement now gives the Du Bois Museum Foundation New York, and its

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JPMorgan Chase brings Shark Tank’s Daymond John to Harlem to Share Small Business Tips

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by Derrel Jazz Johnson JPMorgan Chase hosted a fireside chat for New York City-based entrepreneurs recently at the Chase Harlem Community Center in New York City. Jason Patton, Managing Director, and Head of Community and Business Development, Northeast Division at JPMorgan Chase moderated the informative dialogue that included Queens, New York entrepreneur and television personality

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Recognizing the Beast: France’s Sustained Black Codes

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Op-Ed by Dr. Dòwòti Désir Recognizing the Beast: France’s Sustained Black Codes By Dr. Dòwòti Désir As the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024, whose theme: Recognition, Justice and Development, approaches its end, will it be marred by war and acrimony by the global African community on both sides of the

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Celebrating Greatness – Past, Present and Future

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The Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois By Daniel Rose Commentators have long noted the crucial function of heroes, role models and mentors in advancing the goals of society. When the great W.E.B. Du Bois proclaimed “The Negro race, like all other races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men”, he was urging the

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