Milette Millington, Author at Caribbean Life

ReelAbilities Film Festival co-founder Isaac Zablocki.

Movies

Annual film festival highlights international life stories on disability

By Milette Millington

Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) Executive Director Archana Jayaram.

Local non-profit Brooklyn Community Services celebrates 160 years

By Milette Millington

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the New York Public Library (NYPL).

Schomburg Center to host festival celebrating 100 years next weekend

By Milette Millington

Health

Why a local disability organization’s work is about more than spreading awareness

By Milette Millington

Dr. Sharon McLennon-Wier (left), who is blind, and Mike Schweinsberg (right). McLennon-Weir is the executive director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY), and Schweinsberg is the director of the 504 Democratic Club. They are two of the participants in the disability forum held on April 28.

Books

Local forum discusses future of citywide agency for the disabled

By Milette Millington

Violinist, composer and educator Jessie Montgomery.

Music

Award-winning female violinist mentoring students through new musical residency

By Milette Millington

Jessy J. Perez-Camilo, who works as an archivist in the Dominican Studies Institute (DSI) at the City College of New York, City University of New York (CCNY, CUNY).

Dominican Republic

New CUNY Archives Project spotlights Dominican history

By Milette Millington

Eric Campbell, business professional, music executive, and the founder /director of the nonprofit organization Some People Understand Differently, Inc. (SPUD Inc.).

Acts of Kindness

From family values to nonprofit vision: Eric Campbell’s Journey

By Milette Millington

Self-portrait of Trinidad and Tobago native Allison Carr, who now lives in Brooklyn, and runs her fashion boutique Collection by Ally.

News

Trinidadian’s path to fashion design

By Milette Millington

Actor with Down Syndrome Race Eberhardt, who stars in the upcoming action film Strait Undercover (2026), which premiered on YouTube on March 21, in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

Movies

Actor with Down Syndrome stars in new action film

By Milette Millington

A photo of wearing heels, standing up against a wall with her right knee bent, and her right arm hanging off of a ledge.

Movies

Festival hosts annual film series spotlighting women in African diaspora

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of Dr. Rebecca Hall (top), in conversation with Kyle Mays (bottom), about the new edition of her father Harry Haywood's book "Negro Liberation" (2026), for which she wrote the foreword.

Books

Historic book on effects of slavery gets a new perspective

By Milette Millington

Dr. Shaniqua Schloss, LMSW, who lives in Brooklyn is of Jamaican descent.

Acts of Kindness

Caribbean lineage meets Brooklyn grit

By Milette Millington

Digicel’s CEO Marcelo Cataldo has been leading the telecommunications company based in Jamaica, since May 2024.

Jamaica

Digicel signals turnaround after Caribbean storm

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist and author Eugene Robinson (left), with moderator Darren Walker, president of the National Gallery of Art (NGA).

Books

Pulitzer winner talks new American history

By Milette Millington

Guyana native Richard David, who is the director of Queens Regional & Community Affairs at Con Edison, as well as a community leader and disability advocate.

News

Guyanese-born Richard S. David named ‘Chef of the Year’ honoree

By Milette Millington

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