Milette Millington, Author at Caribbean Life – Page 2 of 13

A group of volunteers standing in a room at the Brooklyn-based organization Neighbors Together, which is a soup kitchen, social service hub, and community advocacy center.

News

Local organizations collaborate to fight food insecurity in NYC

By Milette Millington

Guyanese-born US military veteran Shellone Grant has been a Zumba dance instructor for 12 years.

Guyana

Kindness in motion: Healing through dance

By Milette Millington

Alice and Tati face off. Alice is balancing on her short crutches, legs bent and folded under herself, tops of her toes grazing the floor. They peer at each other with curiosity and intensity.

Art in Motion

By Milette Millington

A group of attendees, at booths getting ready for the 8th Annual Trina Williams Far Rockaway Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, sponsored by various local organizations, including The Campaign Against Hunger (TCAH).

News

Walking for Trina: Far Rockaway honors beloved educator in Annual Awareness March

By Milette Millington

Members of the group, the Doo Wop Project. From left, Santino "Sonny" Paladino (Musical Director), Charl Brown, Dominic Nolfi, Russell Fischer, John Michael Dias, and Dwayne Cooper.

Music

Keeping Doo-Wop alive: Musical group celebrates new album release

By Milette Millington

Cameroon native Yolande Boyom, who created the play/upcoming film “The Road to Freedom,” to bring awareness to human trafficking.

From Cameroon to the stage: Playwright’s debut tackles human trafficking

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of Howard W. French, professor of journalism at Columbia University , in conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and fellow author, about his new book, The Second Emancipation (2025).

Books

NY journalism professor discusses his book on unknown Black History in Brooklyn

By Milette Millington

Self-portrait of Goodwood, Tobago native Shurla Alleyne Tyler, who has lived in Brooklyn for more than a decade.

Trinidad & Tobago

Brooklyn neighbor spreads hope through essential giving

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Ramona Grey-Harris, daughter of Sarah Edwards and niece of Millicent and Lucille Edwards. The three sisters started Edward Sisters Realty Association (ESRA), now known as ESRA Realty LLC, in 1925.

Business

Guyanese family celebrates 100th Anniversary in local business

By Milette Millington

Shoshanna Weinberger, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Montclair, NJ, now lives in Newark, NJ.

Jamaica

Caribbean American artist brings fresh vision to NYC Gallery exhibition

By Milette Millington

The display of the 5 CD box set, released on August 22 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the jazz club Antone's, based in Austin, TX.

Music

Legendary Texas jazz club celebrates 50 years of pushing blues music forward

By Milette Millington

Health

Local organization discusses impact of possible Medicaid cuts for disability community

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of co-directors of “The Ride Ahead Samuel Habib” and his dad, Dan Habib, American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter, and Tony Award-winning actor and The Ride Ahead cast member, Ali Stroker.

Movies

New film highlights life experiences of disabled filmmaker

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Anglo-Nigerian author Nikki May, who lives in the county of Dorset, England.

Books

Queens Public Library spotlights Anglo-Nigerian author’s first book

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Ocean Stokes, who is the senior compliance manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).

News

MTA launches new Lunch and Learn Series for the Disability Community

By Milette Millington

A Google Maps screenshot in street view, taken in October 2024, of Trinbago Express Shipping Services, in Brooklyn.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinbago Express Shipping under fire over delayed deliveries to Tobago

By Milette Millington

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