Lucy Yu has converted a funeral supply shop in Manhattan’s Chinatown into the cities first Asian American woman-owned bookstore. “Yu and Me” opened officially in mid-December of 2021. In the store, Yu built a snug refuge for a community that has been a target of attacks during the pandemic. The work of legendary New York photographer Corky Lee is on…
The Ludlow Heritage Museum and Norfolk Southern announced a lease agreement to preserve the railroad company’s Ludlow Yard Store House building. The agreement will allow the renovation of the museum building and the repurposing of its new headquarters. The plan is to create more museum space and additional rooms for meetings and events. It is the last remaining original structure…
Brigette Lacquette is now the first indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team, by recent hire by the Chicago Blackhawks. Lacquette has a past with breaking barriers as she became the first Frist Nations woman to play hockey for Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics. In addition to that, the 29-year-old from Mallard, Manitoba, also played in three world…
Bianca Brown is a newfound entrepreneur at only 16 years old. Brown is a junior attending Springfield High School in Pennsylvania. During the beginning of the pandemic, because she values having a busy schedule, she was uncomfortable doing nothing. With a growing love for arts and crafts, she started making soaps, colorful body butters, and jewelry. Bianca then created SimplyB…
Today we celebrate the seventh day of Kwanzaa, Imani, meaning faith. Today’s principle is to believe with all our hearts in our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. A song for reflection: Keep Your Head to the Sky, Earth, Wind, and Fire Thought of the day: Poem, “For my People” by Margaret Walker Learn more about the…
Today we celebrate the sixth day of Kwanzaa, Kuumba, meaning creativity. Today’s principle is to do always as much as we can to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. A song for reflection: Africa, John Coltrane Thought of the day: Jones, Leroi (Amiri Baraka). Bles People: Negro Music in White America. William Morrow, 1963. Introduction,…
Today we celebrate the fifth day of Kwanzaa, Nia, meaning purpose. Today’s principle is to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. A song for reflection: Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder Thought of the day: Poem About My Rights by June Jordan Learn more about the principles…
Today we celebrate the fourth day of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa, meaning cooperative economics. Today’s principle is to build and maintain our stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together. A song for reflection: We’re a Winner, Curtis Mayfield Thought for the day: Davis, Angela. Angela Davis: An Autobiography. Random House. Inc., 1974. pp. 89 Learn more about the…
Today we celebrate the third day of Kwanzaa, Ujima, meaning collective work and responsibility. Today’s principle is to build and maintain our community together and make our community’s problems our problems and to solve them together. A song for reflection: Optimistic, Sounds of Blackness Thought for the day: Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns. Random House, 2010. pp. 538…
Today we celebrate the second day of Kwanzaa, Kujichagulia, meaning self-determination. Today’s principle is to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. A song for reflection: I am the Black Gold of the Sun, Rotary COnnection & Minnie Riperton Thought for the day: Black, Daniel, The Coming. St. Martin’s Press, New York. 2015. pp. 9-10 Learn…