Milette Millington, Author at Caribbean Life – Page 6 of 8

Sara Luterman (left), Carson Pickett (middle), and interpreter Isabella Olsen.

People

The significance of amplifying disabled voices

By Milette Millington

Members of Alma Moyo band, featuring Oxil Febles dancing (front). On drums Manuela Arciniegas, Nelson Cabassa, Ariel LaSalle. Behind Febles: Alex LaSalle and Ines Mangual.

Africa

Summer Event Series highlights Congolese influence in Caribbean music and dance

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Angela Hunte sitting on a stoop with her friend on her stoop where she grew up in Flatbush, from her video in the NYC Tourism Local Legends Series, which was released on May 25.

Caribbean

Latest episode in NYC Tourism’s Local Legends Series spotlights Caribbean Heritage

By Milette Millington

Artist Atim Annette Oton.

Kindness is best shown through art for this Nigerian native

By Milette Millington

A photo of the exhibition at the new Louis Armstrong Center, Queens, which opens on July 6.

Music

New Louis Armstrong Center opening next month in Queens

By Milette Millington

Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, author of Negras (Spanish for Black): Stories of Puerto Rican Slave Women (2017).

News

Brooklyn Public Library hosts author talk in honor of Juneteenth

By Milette Millington

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

News

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.

St Lucia

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.

News

Local organization celebrates 74 years of serving the disabled

By Milette Millington

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).

People

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

By Milette Millington

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

Books

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.

Jamaica

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.

News

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

By Milette Millington

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