African Immigrant New Yorkers
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2019 NY Women of Excellence & ContractHer Fundraising Breakfast, on September 20, 2019 in Manhattan. The organization dedicated to assisting women achieve success and economic independence through … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Advisory Council of the Bronx Borough President’s Office hosted its 1st Annual African Heritage Multicultural Dance and Music Festival on September 18, 2019 at Hostos Community College. Several African artists including Salieu Suso, Sali … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Harlem Entrepreneurial Fund held in partnership with Trufund a workshop on how to get capital for your business on September 17, 2019 in Harlem. Related Images:
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The African American Day Parade Inc. celebrated its 50th year in the Harlem community on September 15, 2019. The 2019 Grand Marshals of the annual parade starting on 111th Street and ending on 136th Street included … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Black Feminist Project hosted its 4th Annual Not Just Talk Summit titled Black Womxn Matter on September 14, 2019 at the Bronx Public Library. The event included exhibitors, a keynote speech by activist Didi Delgado, … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The NYC Commission on Human Rights celebrated African Heritage Month on September 12, 2019 at Brooklyn Borough Hall by honoring members of the African Diaspora for their contribution to the community. The Commission honored Judge Dweynie … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson, Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Gregg Bishop, Shawn Rochester, Author of The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America, radio personality Angela Yee and entrepreneur Elliot Breece joined with … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Muslim Community Network, founded in 2003 to respond to urgent needs after 9/11, hosted on August 29, 2019 in Manhattan, a “Civic Action Day: Muslims for Migrant Rights” event in response to the ICE Raids … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell New York Immigration Coalition held a multilingual media briefing on August 27, 2019 in Manhattan to draw attention to the decreasing number of programs for older immigrants entering NYC education system. Expert community leaders and advocates … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell African brothers Mohammed and Rahim Diallo opened Ginjan Café on August 24, 2019 on 125th & Park in Harlem. The move is the second step of an entrepreneurial journey the two brothers originally from Guinea started … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell An hour after Commissioner James O’Neill announced the firing of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for using a banned chokehold that killed Eric Garner; Garner’s two children Eric Garner Jr. and Emerald Garner along with Reverend Al … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell African New Yorker and candidate for New York City Council District 16 Abdourahamane Diallo held a pre-launch campaign press conference for the African community on August 14, 2019 in the Bronx. The 28-year-old Guinean American who … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Imagenation Cinema Foundation highlighted entrepreneurs in music, fashion and film, during a celebration of black enterprise featuring a panel discussion on doing business in Harlem, a fashion show of OKETSA by acclaimed South African Designer Thulare … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce held New York City Economic Development Day on August 8, 2019 at Columbia University in Harlem. The day featured a Business and Health Summit, a Public & Private Sector Business … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Door of our Return Foundation hosted a community stakeholders breakfast Forum on Africa, Africans in America and the 400-year journey at the Thomasina’s Catering Hall in Queens on August 6, 2019. Speakers included Brooklyn Borough … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Harlem Week commemorated the 400th anniversary of kidnapped Africans’ arrival in America with performances by Uptown Dance Academy, Harlem Bomb Shelter & Impact Repertory Theatre on August 3, 2019 at the African Burial Ground in Manhattan. … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Harlem Community Development Corporation held a workshop on how to launch an e-commerce business on July 24, 2019 in Harlem. Angelina Ramirez, former director of Washington Heights BID, conducted the workshop. Related Images:
Photo: Hakim Mutlaq The Murid Brotherhood of New York hosted Bamba Day on July 28, 2019 in Harlem. The day started with a march from 116th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd to the State Office Building where Serigne Mame … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Face2Face Africa honored Rebecca Enonchong, CEO of AppsTech: Kevin Okyere, CEO of Springfield Group; Abrima Erwiah, Co-founder of Studio 189, Haitian Actor Jimmy Jean Louis, Peter Akwaboah Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and tech mogul Iddris … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell A’lelia Walker Bundles, Great-great Granddaughter of Madam CJ Walker and Richelieu Dennis, CEO of Sundial Brands and Essence Magazine hosted the street renaming and sign unveiling ceremony of West 136th Street as Madam CJ Walker & … Read More
