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The Great American Emancipation Day Awards Celebration Honoring DIONNE WARWICK, ROBERT “Kool” BELL, REV. DR. ALBERT MORGAN and Community Leaders Presented by The Positive Community Magazine

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Great American Emancipation Day Awards Celebration Honoring
DIONNE WARWICK, ROBERT “Kool” BELL, REV. DR. ALBERT MORGAN and
Community Leaders
Presented by The Positive Community Magazine
Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 2PM – 6PM

NEWARK, NJ, February 7, 2023— The Positive Community (TPC) announced their highly anticipated 4th Annual Emancipation Awards Celebration “The Dawn of Freedom.” The celebration takes place during Black History Month on Saturday, February 25th from 2pm-6pm at the historic Robert Treat Hotel, 50 Park Pl, in downtown Newark, NJ. The program will be hosted by Reverend Jacques Andre DeGraff.

TPC’s special honorees highlight the event. They are Newark’s own Grammy-award winner Dionne Warwick, Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool and the Gang, Rev. Dr. Albert Morgan, senior pastor of Union Baptist Temple; Jacob Walthour, Jr. CEO, Blue Print Capital; Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; Rev Dr. Valerie Durrah;CEO of Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic; and A. Curtis Farrow, McDonald’s Gospelfest producer

January 1, 2023 marks 160 years since the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, went into effect—a day that changed history for millions of Black Americans and should be recognized and commemorated. TPC Publisher Adrian A. Council Sr. states, “Emancipation Day brings into focus how far we have come and how far we need to go. Our year of Positive Change continues. It signifies legacy work to provide long-term equitable and economic solutions to race-based disparities.

On December 30, 2022, in preparation for the Emancipation Awards and to build awareness, hundreds gathered in Newark for the first Annual Pre-watchnight Prayer Walk to celebrate “Emancipation: The Dawn of Freedom.” City officials, clergy, and residents walked from Lincoln Park to Newark City Hall in solidarity and prayer, thanking the ancestors for their sacrifice for our freedom.

Our sponsors include: Prudential, New Jersey VisitNJ.org, RWJBarnabas Health, Aetna.

To purchase tables of 10 and individual tickets for The Positive Community’s annual Emancipation Awards Celebration, please visit https://www.eventcreate.com/e/the-positive-community-eman

To be an event sponsor, contact adrian@thepositivecommunity.com or call 973-233-9300.

About The Positive Community
The Positive Community publishes the only faith-based lifestyle magazine targeted to the African American consumer in the dynamic New York/New Jersey market. As its tagline denotes, the magazine focuses on the “Good News from the Church and the Community.”

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For interviews, please contact Jameel Barfield, Barfield Public Relations Inc. 917- 279-5329 or via email at jameel@Barfieldny.com or Barfieldmedia@gmail.com.

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Water Day Special: The Farzana Foundation

Austin Tang — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:57:16 +0000

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Farzana Niemann, Executive Director – The Farzana Foundation, Inc. What Non-Profit Organization that Provides Funding for the Construction of Fresh Water Wells

The Farzana Foundation
Who Farzana Niemann, Executive Director – The Farzana Foundation, Inc.
What Non-Profit Organization that Provides Funding for the Construction of Fresh Water Wells
Where Small Villages Surrounding Herat City, Afghanistan
When Since the Recent US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Why
The events surrounding the US withdrawal from Afghanistan have been heartbreaking, and the unimaginable suffering experienced by the Afghani people as result of this has motivated us to help in any way we can. While much of the subsequent activity in the area has involved assisting people flee the country, we believe there is a significant need to provide assistance to the millions of those who have been forced to remain. Our mission is to provide funding for the construction of fresh water wells within the many small villages located throughout the country that do not enjoy this basic necessity of everyday life. Those of us who live in the more developed nations take fresh running water for granted. However, as hard as it may be to believe, many of the smaller villages in Afghanistan simply do not have ready access to fresh running water for normal everyday drinking and sanitary purposes.
Since 2017, Farzana’s family has provided funding for more than thirty-five of these fresh water wells in the area surrounding her birth city of Herat, located in the Northwestern part of the country near their border with Iran, where she spent the first nine years of her life. This has enabled families living in this area to enjoy this basic necessity more readily. While each of these wells provides water to literally hundreds of families, there is a great need to construct many more of them to satisfy the substantially greater requirements of these people. Those that do not have a fresh water well in their village must frequently travel great distances by foot and physically carry back very heavy containers of water for their families. An undertaking of this nature can cover distances of several miles and take many hours during the day, a great deal of time and effort that could otherwise be used for more productive endeavors in the further development of their society. As a mother of three, Farzana understands the difficulties and worry over children that a parent experiences under normal conditions, notwithstanding an untenable environment that may exist without basic necessities such as water.

