Due to growing concerns and quarantines over the COVID-19 Pandemic, almost a billion children around the world have been dismissed from school, are missing friends, and are unable to see their extended families. Caribu, the family-activity video-calling app, is helping bridge the gap created by social distancing and self-isolation during this tumultuous time. Now, AT&T […]
New Book: Our Stories Our Voices Black Men Speak Their Truth / Book 1 reached milestone as No. 1 in Ethnic Demographic Studies and No. 1 Hot New Release on Amazon.com. Black Men telling their stories and speaking their truth will give readers a glimpse into their live as well as provide an inspiration for […]
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations helped get the first Americans to space and back safely, died today at the age of 101. She was the inspiration for the movie Hidden Figures and calculated the flight paths for NASA’s early missions. “Ms. Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made […]
New Book Our Stories , Our Voices: Black Men Speak Their Truth Book 1 is available for launch sale on Amazon.com starting February 17, 2020. Black Men telling their stories and speaking their truth will give readers a glimpse into their live as well as provide an inspiration for many generations into the future. Our […]
Andrew Morrison, former Oprah Winfrey Show guest is set to headline Power Networking Business Conference in New York April 18, 2020. The conference is a One Day Conference includes Breakfast & Lunch, Forums, Panels, Workshops, Business 2 Business Networking, Business 2 Consumer Networking, Value-based training, Exhibitors, Professional Headshots available for purchase and One Minute Commercials […]
Color is all around us, woven so tightly into our lives that we rarely stop to question what it is and how it works. Where do the colors in diamonds and rainbows come from? How have some animals benefited by evolving to stand out, while others survive by blending in? Why do some colors make […]
Kunal Mohindra, 16, of Yorktown Heights and Victoria Holmes, 13, of Corning today were named New York’s top two youth volunteers of 2020 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. As State Honorees, Kunal and Victoria each will receive $1,000, an engraved silver medallion and an all-expense-paid trip […]
Sharon R. Frank Real Estate, Inc. Presents Real Estate Investors Training 101 on Long Island. Speakers Include: Leighton Miller, Miller Property Management, LLC, Yvette Sanchez, New York City Realty Group, LLC, Sasha Modgadasian, Flatiron Capital, LLC, and Sharon R. Frank of Sharon R. Frank Real Estate, Inc. Date: February 19, 2020 Location: 130 East Merrick Road Freeport, New York 11520. Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. About: Sharon R. Frank is […]
Six-time Grammy award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride is scheduled to release The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons, February 7th, on Mack Avenue Records (mackavenue.com). A masterful salute to Black History and the critical speeches that launched the movement of change and hope in America. Culminating musical documentation of a richly inspired piece – lauding […]
The NYC Health Department has launched an anti-smoking media campaign featuring the family of a person affected by a smoking-related disease. The campaign, titled “Quit today. Be there tomorrow,” depicts a young girl beside her dad in a hospital room, telling him a story about a game she played with her uncle, and ends with her saying […]
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) is now accepting applications for its 2020 National Scholarship Program. For the fourth consecutive year, the NPRDP will award 100 scholarships valued at $2,000 each, for a total $200,000, to exceptional students of Puerto Rican descent that are making a difference in their communities. Applicants must be high school seniors or […]
Power Networking Business Series Forum, Conference, and Expo coming to Far Rockaway New York in Spring of 2020. The conference is a One Day Conference which includes Breakfast & Lunch, Forums, Panels, Workshops, Business 2 Business Networking, Business 2 Consumer Networking, Value-based training, Exhibitors, Professional Headshots available for purchase and One Minute Commercials available for […]
WNYC and the Apollo Theater will present WNYC’s 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “The Strategic King: MLK’s Visionary Leadership,“ as part of the Apollo’s Uptown Hall series, on Sunday, January 12 at 3pm. Hosted by WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning host Brian Lehrer and All Things Considered host Jami Floyd, this annual gathering convenes artists and activists, journalists and changemakers to […]
The Long Island (NY) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. hosted STEAMFest: Ignite Your Flight -Putting STEAM in Motion this past Sunday, November 17, 2019 for an educational and fun-filled event held at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, NY. Students and parents were treated to entertainment, a science presentation and lunch provided by the […]
Cyntoia Brown recently spoke with students of the Greenburgh Central School District (GCSD). Brown was convicted of murdering and robbing Johnny Michael Allen, who had bought her for sex. She was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 51 years. The governor of Tennessee granted her clemency in 2017, reducing her sentence to […]
