Milette Millington, Author at Caribbean Life – Page 10 of 12

Hope Knight, CEO and president of Empire State Development (ESD), gave opening remarks during the event.

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Juneteenth: The significance of freedom and access to opportunity

By Milette Millington

Naomi James Sweet[ish] - selling baked goods at Baruch's Marketplace campus event.

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Caribbean heritage inspires this first-generation student and business owner

By Milette Millington

Laura Kennedy of AHRC NYC, who hosted the 74th anniversary virtual celebration.

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Local organization celebrates 74 years of serving the disabled

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Screenshot from day one of the 2023 Disability and Emergency Preparedness Conference. Top row: Female ASL interpreter (top left), Staff Attorney Alyssa Galea from Disability Rights New York (DRNY, top center), Stephanie Duke from Disability Rights Texas (DRTX, top right). Bottom row: Ariadna Godreau-Aubert from Ayuda Legal (Spanish for Legal Help) Puerto Rico (bottom left), and David Whelan from Disability Awareness Training (DAT) at Niagara University (bottom center).

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Conversations on Emergency Preparedness should include the disabled

By Milette Millington

Nusrat.Shova (left) and her husband Navin Shivpal. Shivpal is the CEO of Cottage Home Care Services (CHCS) and the Brooklyn Institute of Vocational Training (BIVT).

Guyana

For this Guyanese native, kindness is everything

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‘Homebodies’ author Tembe (pronounced Tem-bay) Denton-Hurst.

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Local bookstore hosts discussion on writer’s debut novel

By: Milette Millington

Panelists, moderator and sign language interpreter seated on stage during the panel, From Food Dependence to Food Sovereignty, held at NYU on May 2. From left: Interpreter, journalist and moderator Amy Goodman, Sommer Sibilly-Brown of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Crystal Diaz of Puerto Rico, Ursula Herrera of Guahan (Indigenous name for U.S. territory of Guam) and Rica Dela Cruz of the Northern Marianas (American Samoa).

Food

Top female leaders continue advocating for food justice

By Milette Millington

Dominique Whyte giving a presentation on her project.

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Young Jamaican scientist’s research helps protect the environment

By Milette Millington

Mary Fashik giving her presentation, "Why Intersectionality is Vital to the Progression of Disability Rights," during the 2023 Accessibility Conference.

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Disability advocates make clear: Accessibility is everything

By Milette Millington

Vanessa Agudelo, an organizer and advocate in the Hudson Valley, currently with the Energy Justice Network (EJN) and Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions (WASS). She was previously the Hudson Valley Manager of Member Engagement at the NYIC.

Why engaging in environmental and social justice Is crucial

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Brooklyn Community Foundation CEO Jocelynne Rainey speaking during BCF's Spark Breakfast, held on March 14, 2023.

People

Brooklyn nonprofit CEO leads with kindness

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'Whiteout' co-author David Herzberg. He is a professor of history at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He researches the history of drugs and drug policy in America with a focus on pharmaceuticals.

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New book reveals evil pharma and unsuspecting pain

By Milette Millington

Cloyette Harris-Stoute (Sixth from left) with some of her young leaders.

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Nonprofit inspires young Guyanese women, assists them in becoming leaders

By Milette Millington

Soleil Sabalja doing a dumpster dive.

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One person’s trash is another person’s treasure

By Milette Millington

Vendors in a line around City Hall with signs in six languages reading “Cut the Red Tape” and “Street Vendors are Small Businesses.”

Street vendors rally at City Hall, call for industry reform

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City and State event host Jon Lentz introducing speakers for the webinar. Top row from left: Jon Lentz, Joel Berg, Laurie Wheelock. Berg: CEO of Hunger Free America. Wheelock: Executive Director and Counsel at the Public Utility Law Project of New York (PULP). Middle row (left to right): Beth Shyken-Rothbart, Roxanne Persaud, Beth Finkel. Shyken-Rothbart: Senior Counsel for Client Services and New York Policy at the Medicare Rights Center. Persaud: NYS Senator and the Chairperson of the NYS Senate Committee on Social Services. Finkel: State Director of AARP New York. Bottom row: Maritza Davila. Davila: NYS Assemblymember and Chairperson of NYS Assembly Committee on Social Services.

Data matching helps older low-income New Yorkers, lawmakers say

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