tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35085188791026701332024-02-07T04:37:06.782-05:00The Black New Yorkers - New York Amsterdam NewsThe New York Amsterdam News' digital publication highlighting the best and brightest within NYC's Black community.Elinor Tatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408517978366051116noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-10933439261612635082021-10-21T00:00:00.005-04:002021-10-21T00:00:00.212-04:00Rob Fields makes art essential for community children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgySujxDNaWwTebD8TIXOAlJ0E78AtXtvyBcqywPltzho2cfUfAf76qJHXklZJ2eV7jQ5Dc_mer7rP6hrMIgHx3_KYPekQvureQOpJJ5vjtjpoL_LxWSSQVOgEUMRNhlVoJS-Hu2RqlMq2b-nBOakFtAtpsNWCOr12VTvzXvFfC1y41k9-6l-9-75xePw=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgySujxDNaWwTebD8TIXOAlJ0E78AtXtvyBcqywPltzho2cfUfAf76qJHXklZJ2eV7jQ5Dc_mer7rP6hrMIgHx3_KYPekQvureQOpJJ5vjtjpoL_LxWSSQVOgEUMRNhlVoJS-Hu2RqlMq2b-nBOakFtAtpsNWCOr12VTvzXvFfC1y41k9-6l-9-75xePw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rob Fields (Abbie Fields photo)</div>By Cyril Josh Barker<div><i>Amsterdam News Staff</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Rob Fields was appointed last month as the new director of the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling and wants to expand the imagination of local children with the goal of making them better citizens.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling was developed by Broadway Housing Communities and is part of the The Sugar Hill Project. The museum sits on the first and lower floor of a recently built 191,000 square-feet mixed-use building located at West 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The space features art exhibition spaces along with visual arts and performance offerings.</div><div><br /></div>
<button><a href="https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/10/21/rob-fields-makes-art-essential-for-community-children/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-21817627588395488752021-10-13T14:32:00.003-04:002021-10-13T14:32:37.917-04:00 Yvonne Stennett: Cut from a different CLOTH<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUvj7eW4yYL0Nj5m-a6mmLpKARHNMc0CdQutrEYwdZOp6C-dt1YxnMT9Hw3uErvWbbi3ln-ey7_vjfHOitTHYF3CBssRD_c2XIoz1z4jivQkXfPpbWhSE9CcWXMBUSoT5uOPhY8wl00SKcvoCj7HHR1-z4nr07wfPxydIJUdn2qpShQeYIiflEngHXjw=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUvj7eW4yYL0Nj5m-a6mmLpKARHNMc0CdQutrEYwdZOp6C-dt1YxnMT9Hw3uErvWbbi3ln-ey7_vjfHOitTHYF3CBssRD_c2XIoz1z4jivQkXfPpbWhSE9CcWXMBUSoT5uOPhY8wl00SKcvoCj7HHR1-z4nr07wfPxydIJUdn2qpShQeYIiflEngHXjw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yvonne Stennett (Community League of the Heights photo)</div><br />By Cyril Josh Barker<p></p><p>Yvonne Stennett is the executive director of the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) in Washington Heights. The nonprofit organization founded in 1952 offers services to disadvantaged residents in the neighborhood and is dedicated to finding solutions to poverty.</p><p>Stennett has dedicated most of her life to the organization, starting out as a youth counselor in 1979 and working her way up to executive director in 1994. Looking back on her nearly 30 years as the head of CLOTH, she said that coming there for a job 42 years ago was “divine intervention.”</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/oct/14/yvonne-stennett-cut-different-cloth/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-6518207802625597962021-10-07T00:00:00.006-04:002021-10-07T00:00:00.175-04:00 Seeing eye to eye with Dr. Daniel Laroche<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwjGb5-bGc6A4criIm5baKvTbW_WKjf9CZhEHIs4cmZMkmLhJuM4jdukSR4vrTq583TB6G-4vmPkw9j-_EMkSUhkNX3dJJhojSQcUSSLSNDBmTafLg6UBxC5eLJZZfdNmzZXFoQSP8Gwd8aqeyiVUfRs8bGPx1TWzswaZHuKAPhyCcWT9pLq_ZbrytCg=s1224" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwjGb5-bGc6A4criIm5baKvTbW_WKjf9CZhEHIs4cmZMkmLhJuM4jdukSR4vrTq583TB6G-4vmPkw9j-_EMkSUhkNX3dJJhojSQcUSSLSNDBmTafLg6UBxC5eLJZZfdNmzZXFoQSP8Gwd8aqeyiVUfRs8bGPx1TWzswaZHuKAPhyCcWT9pLq_ZbrytCg=s320" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dr. Daniel Laroche (Contributed)</div>By Cyril Josh Barker<p></p><p>Glaucoma specialist and author Dr. Daniel Laroche is on a mission to eliminate barriers to health care that exist for Black and Brown people. After seeing so many people of color die during the COVID-19 pandemic and over 25 years in medicine, Laroche is spreading his message about the benefits of making health a No. 1 priority.