“As long as Ebola was in Africa it was not a crisis but just another African disease” Kofi Boateng Related Images:
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer hosted an Ebola community forum to raise awareness about the deadly virus on October 30, 2014 at The City College of New York in Manhattan. A team of experts provided … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Blackout for Human Rights, a network of high profile artists is calling for a nationwide economic blackout on Black Friday, the shopping day after Thanksgiving, in solidarity with the citizens of Ferguson. The day of action … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Jean-Louis Billon, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire headed the Ivoirian delegation participating in the first Agribusiness Conference hosted by the Côte d’Ivoire Economic Promotion Bureau in the USA, Canada and Mexico on … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell For many, the presence of the Missouri National Guard in Ferguson since November 17, 2014, predicted yesterday’s verdict. A grand jury of nine whites and three blacks didn’t see any “probable cause” to indict police officer … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Many immigrants had lost confidence in president Barack Obama and his ability to make Immigration Reform a reality. Nevertheless, on November 20, 2014, he made a speech largely boycotted by the mainstream media and this is … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Exemplary Africans were honored during the 4th Annual African Diaspora Awards hosted by Applause Africa on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in Manhattan. Award winning actor and … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Dr. Martin Salia, a native of Sierra Leone and the second African Ebola patient in the US, has died at the Nebraska Medical Center despite being the hospital’s third Ebola patient. The two other Ebola patients … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Applause Africa hosted its 4th Annual African Diaspora Awards on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in Manhattan. Related Images:
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Aletha Maybank, director of the Center for Health Equity, discusses the social and economic impact of Ebola on the African immigrant community in New York and New York City’s efforts to deal with potential Ebola cases. … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell HCC president Dr. Ram Raju and NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset explain how they were able to treat and cure Dr. Craig Spencer who was diagnosed with Ebola at Bellevue Hospital on October 23, 2014. Related Images:
During a press conference held today at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Craig Spencer who is now free of the Ebola virus reminded everyone that if he was now healthy, there were still thousands of Ebola patients who needed help. “When my … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City’s first and only Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer will be released this morning from Bellevue Hospital where he was admitted on October 23, 2014. Dr. Spencer is declared free of the Ebola virus … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) honored Geoffrey Canada, Debra L. Lee, and Bernard J. Tyson during its 28th annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) held on November 6, 2014, at the Hilton … Read More
Faces of NYC Marathon runners in Harlem – Photo essay By Isseu Diouf Campbell 50,000 runners who came from different parts of the world to participate in the NYC Marathon on November 2, 2014, jogged through the five boroughs of … Read More
We don’t need hate crimes in the African community in NY Related Images:
Mayor de Blasio on why he hasn’t paid a visit yet to the African community Related Images:
Ousmane Dramé speaks about her two children being beaten and called Ebola Related Images:
Ousmane Dramé with his two sons at the press conference By Isseu Diouf Campbell On October 24, 2014 two Senegalese brothers were brutally beaten at I.S. 318 Elementary School in the Bronx while the perpetrators shouted “Ebola”. This incident, many … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Association of Senegalese in America and the African Advisory Council (AAC) are calling for action after two Senegalese children attending I.S. 318 Elementary School located in the Bronx were assaulted on Friday, October 24, 2014. … Read More
