Jamaica Just My Style Fashion Event

The Jamaica Center BIDs signature event Jamaica…”Just My Style” Fashion Event returns in its 6th year, with an amazing lineup of trendsetting designer fashions, entertainment, food and wine tasting. A star studded featured line up will be in attendance including:

>  This year's the BID’s special guest host will be Ralph McDaniels, Hip Hop icon and recent inductee to the Smithsonian African American Museum for his ground breaking show Video Music Box

> The beautiful CEO of Make Me Over Beauty Bar, Candita Semone as guest co-host, and

> Special musical performance from Grammy Winner, and Queens resident, Mr. Cheeks, all happening in NYC’s largest urban fashion district, 

Downtown Jamaica! Please register each attendee individually!

Date:  June 9

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

For Tickets Click Here

Organizer:   Jamaica Center Business Improvement District   

Phone:   (718) 526-2422

Website: Jamaica Center   

Jamaica Just My Style - Don't miss it!

Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.

She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

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Leroy Comrie’s Young Adult Movie Night

New York State Senator Leroy Comrie invites 16 to 24 year-olds to movie night at his office. For more information or to RSVP, contact the office at (718) 765-6359. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

Date: June 2

Time: 5:30 pm

Cost: Free

Organizer: Office of New York State Senator Leroy Comrie

Phone: (718) 454-0162

Website: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/leroy-comrie

 

 

Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.

She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

About the Southeast Queens Scoop - is the premier website and only publication offering daily news and updates on the events, culture, issues, and is dedicated to the business and economic development in this largely black historic community.

The publication targets the over 350,000 residents in the Southeast Queen and Jamaica Queens area. It promotes to over 40,000 potential viewers in social media, mobile devices and search engines like Google and Bing!  To learn more about how to promote your business or organization on the Scoop or online Click Here

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Warren Buffet to Give $90 Million Towards Empowering Women of Color

Warren Buffet to Give $90 Million Towards
Empowering Women of Color

Billionaire businessman, Warren Buffet, has committed to giving $90 million to help empower women of color. The first round of grants amounts to $13 million and will be distributed this fall. All of the money will be given over a period of 7 years.

Peter Buffet, the youngest son of Warren Buffet, established the NoVo Foundation dedicated to helping non-profit organizations and agencies who empower girls of color. The foundation is also giving much latitude to grant recipients, relying on the expertise of these organizations to determine how best to use the funds.

This is a move that has amazed nonprofits like Brooklyn-based Girls for Gender Equity. Founder Kameisha Smith stated that she had "never had a funder approach grants from a position of following the guidance of the people doing the work."

Grants awarded in 3 areas

The grants will be awarded in three areas: organizations that work with girls of color, girls and organization in the southeast United States, and national policy and research dedicated to the unique issues facing black and brown girls.

To learn more about the Novo Foundation, visit www.novofoundation.org

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Southeast Queens Economic Development Comes to the Cross Roads in St. Albans

In recent years we are seeing a spurt of economic development in the St. Albans, area of Southeast Queens.  But will local residents efforts to upscale their communities be overshadowed, and even overwhelmed, by corporate developments in the Jamaica Avenue commercial district?  Conversely, on the intersection of Farmers and Linden Blvds, we are even seeing some national chains moving in along with some thriving or promising Black businesses.

National chain stores Dunkin Donuts, 7-Eleven, and a large Dollar Store, have opened up within the last few years. Also a couple of very promising West Indian restaurants have opened up.  We are also seeing higher end real estate companies and there are also 4 black owned beauty supply stores/boutiques and spas sprouting up in the area.  

There is also a flourish of tax offices, accountants, and business offices.  There is also a nice Black owned computer supply store called Creative International.  Mainstay catering and reception hall Thomasina's is, we see, doing major renovations.

It is nice to see the business sections in the residential areas of Southeast Queens are progressively taking the initiative to upscale and upgrade themselves.  Major developers are going to revamp the major commercial hub sector of Jamaica Ave.  Nevertheless, it is also encouraging that people in the community of St. Albans are proactively investing in their own community.