</p><p>Laroche, is the director of Glaucoma Services and president of Advanced Eyecare of New York. He primarily deals with eye health to prevent blindness caused by glaucoma, a condition hitting Black people the most.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/oct/07/seeing-eye-eye-dr-daniel-laroche/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-8272387038731544772021-09-30T00:00:00.004-04:002021-09-30T00:00:00.266-04:00Harlem Grown’s Tony Hilllery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwRCI4y9vWWnRV100BKDYA_M6-GAsgQnz3xRw7E8fxUK1ODT6gN3W-Znlt4VcqGd03QNT93Mqf8hNrGS5TCkV63MUQ-_-encEeYp21FSm2bdzA-gzS_r1hDxVKNTMILPmoPPLkiUV_WSW/s960/BNY+%25281%2529+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwRCI4y9vWWnRV100BKDYA_M6-GAsgQnz3xRw7E8fxUK1ODT6gN3W-Znlt4VcqGd03QNT93Mqf8hNrGS5TCkV63MUQ-_-encEeYp21FSm2bdzA-gzS_r1hDxVKNTMILPmoPPLkiUV_WSW/s320/BNY+%25281%2529+copy.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tony Hillery (Contributed)</div><p>By ARIAMA C. LONG </p><p><i>Report for America Corps Member Amsterdam News Staff </i></p><p>“The typical community garden in New York City is volunteer-driven, we’re not. Harlem Grown, although we plant fruits and vegetables, we grow people. So, we take local people, pay fair wages with healthcare to be farmers,” said Hillery.</p><p>Tony Hillery founded and has run Harlem Grown farms in Harlem, Manhattan for the past 10 years. </p><p>Before he started the farm in 2011, he had his own limousine company that served the entertainment industry</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/sep/30/harlem-growns-tony-hilllery/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-85660966144617142802021-09-23T00:00:00.006-04:002021-09-23T00:00:00.168-04:00A farm grows in East New York, Brooklyn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSKfeXEr_eDIbcTrnImSICynnsYZTPdXDjSm59upA0j50OoQsNZzhDVyi80aiVN1y1UacxJQOJVNzUBKejmYqy6DWudEdpqhK_eJYp7872bEcPtl4fyu1C_p4A5B8HsxosqHC32XsbipU/s1440/BNY_IMG_2259_Facetune_31-03-2021-21-10-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSKfeXEr_eDIbcTrnImSICynnsYZTPdXDjSm59upA0j50OoQsNZzhDVyi80aiVN1y1UacxJQOJVNzUBKejmYqy6DWudEdpqhK_eJYp7872bEcPtl4fyu1C_p4A5B8HsxosqHC32XsbipU/s320/BNY_IMG_2259_Facetune_31-03-2021-21-10-19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Iyeshima Harris (Contributed)</div><p><br /></p>ARIAMA C. LONG <p></p><p><i>Report for America Corps Member, Amsterdam News Staff </i></p><p>“People create the assumption after they put stores here. They designed this neighborhood to be a food swamp and assume that people of color like Popeyes and McDonald’s or whatever,” said Harris. “People are very grateful for the fresh food that we provide.”</p><p>Iyeshima Harris is the co-director at Green Guerillas and project director for East New York Farms!, a subsidiary of United Community Center which has been serving the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn for over 60 years.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/sep/23/farm-grows-east-new-york-brooklyn/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-79434605387511906262021-09-16T00:00:00.007-04:002021-09-22T16:02:57.561-04:00 Dawnn Lewis back for Broadway’s big return<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsad255NpOSjNOW8abJZWy7w3B_8TgVTCJUjUvwMHVkTus4acTLZMq2kG90ENLJOJfDSrfqMkP78VlVyGXajNiBCftoco6xu8uIrE8R1y4lqrpUzEBvMYruQ-e7d2e5lADfgQdvsGRjl1n/s781/BNY_Dawnn_Lewis_by_Alberto_E_Rodriguez_t580.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="580" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsad255NpOSjNOW8abJZWy7w3B_8TgVTCJUjUvwMHVkTus4acTLZMq2kG90ENLJOJfDSrfqMkP78VlVyGXajNiBCftoco6xu8uIrE8R1y4lqrpUzEBvMYruQ-e7d2e5lADfgQdvsGRjl1n/s320/BNY_Dawnn_Lewis_by_Alberto_E_Rodriguez_t580.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dawnn Lewis (ALBERTO E RODRIGUEZ PHOTO)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>By Cyril Josh Barker<p></p><p>Actress and singer Dawnn Lewis is best known for her role as Jaleesa Vinson on the NBC sitcom “A Different World.” Today, she’s back in New York City on Broadway in a major role in the musical “Tina.”</p><p>With an acting career spanning several decades, Lewis’ accolades include stage, television and film roles along with a stellar singing career. She’s also giving back to youth with her organization A New Day Foundation.