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An aid group, mainly, for African immigrants
By Henry Fernandez Planes, buses and blistered feet. Those modes of transit brought two dozen West African immigrants to the United States and, then, one June day to Afrikana, a Harlem nonprofit that helps immigrants build their American lives. Afrikana’s waiting room is where Sweet Mama’s Soul Food used to be. Those looking for help […]
Major events shape Gen Z views, protests
By Auzzy Byrdsell A month before Faith Andrews-Owens was born in 2001, terrorist hijackers steered airplanes into New York City’s Twin Towers. When she was 11, in February 2012, a self-described neighborhood watchman in Florida shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. In December of the same year, a gunman killed 20 kids and six adults at […]
From going hungry to helping
By Jaden Perry When Elliott Carter was homeless and struggling with drug addiction, The Church of Saint Francis Xavier helped him turn his life around. “Xavier gave me a chance to sit down and eat and get my mind straight. All that chaos out there. I could be calm in here, and I could ask […]
Going from UN expert to a life off the grid
By Darius Osborne Gisele Kamanou traded in her cell phone for a produce stand and her job at the United Nations to do what she really wants: educate the public about her alternative approach to food and lifestyle. “I refrain from advertising myself because of the modern processes it involves … So many constructs and […]
One man’s journey from prison to profits
By Justin Mitchell When Derrick Faulcon returned home after 11 years in prison, he knew he had to make a change. “Nothing about prison made me want to hustle. I was a hustler before I got there. Nothing about prison made me dedicated. I was dedicated before I got there. That’s how I survived in […]