Mayor Bill de Blasio meets with the city’s forgotten ethnic media

L-R: Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal By Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal met at City Hall for … Read More

Water, sanitation likely to be best answer to Zika virus, say UN experts

New York, US (PANA) – Improving water and sanitation services may be the best answer to addressing the outbreak of the Zika virus, according to United Nations human rights experts, who stress that such critical factors should not be in … Read More

Photos: Imagenation Revolution Awards

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Imagenation, a Harlem-based media arts group, hosted its first Revolution Awards on February 20, 2016 at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. The event honored Ava Duvernay, Hill Harper, Melissa Harris-Perry, Danai Gurira and Black Lives Matter. … Read More

National CARES raises $1 million for its mentoring programs

New York City – On January 25, 2016, the National CARES Mentoring Movement presented its 10th Anniversary Gala, For the Love of Our Children: A National Call to Commitment, to raise critical funding that will support the replication of the … Read More

First Lady Chirlane McCray kicks off a series of baby showers in New York City

NEW YORK — First Lady Chirlane McCray kicked off a series of showers at the New York Public Library, Schwarzman Building, 42nd Street Main Branch on February 6, 2016. The series of 10 free baby showers was hosted by The … Read More

What you need to know about the Zika virus

NEW YORK — The mosquito responsible for the transmission of Zika virus in impacted areas in Latin America is the Aedes aegypti, which is a mosquito species not found in New York City. About 1 in 5 people who are … Read More

Obama meets with leaders to discuss the spread of Zika

President Barack Obama met this week with leaders of his health and national security teams to discuss the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne viruses in the Americas as well as steps being taken to protect the American public. The … Read More

Coalition calls for major state investment in adult literacy education

(New York, NY) – In Governor Cuomo’s 2016-2017 Executive Budget, funding for adult literacy education was included at $6.3 million, an amount that has remained flat for the past three years despite the fact that this amount is significantly short … Read More

Apollo Rings New York Stock Exchange Opening Bell for its 82nd Anniversary

In celebration of the Apollo’s 82nd anniversary, the Theater was invited to ring the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on January 26, 2016. Apollo Theater President and CEO, Jonelle Procope, rang the NYSE Opening Bell surrounded by … Read More

Photos: 4th Annual Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hosted the 4th Annual Black Comic Book Festival on January 16, 2016 in Harlem. The event was presented by Deirdre Hollman, Jerry Craft and John Jennings. Photos Credit: Isaiah Morris Related Images:

African Community Town Hall at the Bronx Museum of Arts

NEW YORK— The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) will convene today, November 12, 2015, from 5:45pm to 8pm, a town hall for the African community to meet city agency leaders and hear about the services they provide. The town hall held … Read More

Racism: UN experts say racial superiority myth must be debunked

New York, US (PANA) – Debunking the myth of racial hierarchy is imperative to deconstruct, on a global scale, the ideological myth of a superior race and the resulting conviction of a superior culture, UN experts on racial discrimination said … Read More

Film on Sembene opens today at Lincoln Center

Sembene!, the story of the “father of African cinema,”, told by a close friend and autobiographer Samba Gadjigo opens today in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, a self-taught novelist and filmmaker fought against enormous odds … Read More

Free licensing workshop for African hair braiders

The Northern Manhattan Borough President’s Office, in partnership with the NYS Department of Business and Licensing Services, is hosting on October 27, 2015 at 6 PM, a free licensing workshop for African hair braiders. The goal is to help African … Read More

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer to host a free Immigration & Citizenship Workshop today in Harlem

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer is hosting on October 15, 2015, an informative session on how to complete and submit Citizenship and Naturalization documentation to USCIS at her Northern Manhattan Office located at 431 West 125th Street from 4 … Read More

Gifted and Talented request for testing period open until November 9

Families residing in New York and interested in Gifted and Talented programs can submit a request for testing from October 7 to November 9, 2015. Students entering kindergarten, first, second or third grade can submit a mandatory request either on … Read More

Kenya: 10,000 police officers deployed for Obama visit

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ten thousand police officers will be deployed to provide security during US President Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya, the Nairobi County Police Commander Benson Kibue has said. Obama, an American of Kenyan ancestry, jets in on … Read More

Chancellor Carmen Fariña meets New York City’s ethnic and community media

By Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City’s ethnic and community media met NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña on June 19, 2015 at City Hall. Topics discussed included the lack of access to translation and interpretation services for parents, the insignificant … Read More

Chancellor Carmen Fariña meets New York City’s ethnic and community media

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Buhari, Obama to hold bilateral talks in Washington DC

Africa-Afrique (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the US on July 20, to hold bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington DC. The visit will underscore the US longstanding friendship with Nigeria, the commitment to strengthening and expanding US … Read More

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