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/sep/16/dawnn-lewis-back-broadways-big-return/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-45456040798023655052021-09-09T00:00:00.007-04:002021-10-13T14:33:03.093-04:00 Jacqueline Gathers: Home inspector extraordinaire<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ryP3Br_crK2c7rc0oIGG3JZz7uMI1cDGrGg8Lbl_fHTIWLyv9bjVsbZzCPK8pbeCfiak43xxz4VVWQvkNvIZJnNlacREIs1LHcwsudOHzsyCmv9yMyJyPZEoAJ0bJk7IJK2jw9iZUFBw/s640/BNY+Jacqueline+Gathers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ryP3Br_crK2c7rc0oIGG3JZz7uMI1cDGrGg8Lbl_fHTIWLyv9bjVsbZzCPK8pbeCfiak43xxz4VVWQvkNvIZJnNlacREIs1LHcwsudOHzsyCmv9yMyJyPZEoAJ0bJk7IJK2jw9iZUFBw/s320/BNY+Jacqueline+Gathers.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jacqueline Gathers</div><br />By Cyril Josh Barker<p></p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic caused a mass exodus as people moved out of New York City in favor of more space and more relaxed restrictions. Lower housing prices have people now scrambling to buy in the city, and home inspector Jacqueline Gathers is taking advantage of the trend.</p><p>A report by Douglas Elliman Real Estate brokerage released in April showed that Manhattan home-buying increased 2.1% in the first quarter of 2021 from the same time last year. While prices aren’t exactly dirt cheap, more people at all income levels are looking at options to buy.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/sep/09/jacqueline-gathers-home-inspector-extraordinaire/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-13789937317651768052021-08-26T00:00:00.002-04:002021-10-06T13:58:56.548-04:00 Roc-A-Natural founder highlights Staten Island<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EzIxud2LExKvfp5fMeqLzoC5h4-_bWeniOMHHnztKp-xF8lWqEsq3hK2nQ_YpiN705oAogs0rSuagX_rZkmY1G9fPHOFjF8zQ_TVZaQWwWuXn8pKdZIUV-ZuXiT-t1flC1wlEgTyxvhJ/s2539/BNY+%25281%2529+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EzIxud2LExKvfp5fMeqLzoC5h4-_bWeniOMHHnztKp-xF8lWqEsq3hK2nQ_YpiN705oAogs0rSuagX_rZkmY1G9fPHOFjF8zQ_TVZaQWwWuXn8pKdZIUV-ZuXiT-t1flC1wlEgTyxvhJ/s320/BNY+%25281%2529+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Dorcas Meyers (Contributed)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By ARIAMA C. LONG Report for America Corps Member /Amsterdam News Staff</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“I wanted more for me. It was great while it lasted but I felt that people wanted, yes, to know and rock natural hair. We encouraged people to embrace their natural hair. There was a lot of us who were a part of that movement and was loving it, but there was still a struggle. For me it was deeper and I wanted to get people involved with the health and wellness of it.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Staten Islander Dorcas Meyers, 58, started her holistic oil and butters skin, body, and hair care line in 2013, called Roc-A-Natural. Her shop is online and at her home currently. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><p></p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/aug/26/roc-natural-founder-highlights-staten-island/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-10167917223103342012021-08-19T00:00:00.005-04:002021-09-29T22:53:58.511-04:00 Bronx-own student Kamoy Beagle awarded nurses scholarships<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMlO_KxOlLsDGgqRdrlfhQ2cmr9hIxMs_XkrSS65LLourQimN9gEuyAQO7byNli7VBcbSdlYDloeNS6QCirWH4Ay8pxdy1FxkC9AaeL7hyuwDz9CLnLiISxNHkQQuuGFWLI1LiRAeL1aMqQlINuiFTOuKvwNFRmTBjpY-_Rnxyvx3Q7KcPaY9OhM0thA=s574" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="574" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMlO_KxOlLsDGgqRdrlfhQ2cmr9hIxMs_XkrSS65LLourQimN9gEuyAQO7byNli7VBcbSdlYDloeNS6QCirWH4Ay8pxdy1FxkC9AaeL7hyuwDz9CLnLiISxNHkQQuuGFWLI1LiRAeL1aMqQlINuiFTOuKvwNFRmTBjpY-_Rnxyvx3Q7KcPaY9OhM0thA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kemoy Beagle (Contributed)</div><br />By Ariama C. Long<p></p><p>Bronx students Kamoy Beagle and Destiny Ashley, of four Black nursing students across the country, have been awarded academic scholarships from ShiftMed and HomeCare.com.</p><p>With more than 125 applicants, the selection teams chose Beagle and Ashley as well as Rayin Jordan from Fremont, Ohio and Salematou Diallo from Philadelphia to be the coalition’s scholarship winners.