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Special To The Black Star News
May 24,2013
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 [HARLEMWOOD FILM FESTIVAL] New Heritage Theatre Group is very pleased to partner with the New York Academy of Medicine to present the 13th Annual Harlemwood Film Festival featuring three exciting films. This Festival celebrates the work of filmmakers that explore the experiences by people of color in varied and unique ways. This screening highlights documentaries and a feature that focuses on the medical conditions experienced by the lead characters in each of... |
Special To The Black Star News
May 24,2013
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 [Business] Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) and The Silk Way Group have selected FuelFX, LLC, a Houston-based digital marketing firm, as their creative agency of record. As the new brand partner, FuelFX will focus initially on the development of multiple, multilingual websites and the production of a 3D animated film showcasing the stunning new terminal at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. These projects will highlight both the opening of... |
Mel and Pearl Shaw
May 24,2013
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 [FUNdraising Good Times] Philanthropy makes front page news with the announcement of large, transformational gifts. Think Bill Gates. Oprah Winfrey. Warren Buffet. With the news comes the question “What would it take for us to receive such a gift?” This three-part series seeks to provide insights that can help nonprofits begin a conversation that may itself be transformational. We recently asked Barbara Pierce, founder of... |
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Colin Benjamin
May 24,2013
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 [Speaking Truth To Power] This week, the Floyd v City of New York trial ended in much the same way it began: with the New York Police Department (NYPD) brass still lying about their racist police Stop-and-Frisk practice that is criminalizing and crippling the future of legions of African-Americans and Latinos. The question for communities of color now is: what other tactics must we engage in, regardless of the ruling in this case, to arrest these malicious... |
Deardra Shuler
May 23,2013
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 [Theater] “DoJoJi: The Man Inside the Bell” presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre at the Clurman Theatre, located at 410 West 42nd Street, in Manhattan, celebrates its 36th season with an interesting takeoff of a thought provoking Japanese legend that has been told through several different versions of Japanese theatrical art forms. It’s a play about two ill-fated lovers. Presented in minimalistic form, and as a new version of an old story, the director... |
Asta Tall
May 23,2013
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 'I wish to make my case for candidacy...' Dr. Omotosho's press conference. Photo: Asta Tall [Race For NY City Council 2013] Will Dr. Bola Omotosho make history by becoming the first African-born City-council member and also the first representing the Bronx’s 16th district? Dr. Omotosho believes that his career as a medical doctor could give him the edge over his opponents in the race. While he originates from Nigeria he has been... |
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Dr. James McIntosh
May 23,2013
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 [Community Announcements] 1. Brother Jitu Weusi joined the ancestors on Wednesday at 4:30 PM. Funeral arrangements not yet finalized. 2. PLEASE ACT NOW AND FORWARD BROADLY! CONTACT PAULETTE AT JERICHOnycjericho@gmail.com for more info. From: nycjericho@gmail.comDate: May 21, 2013 12:00:00 AM EDT Greetings I am sending out a... |
Milton Allimadi
May 22,2013
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 Jitu Weusi. Photo credit: corenyc.org [Passings] Jitu Weusi, one of the founders of the Black United Front, an education advocate and a fixture in many of New York's political struggles to advance Black empowerment passed away this afternoon. Weusi was also a big promoter of jazz, and co-founder of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. He had battled kidney cancer since he was diagnosed in... |
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Special To The Black Star News
April 10,2013
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[Policing The Police] Commissioner Ray Kelly shown in picture. NLOA Chairman Anthony Miranda will join a distinguished panel of speakers to discuss Police Misconduct and Civil Liability at CUNY School of Law in Queens. We invite you to attend. Location: The City University of New York, CUNY SCHOOL of LAW. Law in the Service of Human Needs. Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:30 p.m: Room 1-202 at the CUNY School of Law; 2 Court... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 06,2013
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The US Department of Labor Reports that Blacks have the lowest median family income the highest unemployment rate, as well as the highest consumer debt of all ethnic groups in America. At the same time African Americans spend as much as $1 Trillion dollars annually. Where Is The Money Going? Don’t Miss this very important community Forum. "Turning Black Spending Into Real Power," with Dr. Claud Anderson The Powernomics Plan To... |
Milton Allimadi
March 15,2013
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 [Editorial Comment] Jumaane D. Williams is a responsible young New York City Councilmember who represents the 45th District in Brooklyn where Kimani Gray was shot to death by New York Police last Saturday. Gray died when he was struck by seven bullets fired by two undercover officers of the New York Police Department (NYPD) under disputed circumstances. A witness who spoke to The Village Voice contradicted the NYPD's claim that 16-year old Kimani... |
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Marian Wright Edelman
April 01,2013
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Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun violence swirling around in Americans’ minds—and in many cases, this misinformation is no accident. For years the NRA has blocked the truth and actively fought against and prevented research in the causes and costs of gun violence because they don’t want Americans to know the truth about guns, how to prevent gun violence, and how to make themselves and their children safer.... |