There are even some nonprofits endeavoring to start a business incubator called Seed Capital Cafe.  According to the Seed Capital Cafe's website the organization looks to help area residents by addressing the following questions:

1. If your business is home-based or virtual, can you benefit from having access to an affordable main-street location to meet with clients, conduct workshops, or showcase your products or artwork?

2. Will you need assistance with incorporating/ forming an LLC, reviewing or drafting contracts, or any other legal matter for your business?


3. Would you agree that the time is now for us to innovate within our community?

Another effort in the works also is the Southeast Queens Federal Credit Union.  It is another endeavor by area residents being undertaken to help "assist in bringing financial literacy, independence, and strength to our community."  This effort could be a great asset to the community if it caught on.

Also St. Albans is the home of great cultural institutions like the legendary Black Spectrum Theatre.  The area even has an emerging underground jazz club looking to "bring back work class jazz back to the community" called the Jackson Room. Jackson Room will be celebrating its 5 year anniversary.  That is a milestone for any business especially a jazz club in our area.

But will St. Albans become a type of model of neighborhood bootstrapping in Southeast Queens, or will it be overwhelmed with gentrification?  We don't want the area to suffer the same challenges as the other two cultural epicenters in NYC: Harlem and Central Brooklyn.

Kamau Austin, Publisher
Southeast Queen Scoop

Well I wouldn't underestimate the business resolve and aplomb of St. Albans residents. Remember back in the mid 1970s and early 80s one of the largest and fastest growing black businesses in the world was Wallace & Wallace Oil, and related companies doing almost 160 million dollars a year in income.

I will make the case that St. Albans and also residential areas in Southeast Queens needs a business technology incubator with perhaps a collaboration with York College to help area business persons become more tech savvy and digital marketing proficient.

In upcoming posts on the Southeast Queens Scoop I will explore developing a tech business hub in the Greater/Jamaica Southeast Queens area.  I will also look to launch a Southeast Queens Business Expo of area resident businesses.  We have look for proactive progressive solutions to empower people in our community. By Kamau Austin, Publisher

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Black Owned Company Awarded Contract to Help Clean Up Flint Michigan Water

W.T. Stevens Construction, a Black-owned construction firm with about 25 employees, has been awarded a multi-million dollar service contract to replace more than 18,000 lead corroded pipes across the city of Flint, Michigan. The company is one of just four companies recently contracted under a court order to complete the project.

The company was founded by a Black entrepreneur named W.T. Stevens back in the 1990's, but he died in 2002. His daughter, however, Rhonda Grayer, now serves as vice president. She works as a team with her husband, Jeff Grayer, who serves as a project manager for the company. Both are natives of Flint, Michigan, and Jeff is also a former NBA player who played for the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks for more than 10 years.

On getting the contract

In a recent exclusive interview with TNJ.com, Jeff said, “This is home for me and my family and I wasn't going to sit back and do nothing as a person or as a businessman.” He added, “This is the biggest project our company has ever done and as a result of the water line contract our gross revenues have increased by about 70 percent.”

He also says that they expect to have 6,000 water lines replaced in the city by the end of the year. “The target is to have all 18,000 lead corroded residential pipes replaced by December 2019,” he said.

In a separate interview with TheHubFlint.com, Rhonda comments, “It is really exciting, and the most important part of it is the opportunity to employ people who may not have had other opportunities."

Why it really is a crisis

The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when the Flint River became the drinking water source for people who lived in the city of Flint, Michigan. Due to insufficient water treatment, over 100,000 residents were potentially exposed to high levels of lead in the drinking water. A federal state of emergency was declared in January 2016 and Flint residents were instructed to use only bottled or filtered water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and bathing. As of early 2017, the water quality had returned to acceptable levels; however, residents were instructed to continue to use bottled or filtered water until all the lead pipes have been replaced.

