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Bringing bhangra to NYC gyms
Sarina Jain didn’t quit her day job when she started launched Masala Bhangra. She gave herself one year. If the Punjabi dance-cardio program failed, she would go back to California and “market the crap out of another product,” she said. Jain, after all, was a publicist by profession. That skill has served her well in…
NYC’s first Black Latina-owned movie theater expands to Queens
Emelyn Stuart had no background in entertainment when she started investing in Black and Latino independent filmmakers. Nearly 20 years ago, while working in corporate administrative roles in brokerage firms such as Prudential Securities and in tech infrastructure at a major New York law firm, Stuart took a chance on a first-time writer and director’s script…
Seven last-minute Mother’s Day experiences that support BIPOC-owned businesses
Whether your mom loves flowers, coffee, champagne or brunch candle-making workshops and sweet treats – or just wants to spend intentional time together, there are answers from local businesses, many owned by women, immigrants or people of color. Here are some last-minute Mother’s Day experiences and gifts worth checking out before reservations and supplies run…
How a Brooklyn nonprofit uses robotics, mentorship and mediation to support gun violence prevention in NYC
One morning in 2016, Camara Jackson was walking to the Livonia Avenue station in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn when she heard gunfire. Kids heading to school fled, but no one seemed to know where the shots came from. She continued the rest of that walk as if things were normal, but when she got…
The New Yorkers looking out for Gotham’s real-life bats
Two days before International Bat Appreciation Day, a group of bat enthusiasts gathered in Central Park. One had a tattoo reminiscent of “Stellaluna.” Another has spent years tracking bat flights for a forthcoming book on the species, including trips to the planet’s largest bat colony in the caves of San Antonio. Others included recent ecology…
Visit a Black woman-owned CBD wellness shop and cannabis dispensary in Bed-Stuy
Sunshine Foss runs two businesses in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood: Happy Cork, a wine and spirits shop, and Happy Buds, a CBD wellness shop and licensed cannabis dispensary. Foss is always “on.” She quotes a popular saying about entrepreneurship: “I quit my 9-to-5 to work 24/7.” She did this twice, first in 2019 and then in…
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