Special To The Black Star News
March 23,2013
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On March 22, 2013, as thousands of Swedish citizens of Eritrean origin were demonstrating in Stockholm, Sweden to condemn the criminal and cowardly acts of terrorism that burned three of their community centers, Eritrean Americans across the United States visited the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC and Swedish Consular offices throughout the United States. The message that was delivered to Swedish officials condemned the heinous crime that were committed the night of February 25,... |
Deardra Shuler
March 28,2013
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When I was invited to review a play entitled, “Honky” taking place at Urban Stages, located at 259 West 30th Street in Manhattan, naturally I was quite curious. The word “Honky” as all know, is generally associated with a derogatory term used to address Caucasians. However, as I see it, Honky is a term which musters little gas to drive the hate machine. In fact, I rarely hear the word used. It certainly doesn’t have the power that the “N” word holds, so I thought to myself, what’s... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 29,2013
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Obama with, from left: President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, and Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Barack Obama met today with: President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone; President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Joyce Banda of Malawi; and, Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde at the White House... |
Colin Benjamin
March 24,2013
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[Speaking Truth To Power] Last week, a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk policing practiced by the New York Police Department started and tape-recorded evidence was introduced exposing how a commanding officer admonished a policeman for not stopping enough Black males during the course of his patrol in ethnic minority neighborhoods. Was pressure to generate quotas another factor that contributed to the deaths of: Amadou Diallo; Sean Bell... |
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Special To The Black Star News
May 24,2013
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[Business] Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) and The Silk Way Group have selected FuelFX, LLC, a Houston-based digital marketing firm, as their creative agency of record. As the new brand partner, FuelFX will focus initially on the development of multiple, multilingual websites and the production of a 3D animated film showcasing the stunning new terminal at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan. These projects will highlight both the opening of... |
Marian Wright Edelman
May 11,2013
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 [The Children's Corner] “My name is Nardyne Jefferies; my only child, Brishell Jones, was murdered on March 30th, 2010, by a gun. She sent me an email; she’d made reservations --- for Mother’s Day. And I never got my Mother’s Day dinner with my daughter. And it’s just hard, because all the special moments that we shared, you know—I can’t make any more memories with Brishell. And I just miss everything about her . . . And time really doesn’t make it any... |
Amadi Ajamu
April 16,2013
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[Global: Commentary] The Legal team shown includes, beginning second from left: Sylvester Kouadio,Esq, Minister Akbar Muhammad, Troy Griffith, Esq., Roger Wareham, Esq., David Commissiong, Esq. The International Criminal Court has made it its mission to depose African leaders who have dared to move their nations towards greater political and economic sovereignty. Western financiers have manufactured an international... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 20,2013
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Saturday, April 20 Pace Presents: HUGH MASEKELA Part of The Pace Presents Music Series at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts... |
Marian Wright Edelman
May 18,2013
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 “Daddy,” the boy said, “I don't want to disobey you, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will sneak off. If you think I deserve to be punished for that, I'll just have to take the punishment. For, you see, I'm not doing this only because I want to be free. I'm doing it also because I want freedom for you and Mama, and I want it to come before you die.” This teenage boy overheard talking to his father by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the hundreds of... |
Special To The Black Star News
April 29,2013
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 Caleb Orozco The most significant step in the long journey toward equality for LGBT persons in Belize will take place starting May 7, 2013, in the Supreme Court of Belize when the Chief Justice hears a claim from Caleb Orozco that Belize’s “anti-sodomy” law is in violation of the constitution there. Orozco, the executive president of the United... |
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Michael Bloomberg
March 31,2013
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Our Administration has never been afraid to take bold steps to improve the quality of life in New York City; and some of the efforts that initially faced the most resistance have turned out to be the most popular – and the most effective. This week, for instance, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Smoke-Free Air Act: the law that prohibits smoking at all indoor workplaces in our City, including bars and restaurants.Ten years ago, opponents of the Smoke-Free Air Act said it... |
Yoknyam Dabale
January 20,2013
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 [Commentary]
Continental Africans have not done a good job of revealing the realities of life overseas. Many times friends and family back on the motherland get a one-sided story about what really goes on in the lives of Black people in foreign lands. For example, Africans living on the continent and fed through media a steady diet of falsehoods such as: It is better to start up a career overseas as opposed to striving to build one in Africa; earning your degree... |
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