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/aug/19/bronx-own-student-kamoy-beagle-awarded-nurses-scho/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-1889804826733774482021-08-12T12:04:00.004-04:002021-09-29T22:53:40.232-04:00Mother and daughter duo create vegan nail polish line, Serenity<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLHxJZsrpgihyoxsmZQ8wYaUGGPKSlW8IE4nU_WE8-GApc4qmscN84n2nCcuMWh7gUc-dnkQZ8Lav1QiF15yBU_j0dM1wJBZ6LaYTVnThj81qE0PV100y_Zj-hz9oIiOy5OUjC3IT5Cyi/s1234/bny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1234" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLHxJZsrpgihyoxsmZQ8wYaUGGPKSlW8IE4nU_WE8-GApc4qmscN84n2nCcuMWh7gUc-dnkQZ8Lav1QiF15yBU_j0dM1wJBZ6LaYTVnThj81qE0PV100y_Zj-hz9oIiOy5OUjC3IT5Cyi/s320/bny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jasmine (left) and Serenity Phinex (Contrbuted)</div><br />By Ariama C. Long<p></p><p>“It started during the pandemic,” began Serenity Nail Polish co-founder Jasmine Phinex. “She always loved getting her nails done, and so one day she asked me to go to the store and I was trying to explain that the stores were closed. At the time my daughter was like 3, and she said ‘[make] Serenity Nail Polish then.’ I took that and was like, you know what, we need to just start our own nail polish company because this is something that she loves and enjoys.”</p><p>Phinex’s daughter Serenity, whom the company is named after, is a small child with a big love for getting her nails painted. What started as a moment shared between her and her mom during last year’s pandemic ballooned into an entire business plan to create a non-toxic nail polish brand with a focus on creativity and self-expression for children. </p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/aug/12/mother-and-daughter-duo-create-vegan-nail-polish-l/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-30210301233032375152021-08-05T00:00:00.006-04:002021-09-29T22:53:29.852-04:00 Harlem woman’s extreme battle with COVID<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LVfbw9-cZc_rPDF3CTJig66Yq5Oew1CDve2QXF6m-MLnz3Y6N4-2oe_LLjxZpByPDe4nPiG71ON2tVMrr9ZJ9UT0MdyFb6RZzfTYi3pd5oRqmI3FqZs6ruBnY7Mx2_FODGx1JOfXMLbY/s1440/BNY+NatashaDyceinthehospital.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LVfbw9-cZc_rPDF3CTJig66Yq5Oew1CDve2QXF6m-MLnz3Y6N4-2oe_LLjxZpByPDe4nPiG71ON2tVMrr9ZJ9UT0MdyFb6RZzfTYi3pd5oRqmI3FqZs6ruBnY7Mx2_FODGx1JOfXMLbY/s320/BNY+NatashaDyceinthehospital.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Natasha Dyce</div>By Ariama C. Long<p></p><p>One Harlem woman recounts her harrowing experience with her bout of COVID-19 last year, warning others against the real dangers of the virus if they don’t consider getting vaccinated.</p><p>Natasha Dyce, a dedicated public servant at the PACT Renaissance Collaborative, spent nearly 50 days in the hospital after getting COVID. She suffered from failing organs and daily hallucinations, and then through rehabilitation, finally returned to work renovating apartments for New York City Housing Authority residents this year.</p><button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jul/22/michael-r-jackson-reshaping-world-musical-theater/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-5563780598189042112021-07-29T00:00:00.005-04:002021-09-29T22:53:21.903-04:00Brittany Bell bringing New York the sunshine and the rain<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbj3fULyfK3xYsZRHIRcalGxQHaFb2YYt8yGgUks7qHpdttHHpvOiSJojJHPW1q8X5P9zGbr9VGGUecTO_62xBackfVJDzBfoPFWKG4DZeYZlnWK2MW4YMyPA5inlO_wtB9VbR-qPlf-A/s2048/BNY+%25281%2529+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbj3fULyfK3xYsZRHIRcalGxQHaFb2YYt8yGgUks7qHpdttHHpvOiSJojJHPW1q8X5P9zGbr9VGGUecTO_62xBackfVJDzBfoPFWKG4DZeYZlnWK2MW4YMyPA5inlO_wtB9VbR-qPlf-A/s320/BNY+%25281%2529+copy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brittany Bell</div><br />By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p><i>Special to the AmNews</i></p><p>“I actually started out afraid of the weather,” said New York’s latest meteorologist Brittany Bell. “And me being afraid as a child, I would just watch The Weather Channel obsessively. And just I guess, watching it every single day, I kind of learned more about the weather. So that fear eventually turned to a passion. And I knew that it involved science. I was very interested in science and math. And I liked that science was something that was just hands-on and something that you could see, like right in front of your face because I’m a very hands-on type of person. So, it really started out as a fear but, through learning more about it, that fear turned into a passion,” said Bell.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jul/22/michael-r-jackson-reshaping-world-musical-theater/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-77351234071089937442021-07-22T00:00:00.007-04:002021-09-29T22:53:10.721-04:00Michael R. Jackson is reshaping the world of musical theater<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm15ZC6Q-8GigcDctooFUNcsekFDgluXXJvL3BWRxSZkiq7lDrtFAHbDsOVJZV3Yow22gNVkCxvItlL7imNc1Yrv7wk5iktuUvyuuAV1Gkeg9H6N4q9UaSXYpGAind9YDbO_QusbGTNLNm/s1008/BNY+Michael+R.