The Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver-Durrah, president and founder of the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic, helped put a spotlight on Black maternal health when she co-organized Brooklyn’s...
by Yvette MooreBrooklyn had its first “Black Maternal Health Awareness Walk,” April 11, with participants walking downtown from Borough Hall to Abolitionist Place and City Point...
Led by The Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver-Durrah in consultation with The Hon. Wavny Toussaint, Justice for the Kings County Supreme Court (Civil Term) in New York’s...
By Fern GillespieFor decades, Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver-Durrah has been renowned in Brooklyn as a changemaker. Using her diplomatic, spiritual, philanthropic, strategic, educator, and business acumen,...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as the architect of the historic August 28,1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Each year, the nation and the world pause to remember the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Tracing Black Families Back to Slavery in Brooklyn Fern GillespieSlavery in New York City began 400 years ago in 1626...
Remembering Helene Nomsa Brath By Cinque BrathIn our community, we often celebrate the louder voices—the ones who grab the microphone,...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...