To say that journalist Les Payne was a great man is an understatement as his wake at the historic Harlem Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem proved.
In a homegoing viewing attended by journalists, politicians – both former and current – and a slew of other...
In perfect timing for what is slated to be the “Year of the Woman,” Angela Hope Weusi graciously gathered African women delegates and interested community members alike in her restaurant business, “For My Sweet.” Attended by lawyers, professors and dignitaries, the purpose of the...
On March 17, 2018, Beatrice Liqui will turn 90 years young. Born on March 17, 1928, in Tiplersville, Mississippi, Beatrice Liqui is a highly accomplished woman of color who has decades of experience in entrepreneurial and academic endeavors alike. A self-described “mighty woman” and...
Hundreds gathered in memoriam for community activist and culture keeper Dr. Samuel Pinn, Jr. There was no shortage of positive reflection on the life of this highly revered community leader. Politicians, community leaders and clergymen alike all gave testimony to just how much of...
Crown Heights Meets Manhattan
A few dozen Crown Heights residents assembled in a Manhattan meeting to address ways in which they can mobilize to thwart the process of zoning and its corollary – gentrification, in their community. Alicia Boyd, one of the leaders of...
While many schools have closed in various school districts across the nation under the familiar premise of low academic performance, there are other schools that close on a lesser known basis: under-enrollment. District’s 16’s Public School 25, also known as the Eubie Blake School,...
“Health clinics have been repeatedly downsized across “… one of the most unequal and segregated cities – New York City.” Dr. Torian Easterling
While the 24-hour news-cycle is consumed with the body politic, a “State of the Health” address at Community Board 3’s recent public...
Dr. Prandeep Chandra warns Brooklynites not to flirt with the flu. The Chief Medical Officer at Brooklyn’s Interfaith Medical Center has seen firsthand the damage this year’s flu can do. It’s a strain that doesn’t care about your plans, obligations or deadlines; it’s coming...
Healthy Marketing at the Heart of the Matter …
Series of Health Symposiums Set to begin January 2018
Last Saturday, six medical doctors – with a combined 150 years of training, practice and research – dialogued with neighborhood advocates and leaders about strategies to get information...
Review
John Henry Redwood’s “The Old Settler” is currently performing to SRO audiences at The Billie Holiday Theatre at Restoration Plaza, thanks to director Michelle Shay’s clever mounting and the play’s star performances.
Without giving too much of the plot away, playgoers are leaving the theatre...
The culturally historical neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant got a taste of southern Kenya as the world-renowned Friends of Sironka Dance Troupe graced Bailey’s Café last Friday. In conjunction with, and sponsored by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Museum of African Art, the troupe put on a performance that...
Community members listened intently as Janie Green told her story of activism and resiliency in a film written by her daughter and Our Time Press Publisher Bernice Green entitled “And Call Her Blessed: A Portrait of Janie.” In listening to Janie Green speak in the film production at the Reel Sister’s Film Festival...
A crowded Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone encompassed the scene of a gathering of many community members in honor of both P.E.A.C.E. Health Center and a longtime community stalwart, Michael Kofi Mulezi Hooper. To say that there were many people present is perhaps an understatement. At one...
By Priscilla Mensah
Often, when we come across great leaders, whether it be through history textbooks, on the television or in our own lives, we wonder about their beginnings.
One of the questions that we frequently want answered is, who taught them? Who is it that...
