Attend The Free Special Thanksgiving Musical Celebration with Motown on Broadway’s N’Kenge In Jamaica Queens

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Broadway Sensation N’Kenge makes her encore performance at Culture Connection / Queens Library with a special Thanksgiving inspired concert for music lovers everywhere. Enjoy familiar tunes from Southern spirituals to Whitney Houston Hits as well as songs set to poetry of Langston Hughes, Motown classics and more.

ASCAP award winner Charles Duke will be Music Director. A one-night only concert you don’t want to miss.
 

Listen Freely To The Harmonic Jazz Of Yvonnick Prene

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Composer, educator, and specialist in the chromatic harmonica, Yvonnick Prene has become a rising star among contemporary jazz artists. 

Educated in Paris and New York, he has recorded four albums as a leader and collaborated with many other top artists in the field. Come and see his premiere performance at the Queens Library.  No registration is required and all are invited to attend.

Checkout The Tuesday Afternoon Movie – “The Ice Storm” (1997)

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In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.

Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Rick Moody (novel), James Schamus
Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen and Sigourney Weaver

John Marshall Jones and Levy Lee Simon Showcase Their New Independent Film The Last Revolutionary

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 Nationwide  Globally recognized television, film and stage actor John Marshall Jones (Bosch, Shooter, In The Cut, and the upcoming 9-1-1) and multi award-winning writer Levy Lee Simon (AUDELCO, NAACP Theater and Kennedy Center Awards) are starring in The Last Revolutionary which opens the African Diaspora International Film Festival to be held at Columbia University on November 24th 2017 at 7pm.

Learn How This Millennial Is Launching The Official Black Wall Street App To Get Us Lit To Support Black Business

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Nationwide, The next generation digital platform, Official Black Wall Street, is making it even easier to find and support Black-owned businesses with the launch of their highly anticipated new app.

Making its mark as the first of its kind to alert users when they're near a Black-owned business, the app combines social impact and tech, allowing users to seamlessly circulate the Black dollar.

Be Informed With How This DVD Collection Tells Positive Stories Of Black Achievement

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Nationwide Morehouse College graduate, Rex Barnett, has produced one of the largest documentary catalogs in the nation featuring Black achievers.

"We have to own our own media companies that produce programs about us," said Mr. Barnett. "I started History On Video to show the positive side of Black people. For me, this has been a labor of love."

Mr. Barnett's publishing company now has 62 documentaries available covering education, entertainment and sports. Legendary educator Benjamin Mays, mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr., is profiled. Nationally televised on Black Entertainment Television, the Mays program stars President Jimmy Carter.

Discover How MUSC and SCSU Team Up to Tackle Health Disparities

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Marvella Ford, Ph.D., an expert in health disparities and cancer prevention research at the Medical University of South Carolina, now holds a joint appointment as the SmartState endowed chair in prostate cancer disparities at South Carolina State University.

Charleston, SC - Marvella Ford missed out on a fundamental part of childhood: having grandparents to spoil and take care of her. They all died before she was born. “That’s a tremendous loss that you can never overcome. I grew up not having met or seen pictures of any of my grandparents,” she said.

Grow A Beard And Raise Money To Empower Young Boy

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Nationwide - This November, Lite it Up Beard Oil is putting a new spin on BroVember by donating money to organizations that support the healthy physical, emotional and spiritual development of young black boys.

Typically in the month of November, men raise money for Prostate Cancer Research. However, in the United States, Black men are 25% more likely to develop prostate cancer than their white counterparts, yet are less likely to receive treatment due to access to care or financial resources, and benefit even less financially from mainstream campaigns.

Attend The Order of the Feather Bowling Fundraiser

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Come one, come all, to the greatest bowling fundraiser of them all. Here’s your chance to have a blast while helping to raise money for a great cause — the Order of the Feather Fraternity. For additional information, or to secure tickets, contact Brother Washington at (347) 844-2706.

Thanksgiving Community Super “Bowl”

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It’s a Thanksgiving Community Super “Bowl” and you — and everyone else — is invited. Bring a frozen turkey if you want to get in for free.

Be Informed And Inspired At The Purpose Conference: :"God’s Workmanship!"

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Purpose Conference offers a rich blend of workshops and seminars led by Christian professionals who will examine the role that career plays in the grand scheme of God’s purpose for your life. Gain practical guidance on how to pursue a career in your desired field, with an added emphasis on understanding how we can serve God through our careers.

Learn About The New Book The Hypocrisy of Democracy in America

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(Nationwide) Hundreds of young Black men are losing their lives and freedom every day - at the hands of other Black men, the police or by being locked up in prison. This is taking a tremendous toll on our communities and leaving a huge void in ability of African American families to affect positive change in their communities.

Checkout How This 13-Year Old Granddaughter Is Challenging Black Fathers And Men To Teach 1 Million Children Our Story

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Nationwide - A teenager is challenging a million fathers and a million black men to make sure their children "Know Our Story".

"What shall I tell my children who are Black?" is a question poised in a poem written by Margaret Burroughs." Tell my generation the whole story.

Tell us the story from the 1st human on earth, a colored man ... to the most despised people on earth, people of color ... to the most powerful man on earth, a man of color.