+Jackson+by+Joey+Stocks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm15ZC6Q-8GigcDctooFUNcsekFDgluXXJvL3BWRxSZkiq7lDrtFAHbDsOVJZV3Yow22gNVkCxvItlL7imNc1Yrv7wk5iktuUvyuuAV1Gkeg9H6N4q9UaSXYpGAind9YDbO_QusbGTNLNm/s320/BNY+Michael+R.+Jackson+by+Joey+Stocks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Michael R. Jackson (Joey Stocks photo)</div>By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>“I remember taking her class as a creative writing student, and one day asking her, you know, in between classes, if wanting to pursue writing as a profession was too lofty of a goal for me to have, and she said, no, she very much encouraged me to write professionally. It wasn’t just like a stupid dream, or something that was out of my grasp. And I just always remember that because what she said, morphes me still in my life,” said Michael R. Jackson as he reflected on the moment when his instructor Deborah Thompson, whom he remembers as one of the first adults in his life to speak to him like an adult rather than a teenager, acknowledged his dreams. </p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jul/22/michael-r-jackson-reshaping-world-musical-theater/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-10756892868124019572021-07-15T00:00:00.009-04:002021-08-12T12:05:45.104-04:00Justin Garrett Moore uses architecture to help communities grow and prosper<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvBnLDzXzL0lx-JCEOEsTi8l0RNmxnoFlcPVH9zrXqIFCemkdmwOcu7434Ud7tYRY3KyPlgozfWznaVeXNbGa4mUYkD_8qzagMRP2xHl3lNj1rpnmprvT0bgH2znePbZNeFJ-bpdou2TM/s1400/imageedit_1_9084589499.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvBnLDzXzL0lx-JCEOEsTi8l0RNmxnoFlcPVH9zrXqIFCemkdmwOcu7434Ud7tYRY3KyPlgozfWznaVeXNbGa4mUYkD_8qzagMRP2xHl3lNj1rpnmprvT0bgH2znePbZNeFJ-bpdou2TM/s320/imageedit_1_9084589499.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Justin Garrett Moore (DARIO CALMESE PHOTO)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>Justin Garrett Moore is a 41-year-old architect who works in New York City, planning, developing and implementing architectural ideas. His work is primarily focused on ideas that revolve around social or cultural components through his work as an urban designer.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jul/15/justin-garrett-moore-uses-architecture-help-commun/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-57522654894699401112021-07-08T00:00:00.008-04:002021-08-12T12:05:34.687-04:00 Through life experience, Consolee Nishimwe seeks to advocate for women and girls<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IsHvCyIPu_-mq38QODSJfx4iAjXJ8X61C_oNMO9Sy3luJ_qvFQC1wIqKbXqMaz7AqWbQdH8jmsh4mTwb7yVhzwMy2YUFPbHtGWfNLC2CT_1GqPLBm4gZII6x3wzQxbfoezLq1Aab8YJV/s1350/BNY+Consolee+picture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IsHvCyIPu_-mq38QODSJfx4iAjXJ8X61C_oNMO9Sy3luJ_qvFQC1wIqKbXqMaz7AqWbQdH8jmsh4mTwb7yVhzwMy2YUFPbHtGWfNLC2CT_1GqPLBm4gZII6x3wzQxbfoezLq1Aab8YJV/s320/BNY+Consolee+picture.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Consolee Nishimwe (Contributed)</div><br />By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>Consolee Nishimwe, 41, lives in New York City and devotes much of her time to advocating for women’s rights as well as helping the people who have survived genocide-related trauma. Nishimwe, a Rwandan genocide survivor, recalls much of her current work being influenced by the trauma she experienced during her childhood in Rwanda.</p><button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jul/08/through-life-experience-consolee-nishimwe-seeks-ad/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-2258896296276742292021-07-01T00:00:00.009-04:002021-08-12T12:05:21.836-04:00 Reuben McDaniel emphasizes working in the public sector to give back to his community<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjth0rdjLlP1WEsgSMYCJ-qAZ9RMZtjZYxsFwM3wmVjGo53Cwwgy27oCMD2WDbkyU8jT84hw85zBf2vLRKYx2wz1gXhTn3-oDeGf_cSe6p34Thn0hshpMxxAVNXmCI2rML5Kmkx2lCaJC2M/s960/BNYREUBEN+MCDANIEL+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="797" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjth0rdjLlP1WEsgSMYCJ-qAZ9RMZtjZYxsFwM3wmVjGo53Cwwgy27oCMD2WDbkyU8jT84hw85zBf2vLRKYx2wz1gXhTn3-oDeGf_cSe6p34Thn0hshpMxxAVNXmCI2rML5Kmkx2lCaJC2M/s320/BNYREUBEN+MCDANIEL+.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Reuben McDaniel (Contributed)</div>By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>Reuben McDaniel, 59, is the president and CEO of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).