Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
121 followers · 187 posts · Server journa.hostBorn prematurely, Ketrina Hazell spent two months in the hospital, and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) at nine months old. CP affects a person’s ability to move, as well as their balance and posture.
Read more on her organization here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/this-organization-works-to-eliminate-stigma-around-disability/
So many more stories on the way! Stay tuned!
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
119 followers · 185 posts · Server journa.hostCommunity organizers across the country discussed ways to protect communities against threats to mutual aid and solidarity efforts, during a virtual conversation moderated by Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next) [2020].
Read more here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/the-necessity-of-defending-mutual-aid/
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
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My new article with Caribbean Life News, about Barbadian native Angela Price, is out!
Price is the owner of The Black Cake Company, based in Brooklyn.
Read my story on Price here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/for-this-barbadian-native-kindness-is-best-expressed-through-baking/
So many more stories on the way!
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
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During Be Love Day, hosted by The King Center, community leaders and activists shared ways for communities to come together to help transform unjust systems. (Note: small typos in first photo caption are being corrected.)
Read here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/helping-communities-transform-unjust-systems/
Thank you Mina (from The Center’s press office) for assisting me with this!
So many more stories coming!
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
116 followers · 160 posts · Server journa.hostThe first of three events in the summer event series, Bronx Rising!, hosted by the Bronx Music Heritage Center, held on June 24, was a conversation about “The Congo Influence in Puerto Rican Bomba,” between Nkumu Katalay and Alex LaSalle, bandleader of Alma Moyo, followed by a performance of their ensembles.
Read more here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/summer-event-series-highlight-congolese-influence-in-caribbean-music/
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
108 followers · 157 posts · Server journa.hostAtim Annette Oton is the curator of Calabar Art Gallery in Harlem, named after the Nigerian city of Calabar.
Read my story on Oton here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/kindness-is-best-shown-through-art-for-this-nigerian-native/
So many more stories on the way! Stay tuned!
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#blackjournalists #blackjournalistsrock✨
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
97 followers · 119 posts · Server journa.hostThe Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation, Inc. works to inspire young women of Guyanese descent, and also assists them in becoming leaders.
Read my story on GGRF here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/nonprofit-inspires-young-guyanese-women-assists-them-in-becoming-leaders/
#caribbeanwomen #guyana #womensupportingwomen #guyanese #caribbeanyouth #womenleaders
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
86 followers · 67 posts · Server journa.hostThe American Caribbean Maritime Foundation, founded by Geneive Brown Metzger, works to alleviate poverty and transform lives of young Caribbean people through maritime education.
Read the story here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/this-nonprofit-transforms-lives-of-young-people-in-the-caribbean/
So many more stories on the way! Stay tuned!
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
76 followers · 50 posts · Server journa.hostMy new article with Caribbean Life News, about the United Clergy Council meeting, hosted by NYPD 77th Precinct with guest speaker Sharmaine Byrd, is out!!!
Read here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/brooklyn-police-precinct-event-honors-mlk-day/
So many more stories on the way! Stay tuned!
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Milette Millington (she/her) · @MiletteMillington
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It’s official!
To everyone at CUNY J-school: Thank you!
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ID 1: A picture of my diploma cover with the CUNY J-school logo on it in black and gray.
ID 2: My name written in black and in all caps in the center of my diploma. Appropriate CUNY officials’ signed it. The school seal is in the center at the bottom of it.
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