Milette Millington, Author at Caribbean Life – Page 6 of 9

New York City Council Member Linda Lee.

News

Disability advocates celebrate with caution

By Milette Millington

Barbadian Angela Price, the owner of The Black Cake Company, based in Brooklyn.

Barbados

For this Barbadian native, kindness is best expressed through baking

By Milette Millington

From top left: Shafina Khabani, Melani L. Campbell, Marcia Teresa Kumar and Andy Bernstein.

News

Helping communities transform unjust systems

By Milette Millington

Marie Dagenais-Lewis (top left), Megan Pendleton (top right), Nidhi Jaisoor (bottom left), and Briana Logsdon (bottom right).

News

The impact of medical gaslighting when someone is disabled

By Milette Millington

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

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