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How to celebrate Pride Month in NYC by supporting queer-friendly spaces
June has already brought pride hikes, talks and rainbow flags to New York. You might be planning your outfit for the NYC Pride Parade on June 28 — the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that propelled the LGBTQ+ rights movement into a new era. Or reveling in memories from Sunday’s Queens Pride Parade, an event…
Publishing sex workers on their own terms
Emily Marie Passos Duffy had been a sex worker for nearly a decade when she started preparing to publish a poetry collection in 2023. She knew she needed to drum up media interest ahead of the book launch, but she was nervous about discussing sections that drew on her experiences in the industry. She feared…
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…
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