Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA – June 19th, 2021: African American community members of Milwaukee held a parade to celebrate Juneteenth holiday. (Shutterstock) By Sydney Combs, National Geographic Known to some as the country’s “second Independence Day,” Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of enslaved people in the United States at the end of the Civil War. For more […]
AM Brian Cunningham hosts the Women of Distinction: Spring Flowers. Editorial credit: PP/I.Q. Inc By Linda Nwoke, CAW Exclusive On March 22, Brian Cunningham, a public servant with over fifteen years of political experience, won the special election for Assembly District 43 in Central Brooklyn. A stiff feat against a group of progressive reformers aiming […]
Foley Square, New York, NY, USA – September 23, 2021: “National ‘Communities Not Cages’ Day of Action” demonstration to end deportations, close detention centers, and free detainees. (Shutterstock) By Luisa Farah Schwartzman, The Conversation The first protected category of the United Nations refugee convention is race. The 1951 convention defines a refugee as a person […]
Philadelphia, PA / USA – June 22 2019: Juneteenth Parade Philadelphia at Malcom X Park African American Independence Day. (Shutterstock) By Kris Manjapra, The Conversation The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were […]
By CARICOM His Excellency Joseph Biden – President of the United States of America Heads of State and Government Distinguished Representatives Ladies and Gentlemen We have gathered in the City of Angels. The American city that most reflects the best and worst of the Americas. A city that is home to millions of citizens from […]
Lester Holt at the NBCUniversal Summer Press Day at Universal Studios on May 2, 2018 in Universal City, CA (Shutterstock) By Staff Writer, Jamaicans American journalist and television new anchor Lester Holt was born in 1959 in California. He traces his Jamaican heritage through his grandparents: his maternal grandparents were born in Jamaica. His mother […]
Over 400 city-based clinicians and health and social service providers attended the symposium to coordinate and improve care for New Yorkers living with Long COVID.
(New York – June 16, 2022) – On June 8, New York City’s healthcare leadership from across City Hall, NYC Health + Hospitals and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene held the City’s first Long COVID symposium. The event focused on care coordination for New Yorkers with Long COVID as they navigate the city’s […]
Mayor Eric Adams Delivers Remarks at World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Event Location: City Hall Steps Lower | Manhattan Date: June 15, 2022 Watch video below:
Crafted With Insight From New Yorkers Who Experienced Homelessness, Blueprint Focuses Not Just on Creating Homes but Also on Getting New Yorkers Into Them More Quickly First City Housing Plan to Cover Entire Spectrum of New Yorkers’ Housing Needs and Options — Including City-Subsidized Affordable Housing, Public Housing, Private Market-Rate Housing, and Greater Supports for […]
14 June 2022 (PAHO) –The need to strengthen health systems post-pandemic gained momentum with the adoption on Friday of the Action Plan on Health and Resilience at the IX Summit of the Americas. As the health organization of the Inter-American System, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated actively to promote the inclusion of health in the […]