This is the story my generation needs to be told. This is why, I am challenging a million fathers and a million Black men to make sure their children know our story," says 13-year old, Jordyn Alexis Ash, granddaughter of Tyrone Ash who is the author of The Story GrandPa Told of American and World African Legends and Culture.

Checkout The First Black Woman From South Carolina Elected Into The National Academy Of Medicine

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Charleston, SC - Chanita A. Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D., has been elected into invited to join the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the first woman and first African-American from South Carolina, to attain that distinction.

"I just see it as a real honor because I think it places MUSC as an institution among some of the most elite academic centers in the country," said Hughes-Halbert, who holds the AT&T distinguished endowed chair in cancer equity.

"And one of the things I’m most proud of since coming here is the work that’s being done in minority health and health disparities and cancer prevention and control. Several investigators, not just me, are really bringing national attention to MUSC."

Vote Today In An Election That May Be The Most Important In The History Of Southeast Queens

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Today may be one of the most important elections in Southeast Queens History.  Why you may ask?  This is because in my opinion it could decide the direction of our area for many years to come.

Due to the real estate meltdown of 2008, Southeast Queens, was pounded considerably hard economically with a disproportionate amount of area homeowners literally and figuratively losing ground and their homes.  Ironically, politicians are claiming record lows in unemployment and crime.  If this is true our neighbors should be seeing more economic recovery.

Nevertheless, despite the claims of economic recovery, New York City, is also experiencing record highs in homelessness.  Homelessness in New York shelters is being claimed by some sources, like the Coalition Of The Homeless, to have climbed 74% in the last ten years. 

See How Sandy Survivors Mark Their Fifth Anniversary By Trying To Help Recent Storm Survivors

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By Dujon Ricks 

Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (c.) joins a group of Superstorm Sandy survivors on the 5th anniversary of the storm to advocate for victims of recent hurricanes.

To mark the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy Sunday in Broad Channel, state Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Rockaway Beach) and a working group she convened presented a list of 12 legislative recommendations to strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program, which is slated to be reauthorized by Congress this month.

Amato Pheffer believes that Hurricanes Harvey, Irene and Maria shifted the national conversation on the federal response and that the working group’s five years of boots-on-the ground experience with Sandy and the still uncompleted rebuilding in its aftermath could make a valuable contribution to the process.

Be Informed On How Congressman Greg Meeks Introduced Legislation To Stop Private Prisons From Receiving Tax Breaks

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By Dujon Ricks 

 Rep. Meeks and Sen. Wyden Introduce Bill to Stop Private Prisons from Exploiting Tax Incentives for Profit

"This bill would better align our tax code with the American dream of upward mobility..."

Washington, DC – Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced H.R. 4255, the Ending Tax Breaks for Private Prisons Act, which would disqualify privatized corrections and detention centers from receiving tax subsidies unavailable to other corporations.

See How The City Is Trying To Get A Handle On The Record High Homeless Population

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By Kamau Austin

The Number Of NYC's Homeless Has Reached Epic Proportions And
The City Government Is Urgently Trying To Get A Handle On the Crisis

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Homelessness in New York City is reportedly the highest it has been since the Great Depression.  According to the Coalition of Homeless in September 2017 there were 62,692 homeless persons in New York City.  This they posit represents 15,553 families.

To even dramatize this crisis even more clearly it is important to state that 23,445 of these homeless persons in families are children.  Homeless families comprise 2/3rds of the homeless population.  Over the course of the fiscal year for the City in 2017 , 129,803 different people were homeless at some point.  In short, NYC has a city sized homeless population in it.

New York City's homeless population is 74% higher now than it was ten years ago and single homeless people tend to be more prone to suffer from mental illnesses according to Coalition Of The Homeless.  The numbers of homeless people who are unsheltered or living on the streets of New York, in the subways, or abandoned real estate is unknown but most agree is easily in the thousands.  Most unsheltered homeless people are believed to be suffering from mental illness or some other serious diseases.

The majority of homeless people are people of color according to the coalition of the homeless.  They state that 58% of homeless people are African American, 31% are Latino, 7% are white, less than 1% are Asian, 3% are of unknown ethnic origin.

With such a crisis in homelessness it is no wonder that the New York City Council would try to get a handle on the problem by first documenting the scope of the problem.  Below is some of their recent legislative proposals.

Movie Night Wednesdays – “My Cousin Rachel” (2017)

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A young Englishman plots revenge against his late cousin’s mysterious, beautiful wife, believing her responsible for his death. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

Tuesday Afternoon Movie – “Princess Bride” (1987)

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While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.

Classic Movie Thursdays – “The Nutty Professor”

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 Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.

Valesco Raymond of Kaliber Choice

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Houston, TX - On Saturday, October 21, 2017 the Greater Houston Black Chamber (GHBC) awarded Valesco Raymond, CEO and President of Kaliber Choice LLC, this year’s Mack H. Hannah Jr. Upstart Award for his outstanding secular accomplishments along with his incredible work within the community.

Famu NAA by Providing Merchandise to

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Atlanta, GA  -- Florida A&M University National Alumni Association, Inc. (FAMU NAA) is pleased to announce a partnership with Plair Sports and Apparel (PSA), a licensed provider of collegiate sports merchandise focused on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). PSA will support the FAMU NAA by providing merchandise for sale such as apparel, fan gear, and home & office products.