June 2020 Edition
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BlaQue Resource Network is helping Queens residents during the COVID-Pandemic
COVID-19 is a deadly virus that has swept through the nation. The hardest hit city in the country is New York, specifically areas such as South East Queens. We have seen firsthand the negative impact thatthe virus has had on these areas. However, let’s talk about the positive impact we have seen for the local
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Harlem Inspires Addicts with Recovery Program
Paul Pellinger is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Recovery Unplugged, but it was his love of music and the viewing of a classic television show filmed in Har-lem that led Pellinger to combine his love of music with his expertise work-ing with addicts, to launch Recovery Unplugged. The Harlem Times spoke exclusively to
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Educators Share Tips for Home School Success
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust parents and guardians into the position of having to oversee the studies of their children from home, often while working themselves and taking care of the needs of the house. As you might imagine, not everyone was ready for this enormous undertaking, but don’t fret! The Harlem Times spoke to
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Disney Dreamers Academy
Uniting talented teens for a life-changing experience by Derrel Jazz Johnson The 13th Annual Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine, a program that unites 100 talented teens from all across the United States for four days of life-changing activities at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, takes place from
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Howard University Historic Donation
Washington, D.C.’s Howard University has received a $10 million gift, the largest in its 153-year history, to expand a science and technology scholars program that was started to increase the presence of minorities in these fields, according to the Washington Post. The donation, which comes from the Karsh Family Foundation, will go toward the university’s
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Lunch with the President of Ghana
Greetings! His Excellency, President Nana Addo Dan-quah Akufo-Addo, in spirit. Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyenhene, represented by Samuel Atta Akeya Municipal Chief Executive Honorable Kojo Ofori-Safo. Municipal Education Director Grace Owu-sua-Addo. Paramount Chief of Yamoransa Nana Okese Essendoh IX, Teachers, Students, Parents, Citizens, and Guests. All protocols observed. The percussion band and the dance perfor-mances
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The Ideal Candidate for 2020
We all want to support the ideal candidate for President, but that person never seems to be running.
What we can do at this stage is to ponder the social and economic positions such a candidate might espouse; and we can hope that such a candidate will emerge…
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Global Music Icon Janet Jackson Returns to Las Vegas for Epic Residency
(Photos by Farrenton Grigsby/Getty Images for JJ) by Derrel Johnson Global music icon Janet Jackson made her performance debut at MGM Casino in Las Vegas, at the tender age of 7. Some 46 years later, Jackson is back at MGM and she returns replete with her massive catalog of hits and an army of dancers. The singer
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Brian McKnight Celebrates Love, Prince, and Whitney Houston in Las Vegas Concert
by Derrel Johnson Singer, producer, songwriter and musician Brian McKnight took his audience on a journey through his 27-year career of creating beautiful music while also paying homage to some of the greatest performers of all time during his recent concert at the 1,500-seat Encore Theater at Wynn in Las Vegas, Nevada. Performing songs from his 1992
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