Milette Millington

3 weeks ago | caribbeanlife.com | Milette Millington

Grace Karen Henry was born on the beautiful island of Jamaica. She grew up in a home filled with love in a family of seven children. She has three sisters and two brothers, and her eldest brother, Roger, died 14 years ago. She has lived in East Flatbush on the 300 E. 25th block, between Clarendon Avenue and Avenue D, for more than 40 years. “My block was predominantly Caribbean from Jamaica, Barbados, Haiti, Guyana, Grenada, and Trinidad.

1 month ago | caribbeanlife.com | Milette Millington

On May 8, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library (NYPL) hosted its hybrid kickoff of a yearlong celebration in honor of the 100th anniversary of its founding. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was born in 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He was the son of Mary Joseph, a freeborn Black midwife from the island of St. Croix, and Carlos Federico Schomburg, a merchant and the son of a German immigrant.

1 month ago | caribbeanlife.com | Milette Millington

Raehann (pronounced Ray-Ann) Bryce-Davis is a mezzo-soprano opera singer whose family is from Jamaica. She was born in Mexico, while her sisters were born in Canada, and they mostly grew up in Texas with their parents. Bryce-Davis acknowledges her mom as the most significant influence on becoming a professional opera singer.

1 month ago | caribbeanlife.com | Milette Millington

Lauren Singramdoo, a high school senior at St. Francis Preparatory School in Brooklyn, comes from a family with roots in Guyana, a small country in South America. She resides in Queens Village and speaks fondly of her neighborhood. “I absolutely love my neighborhood because of its diverse and vibrant community,” she said. “All of our neighbors, from the elderly to children, interact with one another,” she added.

1 month ago | caribbeanlife.com | Milette Millington

Candidates running for NYC Mayor highlighted their plans for disability policy and its proposed effects on the community on April 25, during the hybrid forum hosted by the Center for the Independence of the Disabled New York (CIDNY). The Democratic candidates in attendance were: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, former NYS Assembly Member Michael Blake (79th District), NYS Senator Jessica Ramos (13th District), and Independent candidate Jim Walden.