Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Alfa Barrie’s family held a press conference after a memorial at Democracy Prep in Harlem on May 23, 2023. Alfa Barrie’s uncle Amadou Diallo who thanked the community and the media for helping with the … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Community members and elected officials gathered at 333 East 181st a year after the January 9th, 2022, tragic Bronx fire to remember the victims and honor the memory of Abdoulie Touray, the first Gambian to … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Africa-America Institute (AAI) – the premier U.S.-based international organization connecting Africa to America through education, training, and dialogue – celebrated the contributions of Africa and its worldwide diaspora at its 38th Annual Awards Gala … Read More
Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Albany City Council member Owusu Anane held the third Annual African Diaspora Caucus Network on April 9, 2022, at Albany City Hall. The event, which always coincides with the annual New York State Association of … Read More
Photos credit: Bill Moore With its plan to start service to Washington and New York on September 2, 2021, Air Senegal hosted a reception at Lenox Saphire in Harlem on August 6, 2021 to connect with Senegalese and West-African New … Read More
Former African Union Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, MD sent a message to the 116,254 supporters who signed on change.org, a petition to reinstate her after she was abruptly fired on October 7, 2019. The message includes a thank you note … Read More
Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union Permanent Representative to the US met with members of the African Diaspora on May 18, 2019 at African Services Committee in Harlem to discuss Africa and the Diaspora’s return to … Read More
Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray launched Sisters Thrive, a women-led, family-centered volunteer effort to promote mental health literacy in Black communities on December 11, 2017 in Manhattan. The effort is in partnership with 5 Sisters Thrive … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Several African immigrants met with Mayor Bill de Blasio at the City Resource Fair held during City Hall in Your Borough Week at the Bronx County Courthouse to discuss issues affecting African immigrants in New York. … Read More
Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell Giving Back 4 Tomorrow hosted the Inaugural Diaspora Conference on April 29, 2017 in Manhattan with panelists including Khadiatou Diallo of the Amadou Diallo Foundation and Congressman Adriano Espaillat to discuss education and women empowerment. … Read More
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A coalition of community members and criminal justice reform advocates will gather on Saturday August 20, to ask the Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark to drop assault charges against Mamadou Diallo, a taxi driver who was responsible for the death … Read More
The Uptown Short Film Festival (USFF), a 2-day festival seeking the next generation of writers, directors, producers, and actors from diverse and inclusive backgrounds will kick off on Friday, May 13, 2016, at MIST Harlem. The Uptown Short Film Festival … Read More
On March 22, 2016, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced that he will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone for an additional six months, until November 22, 2016. The TPS program was originally … Read More
The Apollo Theater, in partnership with World Music Institute, presents the fourth edition of the Africa Now! a concert celebrating the best of the contemporary African music scene, on Saturday, March 26, at 8 pm. Hosted by Sahr Agaujah, from the … Read More
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
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
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
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:
