The Riverdale Press By STACY DRIKS Samantha Grossman earned the Fall 2021 dean’s award with distinction from Colgate University. Grossman, a graduate of the Fieldston School, is in the Colgate Class of 2023. She is an economics major. Students who receive the distinction award must ...
HEALTHLINE By Taneasha White “It’s time to fix our broken food systems. If community-based, urban agricultural initiatives worked back in the day, then surely they can work again now.” There are varying interpretations and definitions of the term “food justice.” They range from supporting communities ...
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Summer is the most dangerous time for gun violence. In the summer, levels of gun violence can skyrocket by up to 30% – a disastrous increase for a city that has seen rising rates of violence since the onset of the pandemic. Together, we ...
AMSTERDAM NEWS By: Tandy Lau By the time doors closed at 4 p.m. at Soul Saving Station church in Harlem this past Saturday, 78 firearms ranging from peashooters to semi-automatics were collected from Cash for Guns, a buyback event hosted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin ...
CITYLIMITS By: Jason Autar “Ultimately it further stratifies our city, which is already full of haves and have-nots, and leaves a generation of young folks without the necessary conduit to refine their workforce development skills.” For 20-plus years I have been connected to New York ...
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Applications for the third annual Brandon Hendricks Scholarship are now open! Ten college-bound Bronx high school seniors will win $5,000 each to use toward their education. Applicants must be from the Bronx and must be graduating seniors headed to college. The application includes written ...
The Guardian Nearly one-third of US parents are opposed to vaccinating their kids against Covid – so one-time vaccine skeptics are helping families find evidence-based answers Alexis Danielsen sat down and rolled up her sleeve. When the shot went into her arm, one thought flooded ...
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When COVID-19 hit the U.S. in March 2020, New York quickly became the global epicenter of the pandemic. Each and every one of us experienced the effects of the pandemic, however, it was our most under-resourced communities that bore the brunt of our first ...
