New York City gradually began reopening last Monday, June 8th after months of stay-home ordered lock down. The reopening is scheduled to transpire in phases and is a significant turning point as it gives us all a chance to test our new world skills which should include practicing social distancing, safety precautions, and lending a… Read More
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The Weekly Pulse: At Gaining Wisdom in Changing Times
2020 is a year for the record books. We are only in June and it looks like years have gone by, so much has changed, most have been out of our control: the tragic loss of ‘The Black Mamba’ Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, the global pandemic of the novel Coronavirus disease 2019… Read More
Special Edition: In Honor of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the Countless Others.
This is me again. Stop the Killing! Stop the insanity! No matter how many you kill, we will rise again, again, and again!!!. Black people are not going anywhere. We are not going to disappear. You may kill 10,000 a day 30,000 more will rise. Through all the centuries of killings, one of us managed… Read More
The Weekly Pulse: The Eviction Moratorium and What You Need to Know
On May 7th, 2020, New York Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.28 which is ultimately extending the eviction moratorium from June 20th to August 20th. This Executive Order is only issued to tenants who qualify for unemployment benefits or who are experiencing a “financial hardship” as a result of COVID-19, to use their security… Read More
Marjory’s Weekly Briefing: In Honor of Haïti
This is me again. In Honor of Haïti. The month of May has been designated as Haïtian Heritage Month and today May 18, 2020 is Haïtian Flag Day. I will forever be grateful to have been born and raised on that beautiful island called Haïti Bohio Quisqueya “Land of the Mountains” “Mother of All Lands”…. Read More
The Weekly Pulse: Helping Hands All Around You
The greater city of New York has been on pause for the past two months. This outbreak of novel COVID-19 has made it harder to balance the feelings of urgency and anxiety you may have been experiencing. As we’ve mentioned in a previous edition of The Weekly Pulse, there’s no set deadline, band-aid, or vaccine… Read More