In March 2017, a $97 million settlement was approved by a federal magistrate mandating that thousands of pipes be replaced. The money will come from both state and federal funds, and the state of Michigan will also reserve an additional $10 million in case the job requires it.

Not just about the money

The Grayers are not just all about the money. They really want to help rebuild the community. Jeff comments, “This is a major project that will ensure public safety and start rebuilding trust between the city and the community... something that has been missing awhile.”

When asked about how her father would feel if he were still alive, Rhonda comments, "Now, it is definitely a family business. We all do something. I think he would be very, very proud of where we are at this time."

For more details about their company, W.T. Stevens Construction, visit www.wtstevens.com
(Source BlackNews.com)

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Caribbean Business Connections Celebrates 5th Year Anniversary

Caribbean Business Connections (CBC)  in collaboration with UJAA, Union of Jamaica Alumni Association will celebrate two important milestones in the lives of people in the Caribbean Diaspora:

12th Year of Caribbean American Heritage Month and...

5th Year Anniversary of Caribbean Business Connections

An Extravaganza showcasing various aspects of Caribbean culture – food, art, music and dance as well as facilitate business networking. All you can eat from outstanding Chefs from Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti and more.

Come experience folk dance from Jamaica, Steel Pan music from Trinidad and fine arts from Haiti.

Door Prize: Dinner for 2 prepared by Chef Lina of Caribbean Pearl.

Entertainment: Performance from Caribbean folk groups.

About the Southeast Queens Scoop - is the premier website and only publication offering daily news and updates on the events, culture, issues, and is dedicated to the business and economic development in this largely black historic community.  Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the latest updates on events, news, job and career postings, and resources Click Here

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Motivational Mondays With Purpose Minded Expert Terryl Ebony - 5-29-2017

Be Passionate Produce Results: When you are passionate about the outcome, you will be inspired to produce the work to make it happen. #IamAProducer #FindYourPurpose #EmbraceYourPurpose #BuildingProducers

Be Blessed: Stop talking yourself out of the blessings you claim you want. That's the definition of crazy.
#FindYourPurpose

Make the Most of Your Time: When you wake up in the morning realizing that you can do whatever you want because you control your time......... Now let's make the best of it! #Winning #IamAProducer #FindYourPurpose

Don't Just Think - Do: The best production will happen when you stop thinking and start doing. You have great ideas, put them on paper, then IMPLEMENT. Take Action. Thinking about it, telling others about it, but doing nothing about it will not make it come to fruition. I need you to be a PRODUCER. #FindYourPurpose #EmbraceYourPurpose #BuildingProducers #IamAProducer #CEOLife

STOP MULTI-TASKING - It is better to finish one thing in excellence, than 5 things in disaster.

Make That Paper: If you are in business, I assume you want to make money. If that's the case, you can't be afraid to charge money.

That defeats the purpose. Know your worth. Charge your worth. #IamAProducer #FindYourPurpose #EmbraceYourPurposeThe best production will happen when you stop thinking and start doing. You have great ideas, put them on paper, then IMPLEMENT.

Take Action. Thinking about it, telling others about it, but doing nothing about it will not make it come to fruition. I need you to be a PRODUCER. #FindYourPurpose #EmbraceYourPurpose #BuildingProducers #IamAProducer #CEOLife

Make a Decision: Making a decision to create a positive change in your circumstances is something no one else can do for you. You have to want more for yourself. #FindYourPurpose #BuildingProducers

There is someone out there waiting on the gifts you keep hiding. C'mon out and introduce your gifts to the world. It's your time! Don't be shy. #FindYourPurpose #BuildingProducers

About Terryl Ebony - Terry Ebony, is a highly regarded and award winning activist, empowerment speaker, author, parent, entrepreneur, and leader in Southeast Queens.  She is the Founder and Executive Director, of The Misunderstood Youth Development Center.

Ms. Ebony is also a highly sought after national speaker.  She has also worked with numerous community organizations, issues, and causes.