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Apollo Theater Presents The Critically Acclaimed Global Hip-Hop Dance Theatre Festival

admin — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:50:47 +0000

Breakin’ Convention Festival

In Collaboration with London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Headline programming includes groundbreaking works from internationally renowned dance crews, a special performance by popping icon Popin’ Pete, and appearance by Hip-Hop Legend and Co-Host Biz Markie

Festival Expands to Week-long Celebration to Include:

Artist Talks, Workshops, Dance Master Class with Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, a Unique Art Exhibition Created by Internationally Celebrated Sculptor/Painter Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez, and Much More

October 20 – 28, 2017

WHAT: The Apollo Theater presents the return of London’s Sadler’s Wells’ critically acclaimed international hip-hop dance theatre festival—Breakin’ Convention, one of the world’s greatest celebrations of hip-hop culture now in its third year. Mainstage performances will take place October 27 – 28 at 7:30 p.m., and will feature an appearance by hip hop legend Biz Markie, who will act as co-host.

Curated and hosted by nationally recognized U.K. hip-hop emcee and theater pioneer Jonzi D, Breakin’ Convention will take over the entire Apollo building and will include performances by world renowned dance companies and local crews. In addition to the mainstage performances, this year’s Festival is expanding to a week-long series of events and activities consisting of artist talks, master classes, dance workshops, freestyle sessions, an art exhibition by Carlos “Mare139” Rodriguez, and special Breakin’ Convention-themed editions of the Theater’s signature programs, Apollo Music Café and Family Workshop.

This year’s festival will also directly address several pressing issues that are part of America’s current sociopolitical landscape through performances and accompanying events, with highlights including an artist talk with dancers Jon Boogz and Lil Buck centered on dance as a tool for social justice and prison reform.

Breakin’ Convention 2017 will feature performances by: Dynamic Rockers (USA), Havoc and Klassic (USA), Popin’ Pete (USA), Rep Your Style (USA), Protocol Dance Company (UK), Salah (France), Soweto Skeleton Movers (SA), Yeah Yellow (France), Bwreakfast Club from Litefeet Nation (USA), and Passionfruit Dance Company (USA).

WHEN: Series of Events at the Apollo Theater October 20– 28, 2017

See below for complete Breakin’ Convention schedule

WHERE: Events will take place at the Apollo Theater on the Apollo Mainstage, the Apollo Soundstage, under the Apollo Marquee, and offsite.

For detailed program and ticket information visit www.apollobreakin.com

PHOTO OP: All media outlets interested in covering any of the Breakin’ Convention Festival, MUST submit requests via email to Nina Flowers at nina.flowers@apollotheater.org or Jarred Hopkins at jarred.hopkins@apollotheater.org

ABOUT US: The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.

With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella blockbuster concert, the annual Africa Now! Festival, and the recent New York premiere of the opera Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD. The Apollo is a performing arts presenting organization that also produces festivals and large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; global festivals including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention, international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects, multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.

Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms, and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy

The Apollo Theater’s Full Schedule of Breakin’ Convention Festival:

October 25 Columbia University’s Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought and The Apollo Theater present Fight the Power: A Global Conversation Exploring Hip-Hop and Social Consciousness

Location: Columbia University

Lenfest Center for the Arts

615 West 129th Street, New York, NY 10027

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Hip-hop music and culture have reverberated far beyond their birthplace on the streets of New York. From the favelas of Brazil to the trenches of the Arab Spring rebellion, the music fuels and inspires countless millions around the globe. Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theater and Columbia University’s Undergraduate Committee on Global Thought present this compelling exploration of hip-hop music’s impact on global culture and social consciousness.