</p><p>McDaniel grew up in Austin, Texas with a mother who was a lawyer and a father who was a professor at the University of Texas in the management department. He was a basketball player in high school and received a basketball scholarship at the University of Oregon at Charlotte, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jul/01/reuben-mcdaniel-emphasizes-working-public-sector-g/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-29369298118993117872021-06-24T00:00:00.007-04:002021-07-28T18:54:49.688-04:00Jerika Richardson pushes for reform in systems that disenfranchise the Black community<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SRnAQR5PkblMPH0PbH0MbTSwPsXpLrB60wKYdysHMnu5Ks81TdP68kBKE3kpVFgM3GR6xMWQfveeV3b1PEZm5XPpabl9KYzHcozxCsaHGAhAS0bIjrO6co33KKnDQYnGgaZ0hQfJe6nG/s1668/BNYJerika+Richardson.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SRnAQR5PkblMPH0PbH0MbTSwPsXpLrB60wKYdysHMnu5Ks81TdP68kBKE3kpVFgM3GR6xMWQfveeV3b1PEZm5XPpabl9KYzHcozxCsaHGAhAS0bIjrO6co33KKnDQYnGgaZ0hQfJe6nG/s400/BNYJerika+Richardson.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerika Richardson</td></tr></tbody></table>By Shania DeGroot<div><br /></div><div><div>Jerika Richardson, 39, grew up in Somerset, New Jersey. She reminisced on her early years in her community, the community that helped her appreciate the value of being interested and engaged in making sure others felt heard.</div><div><br /></div><div>“My family was very involved in the community of central New Jersey and I think that one of the things that they instilled in me is the importance of engaging in your community and the importance of voting, so one of the things that I remember is being there as a young person, being able to go to the poll with my parents,” said Richardson.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jun/24/jerika-richardson-pushes-reform-systems-disenfranc/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-21879649956559270722021-06-17T00:00:00.007-04:002021-07-28T18:54:38.871-04:00Rosalyn Mason works to ensure that Far Rockaway’s youth have a brighter future<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0kUiDCopIHLMY1wt59zI9bLHliYPK-zg_fTcVF1NCRF6PooqSKV79III7OLJT3ieqjeLQExGawkFdllxKbxarZB1uNGQrEuLk1ndKKkMSZOdt6gdUOnu4X1wULvX9ob2Hut0FZAA3XDL/s2048/BNYRosalynMasonContributed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0kUiDCopIHLMY1wt59zI9bLHliYPK-zg_fTcVF1NCRF6PooqSKV79III7OLJT3ieqjeLQExGawkFdllxKbxarZB1uNGQrEuLk1ndKKkMSZOdt6gdUOnu4X1wULvX9ob2Hut0FZAA3XDL/s320/BNYRosalynMasonContributed.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosalyn Mason (Contribute)</div><br />By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>Rosalyn Mason, 51, had come to Far Rockaway when she was nine years old and has lived there for the majority of her life. She remembers her childhood in her community, recalling some of her fondest recollections of the boardwalk along the ocean, as well as Playland, which she describes as a built-in carnival for summer, spring and fall.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jun/17/rosalyn-mason-works-ensure-far-rockaways-youth-hav/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-5093675502634640162021-06-10T00:00:00.006-04:002021-07-28T18:54:26.791-04:00Marsha Guerrier providing Black and Brown children with representation in literature<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOvgtLL9VdAMQE3Bf4cgck9bkjHWenyxkPCUNdKIOStiOauNC9DCWYBAE-S_QKoP2X_3qPjgZmlsO7DOzVhUyQ7TzHbXxCdfnekYnRWsAMRCXOHlFh3GPutlzTYUoh60VQS2hAV9FudW5/s600/BNY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="600" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOvgtLL9VdAMQE3Bf4cgck9bkjHWenyxkPCUNdKIOStiOauNC9DCWYBAE-S_QKoP2X_3qPjgZmlsO7DOzVhUyQ7TzHbXxCdfnekYnRWsAMRCXOHlFh3GPutlzTYUoh60VQS2hAV9FudW5/w400-h383/BNY.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marsha Guerrier (Contributed)</div>By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>Marsha Guerrier, 47, grew up reading books by Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison, two authors who profoundly influenced her reading habits and inspired her to think about how she could tell her story in the same way.</p><p>She was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrant parents and a cultured Haitian family. Her parents worked hard and fought hard to keep themselves gainfully employed in the nation, and her upbringing was very much what her parents taught her, which was how to work hard, get an education, and get a job. As she grew older, she realized how essential representation was as a Black woman who had started working in corporate offices as a teenager before moving on to New York Empire State College to acquire a bachelor’s degree in business management and economics.