Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Multimedia Journalist and Columnist at The Star-Ledger
Multimedia Journalist and Columnist at NJ.com
Columnist @starledger & @njdotcom, former @Newsday reporter. Tweets, links are my own. Retweets 🚫endorsements. Nicaragüense/Española, 305 till I die.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Steve Strunsky |Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Sally Pillay, a board member of the immigrants’ rights group First Friends of New Jersey and New York, said she was able to watch from the parking lot. Standing outside a security gate at Delaney Hall in Newark, she watched as ICE officers took what she called plastic “shackles” from a bus parked near the entrance to the detention center and brought them inside.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
A version of this story was first published on NJ.com on June 12, 2022. It has been updated. Editor’s note: Suicidal thoughts and behaviors can be reduced with the proper mental health support and treatment. If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
Listen, going to the doctor can be scary for anyone. But men, I know it’s something y’all avoid like the plague. You want to be tough or you’re afraid to be vulnerable or feel embarrassed. And Black and brown men, y’all in particular, are experts at running in the other direction any time a doctors’ visit is mentioned.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
When I met her last week at a local café, Dola, a multidisciplinary artist who lives in Newark, candidly told me that the inspiration for the “Dear Dad” event she’s hosting to honor fathers of color didn’t stem from having a perfect relationship with her own Black dad.
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3 weeks ago |
nj.com | Daysi Calavia-Robertson
No truer words have ever been spoken than “time flies when you’re having fun!” And for me, the past year has gone by in what feels like a blink of an eye. That’s, of course, because I’ve spent my days sending reels, memes, and local restaurant recs in “My Group Chat”— a WhatsApp group NJ.com launched last May for young (and young-ish!) people of color in our state. And trust me, with nearly 300 members — and counting! — there’s always something to talk about.
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