Photos & News – African immigrant and African-American New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond
Photo credit: Digital Skillet 1 The Health Department announced on December 7, 2021, that the New Family Home Visits program is open to first-time families in public housing engaged with child welfare or living in neighborhoods with the greatest social … Read More
In time for Giving Tuesday and the holiday season, New York Attorney General Letitia James released on November 29, 2021, her annual “Pennies for Charity: Fundraising by Professional Fundraisers” report, which found that charities that retained professional fundraisers received about … Read More
Photos credits: Isseu Diouf Campbell Since they opened Jacob Restaurant in 2019 in Harlem, owners Rachid and Kim Niang have fed community members every year on Thanksgiving, and this year was no different. Despite COVID-19, the doors of Jacob Restaurant … Read More
Photo credit: Diego Cervo On November 24, 2021, the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a new report released by UN Women highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s safety at home … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On November 20, 2021, the Gentlemen’s Factory, Strivers’ Row, and Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC) hosted a reception at Brooklyn Commons to allow Black entrepreneurs to reconnect with peers. Several elected officials, including Deputy Mayor … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On November 18, 2021, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichote Hermelyn, Senator Kevin Parker, and Haitian community members gathered in Little Haiti, in Brooklyn, on the anniversary of the Battle of Vertières, for the reveal of the newly … Read More
On November 20, 2021, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs is partnering with CUNY Citizenship Now for an in-person NYC Fall Citizenship Drive from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Middle School 2 located at 655 Parkside Ave in Brooklyn. … Read More
Photo credit: Yurii Kibalnik Life of Hope (LOH), in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the Office of the Public Advocate, CUNY Law’s Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN), and CUNY Haitian Studies Institute (CUNY-HSI) have collaborated to … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell After skipping 2020 due to COVID 19, the Harlem Holiday Nights Parade came back in 2021 with Nick Cannon as Grand Marshall. The entertainer led the parade from 125th street and old Broadway to 8th … Read More
Photo credit: AS Photo Project The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), UndocuBlack Network (UBN), African Communities Together (ACT), and Black Immigrant Collective (BIC) have launched two days of actions focused on the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) program, approximately one month from the application deadline of December … Read More
Photo credit: Michael Jung New York Attorney General Letitia James, in partnership with the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), announced on November 16, 2021, an agreement with two major home care health agencies to deliver … Read More
Photos credit: Kenya L Smith Elected officials and community leaders joined Council Member Mathieu Eugene as he officially co-named Flatbush Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Foster Avenue as Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Boulevard. The renaming was in honor of … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell On November 10, 2021, The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) and administration officials joined the construction industry and local elected leaders to launch a new DDC Mentoring Program to increase business opportunities for … Read More
Photos credits: Bill Moore The 50th New York City Marathon took place on November 7, 2021, after a break in 2020 due to COVID 19. Without any surprise, Kenyans were ahead in both categories, men, and women, with Albert Korir, … Read More
Photo credit: Wally Gobetz On November 9, 2021, the State Supreme Court upheld the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board’s (CCRB) rule change to investigate cases of NYPD sexual misconduct and untruthful statements. The Court found that CCRB had … Read More
Photo credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell It didn’t matter how many candidates were running for mayor and how popular they were. Sheikh Musa Drammeh, an African father, husband, entrepreneur, and New Yorker, had already made his choice, and it was Eric … Read More
Photos Credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture, Ghana Tourism Authority, (GTA), Beyond the Return Project in partnership with Destination Ghana Management hosted a meet and greet on November 4, 2021, at the Weeksville Heritage Center … Read More
Manhattan District Attorney-elect Alvin Bragg announced on November 5, 2021, the formation of a transition committee comprised of legal experts, service providers, faith based and community leaders, law enforcement, and those directly impacted by the office, that will help reimagine … Read More
Photos Credits: Isseu Diouf Campbell Election day for Democratic Nominee for NY State Senate Cordell Cleare started at 6:30 a.m., a few blocks from her home, at Wadleigh High School, the first of the ten polling sites she visited that … Read More
Photos Credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell It was Eric Adams’ dream to become the Mayor of New York City. That dream became a reality on November 2nd, 2021, when New Yorkers overwhelmingly voted to elect Adams as the 110th mayor and … Read More