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jun/10/marsha-guerrier-providing-black-and-brown-children/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-44903086929805393182021-06-03T00:00:00.005-04:002021-07-07T16:15:22.026-04:00Niani Tolbert makes sure Black women work<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEEoVtPoAxXkmK5q-YN1b7upL8Ob5aqXwD3RarvMTuDA0ObJs-l1uE0-yuwqJThP98qmUI57XNETA10L1KDpVvo7bXRjpOuVadQT3tKD46sUOMRS8gfuHf5AKV9oF_nqQq1UhC119sSGb/s2048/BNY-Niani+Headshot+Sept+2020+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlEEoVtPoAxXkmK5q-YN1b7upL8Ob5aqXwD3RarvMTuDA0ObJs-l1uE0-yuwqJThP98qmUI57XNETA10L1KDpVvo7bXRjpOuVadQT3tKD46sUOMRS8gfuHf5AKV9oF_nqQq1UhC119sSGb/s320/BNY-Niani+Headshot+Sept+2020+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Niani Tolbert (Contributed)</div><br />By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>“I wanted to make sure that people who looked like my mother were not overlooked,” said Niani Tolbert, the 27-year-old founder of HireBlack, an employment agency and recruiting service dedicated to ensuring that Black women not only receive jobs, but also feel valued at work.</p><p>When the pandemic arrived in 2020, Tolbert, who had been laid off from her previous job as a technical recruiter at Equinox, was looking for work and had a lot of free time, so she decided to post a message on her Linked-in page on Juneteenth wanting help with resume evaluations for 19 Black women.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/jun/03/niani-tolbert-makes-sure-black-women-work/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-11026302430759140352021-05-27T00:00:00.005-04:002021-06-29T19:49:45.216-04:00David Jones giving back to the community that gave to him<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskpye7qbIB-syTM52J7MLU6-eQIWLyuutaw0iux7ekucyYQ8GG7usysgV4OcpFPxPNEnAMbe4X9kd9Y30z4CxpGi_ZsALynZ4Kwne8GPBO4B3qUXuVeFPCgYaIc8x2jRnUPKCNWuiqDb7/s2048/BNYDavidJonesPhotoCourtesyofCommuiityServiceSociety.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskpye7qbIB-syTM52J7MLU6-eQIWLyuutaw0iux7ekucyYQ8GG7usysgV4OcpFPxPNEnAMbe4X9kd9Y30z4CxpGi_ZsALynZ4Kwne8GPBO4B3qUXuVeFPCgYaIc8x2jRnUPKCNWuiqDb7/s320/BNYDavidJonesPhotoCourtesyofCommuiityServiceSociety.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">David Jones (Photo Courtesy of the Community Service Society)</div><br />By Shania DeGroot<p></p><p>David Jones, a Crown Heights Brooklyn native, knew what it meant to be a part of a community and to have a sense of purpose in his work. For over 36 years he has served as the CEO of Community Service Society. Most of his work involved tackling social problems such as poverty, student debt, and health care in low-income neighborhoods in New York City and the state of New York.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/may/20/affordable-houses-pierre-downing-built/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-27275835997285743642021-05-20T00:00:00.008-04:002021-06-23T15:05:01.950-04:00 The (affordable) houses Pierre Downing built<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtulX3OZP6PkYSQZt5-0Ul4RtMw-f-VGtxG0pABzzmH5R-Yd8-RxFO9gfBG94g8dfGNyw033mT2ClNDFcY8-8xOcjqfNDzMqwVOMMIxG6Hw8jSTxXasYhGfWGVRqEwQ6rt4SG9wL-qh_p0/s986/Pierre-Downing-hi-res.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtulX3OZP6PkYSQZt5-0Ul4RtMw-f-VGtxG0pABzzmH5R-Yd8-RxFO9gfBG94g8dfGNyw033mT2ClNDFcY8-8xOcjqfNDzMqwVOMMIxG6Hw8jSTxXasYhGfWGVRqEwQ6rt4SG9wL-qh_p0/s320/Pierre-Downing-hi-res.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pierre Downing (PHOTO COURTESY OF MONADNOCK DEVELOPMENT)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />By Cyril Josh Barker<p></p><p>Pierre Downing has built his career on making sure New Yorkers who need it have affordable housing. He currently serves as vice president of Affordable Housing at Monadnock Development. The company has rehabilitated thousands of apartment units in the city in affordable and mixed-use buildings.</p>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/may/20/affordable-houses-pierre-downing-built/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-17037240078352629082021-05-13T00:00:00.006-04:002021-06-16T17:10:36.775-04:00 One year later—a frontline nursing hero continues the fight<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TPV1JETiaK3-SgugmfykeV5bO4bTsyJP-yeBlkAbWp_PDJedJQUJvh7Xod-qqbm9cLPBlQaZbhqZt18T7D-r9_dOcBtt026E6T-Tzkn1z6o0BL_R_xTwsob6ZvERu34PZzdSPE7NYZNk/s2048/BNY+Ruth+Caballero+1_VNSNY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TPV1JETiaK3-SgugmfykeV5bO4bTsyJP-yeBlkAbWp_PDJedJQUJvh7Xod-qqbm9cLPBlQaZbhqZt18T7D-r9_dOcBtt026E6T-Tzkn1z6o0BL_R_xTwsob6ZvERu34PZzdSPE7NYZNk/w300-h400/BNY+Ruth+Caballero+1_VNSNY.