Month: February 2025

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Op-Ed | New York City values, New York City strong

New York City has a long and eventful history. Over 400 years, we have had our ups and downs. But throughout, New Yorkers’ resiliency has prevailed and our city’s fundamental values have remained constant. We are stronger because of our diversity. Every single person who decides to build their life here becomes part of our city’s economy and vibrant culture. We are all New Yorkers together: anything that affects one […]

todayFebruary 25, 2025

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Grenada’s PM wants Europe to pay reparations

As he handed over the chairpersonship of the 15-nation Caribbean Community to Mia Mottley of Barbados, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told the European Union that it could not avoid making reparation payments for the crimes linked to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Making his remarks as immediate past bloc chair, Mitchell was blunt in his assessment of the situation, telling the audience at last week’s summit in Barbados that the […]

todayFebruary 24, 2025

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Panamanian Collective hosts marathon screenings to spotlight ‘An Immigrant Story’

On the last Saturday of Black History Month 2025, a predominantly Afro-Panamanian crowd packed into Brooklyn's Roulette Intermedium to support "Ramon," a short film about an undocumented immigrant from the isthmus. Slated for four daily screenings, the marathon event culled curious nationals, friends, and advocates of an open immigration policy in America. "I am here because I identify with the storyline," a patron who asked to be recognized as Enid […]

todayFebruary 24, 2025

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Women’s History Month 2025 celebrates ‘Moving Forward Together, Women Educating & Inspiring Generations’

According to women's organizations, women across America will be decked out in elegant attire in purple, green, and white, colors with significant and historical roots that carry important psychological meanings that continue to inspire them daily. The United States proclaimed March 1987 National Women's History Month to pay extra attention to the amazing accomplishments of strong, determined women. Today, women continue to excel in every profession, many of which were […]

todayFebruary 24, 2025

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NYIC condemns Trump’s revocation of TPS for Haitians

Caribbean immigration advocates in New York on Thursday condemned the Trump administration's decision to revoke the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti, leaving hundreds of thousands of Haitians at risk of deportation from the United States and without work permits. Trump had campaigned on deporting Haitians living illegally in the US as part of his mass deportation agenda. "The Trump administration's decision to revoke TPS for Haitians is a […]

todayFebruary 24, 2025

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Jamaican-born Rev. Marie Berbick receives American President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Reverend Marie Berbick, a Jamaican-born pastor, motivational speaker, and life coach, was recently awarded the prestigious President's Lifetime Achievement Award by the outgoing Joe Biden Administration. Berbick received the honor in person on Tuesday, Jan. 21, following two days of celebratory festivities at the U.S. Presidential and Leadership Awards Dinner hosted by the African and Caribbean International Leadership Conference. The event was held at the iconic Capital Hilton Hotel in […]

todayFebruary 21, 2025 2

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