You can reach her at her website TerrylEbony.com or on Facebook. To order insightful and inspiring books by Terry Ebony: Click Here

About the Southeast Queens Scoop - is the premier website and only publication offering daily news and updates on the events, culture, issues, and is dedicated to the business and economic development in this largely black historic community.  Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to get the latest updates on events, news, job and career postings, and resources Click Here

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State Senator James Sanders Job Hiring Fair 2017

As the ranking Democrat of the Senate’s Labor Committee and in his continuing efforts to bring economic development and prosperity to the people of the 10th Senatorial District, Senator James Sanders Jr. (D-Rochdale Village, Far Rockaway) will be hosting a Job Hiring Fair on Tuesday, May 30th at Rochdale Village.

There will be a wide variety of companies to choose from, and they are looking to hire YOU! Come to the fair and see what opportunities are available. The first step to a better future starts with you. Bring your resume, dress for success, and be sure to tell your friends.   

Date:  May 30
Time:  10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost:  Free

Organizer:  Office of New York State Senator James Sanders   
Phone:   (718) 523-3069
Email:  sanders@nysenate.gov
Website:  https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/james-sanders-jr 

Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.

She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

About the Southeast Queens Scoop - is the premier website and only publication offering daily news and updates on the events, culture, issues, and is dedicated to the business and economic development in this largely black historic community.

The publication targets the over 350,000 residents in the Southeast Queen and Jamaica Queens area. It promotes to over 40,000 potential viewers in social media, mobile devices and search engines like Google and Bing!  To learn more about how to promote your business or organization on the Scoop or online Click Here

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Promwear Drive and Giveaway

Promwear Drive & Giveaway

Help make some smart young lady's dream come true of being about to have a prom dress this graduation and prom season in our community. This is being made possible by State Senator Leroy Comrie and Pastor Phil Craig of Greater Springfield Community Church. 

Date:  June 3, 2017
Time:  10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:  Donations Accepted
Event Categories:  Coat/Clothing, Drive/Giveaway

Organizer: Office of New York State Senator Leroy Comrie   
Phone:  (718) 454-0162
Website:  http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/leroy-comrie   
Interested in making the day for a would-be prom attendee? Then donate a dress or tuxedo for a young woman or man.

Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.

She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

About the Southeast Queens Scoop - is the premier website and only publication offering daily news and updates on the events, culture, issues, and is dedicated to the business and economic development in this largely black historic community.

The publication targets the over 350,000 residents in the Southeast Queen and Jamaica Queens area. It promotes to over 40,000 potential viewers in social media, mobile devices and search engines like Google and Bing!  To learn more about how to promote your business or organization on the Scoop or online Click Here

Dallas BBQ is coming to Jamaica

Dallas BBQ is coming to Jamaica — and they need employees! The new Dallas BBQ will be located at 89-04 Parsons Boulevard.

If you are interested in being interviewed for a job, then e-mail your resume and a brief statement to eric@dallasbbq.com in order to be considered for an interview.

Interviews will take place between 9:30 am and 1:00 pm at the Times Square location. Ask for Eric upon arrival.

Dallas BBQ is coming to Jamaica — and they need employees! The new Dallas BBQ will be located at 89-04 Parsons Boulevard. If you are interested in being interviewed for a job, then e-mail your resume and a brief statement to eric@dallasbbq.com in order to be considered for an interview. Interviews will take place between 9:30 am and 1:00 pm at the Times Square location. Ask for Eric upon arrival.

Posted by community events coordinator, Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with developmental and physical challenges.

She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

About the Southeast Queens Scoop - is the premier website and only publication offering daily news and updates on the events, culture, issues, and is dedicated to the business and economic development in this largely black historic community.

The publication targets the over 350,000 residents in the Southeast Queen and Jamaica Queens area. It promotes to over 40,000 potential viewers in social media, mobile devices and search engines like Google and Bing!  To learn more about how to promote your business or organization on the Scoop or online Click Here

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