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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JPMorgan Chase Hosts Event with Nigel Sylvester Foundation in Harlem

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by Derrel Jazz Johnson JPMorgan Chase, BMX athlete Nigel Sylvester, and his Nigel Sylvester Foundation teamed up for their fifth financial health event in New York City recently at the Chase Harlem Community Center in the heart of Harlem on 125th Street. Several dozen children of various ages attended and answered questions from Sylvester and

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