Panelists include: Jonzi D (U.K.), Salah Belemqawanssa (France), Julien Saint Maximin—also known as Bee D (Yeah Yellow/France), and Lanre Malaolu (Protocol/U.K.). Moderator: Columbia faculty member Mamadou Diouf, Professor of African Studies.

Free with an RSVP. Visit apollotheater.org for details.

Apollo Amateur Night with Special Guests Soweto Skeleton Movers

Location: Apollo Mainstage

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Amateur Night begin at $20 and are available at The Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531-5305, 253 West 125th Street and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are on sale now.

October 26 Battlefest at the Apollo

Featuring Freestyle Funk Forum

Location: Soundstage

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Battlefest is one of the biggest and most elite dance competitions in the underground hip-hop community. Dancers from all over the nation will flock to the Apollo to participate in structured one-on-one battles.

Free with an RSVP. Visit apollotheater.org for details.

October 27 Breakin Convention – School Day Live Performance

Hosted by Jonzi D & Mayhem Poets

Featuring: Yeah Yellow, Soweto Skeleton Movers and Bwreckfast Club

Location: Mainstage

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Price: $4 per person

Apollo School Day Live is a special student performance of the 2017 Breakin’ Convention International Festival of Hip- Hop Dance Theatre featuring the Soweto Skeleton Movers from South Africa, B-Boy Crew, Yeah Yellow from France, and Harlem’s own Bwreckfast Club. Hosted by the hip-hop theatre improv trio

Mayhem Poets. Most appropriate for grades 4–12.

Generous support for School Day Live tickets provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.

For tickets to Apollo School Day Live and information visit www.apollotheater.org

Uptown Gets Down

Location: Under the Apollo Marquee

Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

This dance party under the iconic Apollo Marquee is hosted by Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon and features some of NYC’s hottest dance crews, Floatmasters and It’s Showtime NYC. Performances by The Beatbox House NYC with live graffiti by Letters First Crew.

Free and open to the public.

Breakin Convention Mainstage Performance

Hosted by Jonzi D and Celebrity Co-Host Biz Markie

Music by DJ Boogie Blind and DJ Precision

Featuring: Dynamic Rockers (USA), Havoc and Klassic (USA), Popin’ Pete (USA), Rep Your Style (USA), Protocol (UK), Salah (France), Soweto Skeleton Movers (SA), Yeah Yellow (France)

Location: Mainstage

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for Breakin’ Convention are $28.50 – $48.50. Tickets are available at The Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531- 5305, 253 West 125th Street, and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are on sale now.

October 28 Family Workshop: Family Cypher and Beat Making Workshop

Hosted by Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen

Location: Apollo Soundstage

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Price: Free with registration

This 90-minute family workshop teaches elements of hip-hop and how to use your body to create unique beats. The session will feature a participatory cypher and ideas on how you can take the hip-hop experience back home. Led by Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen, an all-women’s hip-hop collective. With guest artists MC LiKWUiD and the cypher collective Toni Blackman’s Rhyme Like a Girl Collective.

Appropriate for ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.

Apollo Family Workshops are free and pre-registration is strongly suggested. For registration information visit www.apollotheater.org

Film Screening – Get Lite

Location: Apollo Soundstage

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Free screening with post-screening talk with the film’s director, Lance Steagall. GET LITE is a documentary film featuring Litefeet dancers, known to most New Yorkers for their cries of SHOWTIME! on the subway.

Free with an RSVP. Visit apollotheater.org for details.

Uptown Gets Down

Location: Under the Apollo Marquee

Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

This dance party under the iconic Apollo Marquee is hosted by Jorge “Popmaster Fabel” Pabon and features some of NYC’s hottest dance crews, Floatmasters and It’s Showtime NYC, performances by The Beatbox House NYC with live graffiti by Letters First Crew.

Free and open to the Public

Breakin Convention Mainstage Performance

Hosted by Jonzi D and Celebrity Co-Host Biz Markie

Music by DJ Boogie Blind and DJ Precision

Featuring: Bwreakfast Club from Litefeet Nation (USA), Passionfruit Dance Company (USA), Popin’ Pete (USA), Protocol (UK), Salah (France), Soweto Skeleton Movers (SA), Yeah Yellow (France)

Location: Mainstage

Time: 7:30 p.m.

