Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell “More than 80% of New Yorkers identify as women or people of color, and yet when it comes to purchasing goods and services from the City’s multibillion-dollar budget, that diversity is few and far between,” said … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Senegalese painter Akassa opened his first solo exhibition in America at the Kente Royal Gallery in Harlem on Saturday, February 8, 2020. The exhibition titled ‘No limits” is open to the public until February … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Center for New York City Affairs and the Academy for Teachers hosted on February 6, 2020, a talk on school integration and its historical roots with author Clara Hemphill. Related Images:
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson hosted a 2020 Census Black media roundtable on Monday, February 3, 2020 at City Hall in an attempt to reverse the low response rate in Black and immigrant … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Immigrant advocates gathered at the New York Immigration Coalition for a press conference on January 28, 2020, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court 5-4 vote that now allows the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The NYC Department of Records and Information Services hosted a panel discussion on the historical relationship between immigrants and the city’s fashion industry on January 23, 2020 in Manhattan. The panel moderated by Bitta … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Sidique Wai held a community briefing on January 17, 2020 in Manhattan, to update African New Yorkers on the case of conjoined twin girls Husainatu and Hasanatu Jalloh, and to deliver two checks … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Birth advocate and reproductive justice activist Shawnee Renee Benton-Gibson hosted a community dialogue on maternal mortality in communities of color in honor of her late daughter Shamony Makeba Gibson on December 19, 2019 at the Weeksville … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Undocumented New Yorkers can now get a driver’s license thank you to the Green Light law enacted on June 17, 2019 and going into effect today December 16, 2019. To celebrate and help undocumented New Yorkers … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Weeksville Heritage Center hosted a Kwanzaa Celebration for the Brooklyn community on December 14, 2019 in Brooklyn. The celebration included vendors, film screenings, crafts, music, and dance. For more, visit: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ Related Images:
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell African Services Committee hosted its annual holiday party for clients, friends and family members at its headquarters in Harlem on December 13, 2019. Related Images:
Photos: Yaw Asare Aboagye Society for Africans in the Diaspora presented the Harriet Tubman’s Person of the Year Award to NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray at its 9th Annual African Diaspora Awards held at the Schomburg Center for Research in … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Drs. Rosalind and Leonard Jeffries Jr. celebrated the African legacy on the occasion of their 55th wedding anniversary on November 30, 2019 at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Related Images:
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell NAACP Mid-Manhattan Next Gen honored 4 Harlem’s Cannabis Trailblazers during a Marijuana Economics event on November 25, 2019 at Touro College in Harlem. The four honorees were Leslie Stone of Let’s Talk Cannabiz; Yasmin Hurston of … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The 125th Street Harlem African Artisans Market celebrated its 1st anniversary on November 23, 2019 with music and poetry but most importantly big sales that will continue throughout the month of December. The 125th Street Harlem … Read More
On November 22, 2019, hundreds of protesters gathered at the Harriet Tubman Memorial before heading to the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza in Harlem to protest against the increased police presence in the NYC subway system. Related … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The holiday season kicked off with the Harlem Holiday Lighting on November 20, 2019. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. several businesses along 125th street participated in the festivities. Manhattan borough president Gale Brewer hosted a … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Gathering for Justice hosted a conversation with Cyntoia Brown Long, activist and author of Free Cyntoia My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System on November 14, 2019 at the Park Avenue Christian Church … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell A month after launching BE NYC (Black Entrepreneurs NYC), an initiative aimed at advancing Black entrepreneurship in New York City, NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) hosted on November 9, 2019, a community forum targeting … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams commemorated 400 years of Fortitude on November 6, 2019 at Brooklyn Borough Hall. The event titled “Liberating our Legacy: building our future” brought together members of the African … Read More
