Caribbean Life Newspaper

2 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago | caribbeanlife.com | Milette Millington

Māhealani Uchiyama, who is of African descent, was born and raised in Washington, DC, during the last years of Jim Crow in the 1960s, which she felt was a fascinating place. “We were subjected to segregation, yet it was an international city. Walking down any given street would expose you to multiple languages being spoken. When things did begin to open up, I was around people from all over the world.