S/O to Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s LatinX Employee Resource Group for putting together this powerhouse panel in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The topic is one that is near and dear to our heart, which is Race and…
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By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Community Care Activist ✊🏾🇩🇴 (@eileenzfuentes) on Aug 7, 2018 at 4:13am…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Listen, I get it. “Already living in a dictatorship” sounds harsh. Needlessly alarmist. Overblown even. But if I may. We are living through an out-of-control pandemic with a near depression walloping the economy and we…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) That’s right familia, The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) returns September 14-20. For over 2 decades, NYLFF has been relentlessly pushing the culture forward. Shining a spotlight on creatives of color and blazing trails…
My niece Mia w/ her copy of @ManhattanTimes featuring cover art by @andreaarroyoart honoring the courage displayed by @AOC on the House Floor. https://t.co/aLxxbmrR4g — Juan Rosa (@JuanRosa_NYC) August 3, 2020 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown…
If you are looking to help out your community then look no further than this initiative to clean up the community. The series of weekly cleanup events in neighborhoods throughout New York’s 13th Congressional District kicks off Saturday, August…
“Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.” John Lewis John Lewis made…
By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Jaye (@jayeuptown) on Jul 13, 2020 at 7:26am PDT The legal battle over the city’s attempt to rezone Inwood is headed to the state’s highest court.…
The coronavirus is not going to go away without all of us doing our part. Don’t let the outdoor dining fool you. NYC is no longer the epicenter of this pandemic, but the COVID-19 has simply relocated to more…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The year was 1965. Segregation was the established law of the land in the south. Good old American Apartheid was in full and brutal effect in Dixie. Jim Crow, the Southern system of terror designed…