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ruth Caballero, RN (Photo courtesy of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By Chandra Wilson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">National Nurses Month is a time to recognize the men and women who have dedicated their lives to the field of nursing. Home care nurses played a major role in New York City’s response to the coronavirus health crisis last year—and they continue to do so today.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ruth Caballero, RN, a home care nurse with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, was among the first frontline home care nurses to care for COVID-19 patients in their homes last year as New York City became the epicenter of the pandemic. Every day, she suited up with her mask, gloves and PPE, boarded the bus to Washington Heights, where she cared for patients just discharged from hospitals to recover from COVID-19.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/may/13/one-year-later-frontline-nursing-hero-continues-fi/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-21088635314811817972021-05-06T00:00:00.008-04:002021-06-09T17:15:42.784-04:00 Tabitha Johnson has the ‘keys’ to success<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpBpCMsbe9N8BhyphenhyphenUKCwn87fewHXcYwx-4hmRtKfVke-Q_JF9Lz2Qt81ZXhh6BMtqEsxL__049egYSrpA__LGQEMi5Eug9pr-k4pITAg77n_MMGZHjiBZGKggjmwyCeh0YLDLWUYgxWe6C/s960/BNYPhotoByTam+Photography+-+Montreal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpBpCMsbe9N8BhyphenhyphenUKCwn87fewHXcYwx-4hmRtKfVke-Q_JF9Lz2Qt81ZXhh6BMtqEsxL__049egYSrpA__LGQEMi5Eug9pr-k4pITAg77n_MMGZHjiBZGKggjmwyCeh0YLDLWUYgxWe6C/s320/BNYPhotoByTam+Photography+-+Montreal.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tabitha Johnson (Tam Photography - Montreal)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By Cyril Josh Barker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tabitha Johnson doesn’t just play the piano, she engages it. When she’s performing classical pieces, her fingers caress the ebony and ivory keys and her body sways to and fro as she produces audible masterpieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The 24-year-old virtuoso is a graduate student at the Manhattan School of Music and is on the path to being one of the world’s most notable classical musicians. In March, she won the David I. Martin Music Guild of the National Association of Negro Musician’s (NANM) piano and organ competition. Last month, she won the NANM’s Eastern Regional competition and now she’s headed for the national competition this summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div>
<button><a href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/may/06/tabitha-johnson-has-keys-success/">Read More</a></button>Amsterdam Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01137262127961745670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508518879102670133.post-87404636462353297212021-04-29T00:00:00.007-04:002021-06-02T13:48:48.671-04:00Dr. Raymond Codrington: Weeksville Heritage Center’s new leader<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSByWG-XskXxMw3h5Lgnpjbrt6EMNuSM5KiknRtUnWdlnLVYghbzXE0n7zPAtm7Gd_PXbz8CH_feZyg_Ou1O7oCkyyBrWSQNeb72b-9uhEXsbzCzAlblog9E4IPU6ssMbHycZlyc4DheH/s580/Weeksville_Heritage_Center_Raymond_Codrington_t580.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="580" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSByWG-XskXxMw3h5Lgnpjbrt6EMNuSM5KiknRtUnWdlnLVYghbzXE0n7zPAtm7Gd_PXbz8CH_feZyg_Ou1O7oCkyyBrWSQNeb72b-9uhEXsbzCzAlblog9E4IPU6ssMbHycZlyc4DheH/w640-h360/Weeksville_Heritage_Center_Raymond_Codrington_t580.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dr. Raymond Codrington (Photo courtesy of Weeksville Heritage Center)</div><br />By Cyril Josh Barker<p></p><p>Dr. Raymond Codrington takes his place as the new president and CEO of Brooklyn’s Weeksville Heritage Center (WHC). The historic landmark in Crown Heights was one of the nation’s first free Black communities during the 19th century and played a pivotal role in the abolition of slavery.</p><p>Codrington comes to WHC after an over five-and-a-half year stint as executive director of Hi-Arts, an East Harlem-based urban arts movement organization. During an interview with the AmNews, Codrington said his new role is his dream job and he plans to bring all of his past work to maintaining WHC.</p>
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