Wednesday 23 May 2012
Chuck Davis, the architect of DanceAfrica – the largest cultural event in this nation devoted to the African dance experience and traditions, is very clear on his role: he is not the creator nor is he the founder. ”DanceAfrica is a direct result of what is happening in the community and what has evolved...
The performances were electric, the awards presentations poignant, the huge crowd ecstatic at last Friday’s Benefit Concert starring Stephanie Mills; in tribute to Hon. Assemblywoman Annette M. Robinson; and designed to support efforts to complete construction of an in-the-community banquet hall. Even the beloved ancestor Chief Charles Joshua, who led the Central Brooklyn Coordinating...
June 10th will, indeed, be a great day in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Brooklyn-Queens Day seemed a fitting choice for a day of celebration. There are still several churches that participate in the traditional Sunday School Parade, and efforts are underway to renew the wonderful spirit of that event in the coming years. In its place is...
A monumental shift regarding how developers relate to working class New Yorkers was introduced in the City Council this week. Intro. # 251, also known as “The Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act” would amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the payment of a living wage...
The oil gushing from a well a mile underwater is the result of an amazing feat of engineering that private industry has achieved and only they have the engineering technology, robotic submersibles working at the drill head and controlled from a room in Houston, Texas for one example, to even begin to stop it. ...
Brown Memorial Church opened its doors recently to host a forum for candidates for NYS Attorney General. With the expected announcement of a run for governor from current NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo still pending, a diverse group of Democratic and Republican candidates are seeking his presumably open seat. Democratic candidates in attendance at...
Arbor Day ceremonies in Herbert Von King Park and amphitheater, last Friday, April 30 – emceed by composer/drama teacher Larry Banks, Our Time Press editorial assistant Jessica Lenore Harris, and professional Hip Hop dancer Lavell Franklin (see back page) – featured hundreds of stars – 650+schoolchildren from area schools – celebrating nature, “green,” the...
“Two years ago, a police officer in a Brooklyn precinct became gravely concerned about how the public was being served. To document his concerns, he began carrying around a digital sound recorder, secretly recording his colleagues and superiors. He recorded precinct roll calls. He recorded his precinct commander and other supervisors. He recorded...
MAITEFA ANGAZA (Judith Halsey) is the editor of African Voices, an acclaimed nationally distributed Black literary and visual arts quarterly magazine. She is the author of “Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day,” (Dafina Books, 2007), which climbed to #1 on the amazon.com “Holiday Books” page a few months after its publication. She is the...
William Boyland, Jr., representing the 55th Assembly District in Brooklyn, has introduced legislation that, on its face, is deceptively simple: a statewide mandate for multicultural education. All schools, including elementary, junior and senior high schools, shall be required to teach a multicultural curriculum. The State Education Commissioner, currently David Steiner, shall set out rules...