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Wells Fargo Teams Up with Operation Smile to Help Send Smiles Home for Diwali

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:06:05 +0000

Wells Fargo continues its collaboration with international medical charity to help fund surgeries for young people in India
Wells Fargo is helping to kick off the Diwali season by continuing its collaboration with Operation Smile, an international medical charity, to help provide life-changing surgeries for children and young adults in India born with cleft lip and cleft palate. The collaboration between Wells Fargo and Operation Smile is expected to fund hundreds of surgeries in India.
Wells Fargo also will be celebrating Diwali with the Asian Indian community by participating in a series of regional events, including some of the largest melas and concerts throughout the country.
This year, Wells Fargo will continue the holiday tradition of offering its customers with an opportunity to order Diwali-themed debit cards, with several new designs for 2015.
WHO:
● Rahul Baig, managing director, New York Corporate Banking at Wells Fargo
● William P. Magee, Jr. D.D.S, M.D, CEO and co-founder, Operation Smile
● Kathleen S. Magee, president and co-founder, Operation Smile
● Wells Fargo Tri-state team members and Asian Connection members

About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.7 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through 8,700 locations, 12,800 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 36 countries to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 266,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 30 on Fortune’s 2015 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Wells Fargo perspectives are also available at Wells Fargo Blogs and Wells Fargo Stories.

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Wells Fargo celebrates Diwali at Times Square with Tri-State South Asian Community

admin — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:21:18 +0000

WHAT: To mark the spirit of this festive holiday, Wells Fargo is sponsoring a Bollywood flash mob that will engage participants through music and dance at a historic event in Times Square marking the beginning of “The Festival of Lights.” Diwali at Times Square, a day-long celebration of performances, celebrity appearances, and ethnic Indian food, will showcase the flash mob in front of the main stage choreographed to the song, “Save the World” by Culture Shock.

WHO: Bollywood Flash Mob Dancers

Rahul Baig, Wells Fargo Senior Vice President
Wells Fargo Tri-state team members and Asian Connection community members

WHEN: Sunday, September 22
4:30 p.m. EST
Media check-in begins at 3:30 p.m. – RSVP required due to stage area restrictions
One-on-one interviews and photo opportunities to follow
On-site contact – Jitin Hingorani, 512.773.669

WHERE: Corner of 47^th and Broadway, Times Square
In Front of the main stage

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.4 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores, 12,000 ATMs, and the Internet (wellsfargo.com), and has offices in more than 35 countries to support the bank’s customers who conduct business in the global economy. With more than 270,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26 on Fortune’s 2012 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. In 2012, the Company invested $315.8 million in grants to 19,500 nonprofits, and team members contributed more than 1.5 million volunteer hours around the country. For more information, please visit: www.wellsfargo.com/about/csr.

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Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2012

editor — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:57:58 +0000

2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair. Good News is one of the sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012

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Good News Sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S.

The 22nd annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York looks to be the largest and most-successful ever, with over 170 teams participating, encompassing more than 2,000 crew members from across America and Canada. Also featuring 2 days of family friendly Multi-Cultural performances on the MAIN STAGE, with 60,000 spectators expected.
This years Sponsors include; Title Sponsor the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY; Corporate Supporter HSBC Bank USA; other major sponsors include; Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Con Edison, J.P.Morgan Chase, New York Community Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Resorts World NYC, Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank, CLEARWIRE, Flushing Saving Bank, New York Hospital Queens, Panda, Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel, Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, Helen Marshall, NYC &Co, and Discover Queens. Media &Creative Partners: WNBC TV 4, The New York Times, Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, GoodNews Broadcast.com, RNN, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, Sino Television, Sinocast, M-Weekly Magazine), Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Time Warner Cable and RCN. Additional support provided by the Times Ledger Newspaper Group, Foxwoods and the NY Daily News.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and reformer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing. For further information, please visit “www.hkdbf-ny.org”; (Source: The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York).

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Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2012

editor — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:29:21 +0000

to check it out in English, go to http://goodnewsplanet.com/hong-kong-dragon-boat-festival-2012/
2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair. Good News is one of the sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S.

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