Checkout How Season 5 Of The Black History Film Festival Showcases Where It All Started In Jamaica NY

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Black History Film Festival, April 14th & 15, 2023 Season 5 - Red Carpet Queens Underground International Film Festival

Jamaica Queens, NY – Announcing Season 5 of the Queens Underground International Black History Month Red Carpet Film Festival on Friday and Saturday, April 14th & 15 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in downtown Jamaica, Queens, NY.   Featuring Independent Filmmakers from all over, the Festival will span two days and include: Movie Shorts, Documentary Shorts, Poetry and Music Videos from the past and present.

This Season, Celebrity Actor, Writer, Director: Kaamel ‘Diezel’ Hasaun will be in attendance on both. Mr. Hasaun has over 40 professional credits to his name and most recently appeared in episodes of McGraw Ave., which is another hit series on Tubi and he is also well known for Movies such as: He Played Me, Dear Future Husband and Undying Love. 

Held annually in April, Queens Underground ensures that Filmmakers near and far will have great weather to travel and dress up for the Red Carpet affair.  This Season, the majority of the Submissions are from Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, Texas, California, Maryland, Zambia, United Kingdom, Italy, Ireland, Iran, Ghana, France and Canada.

See The Black History Month Film Festival Trailer Below...

Learn About The Dad, Mom, and Two Kids Providing Black Families With 6 and 7-Star Luxury Travel Experiences

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THE MOM, DAD, AND TWO KIDS PROVIDING BLACK FAMILIES WITH 6 AND 7-STAR LUXURY TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

Glenn and Amanda Goring and their two daughters, Brooklyn and Lexington, are the owners/operators of a successful luxury travel business called In-Style Travel. Mom and Dad book the accommodations, curate travel itineraries, and serve as travel concierges for the luxury travel packages offered. Meanwhile, the two daughters serve as travel influencers and video bloggers for their company’s YouTube channel, LittleMissTravelers. Together, this family travels in style and aims to show the world that luxury travel can be a wonderful experience for everyone including Black families with small children.

Both licensed pharmacists, Amanda from New York and Glenn, originally from Canada, met while attending the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. The couple has been married for 13 years.

They were travel enthusiasts and enjoyed traveling together before becoming parents. To their dismay, the travel agent they first encountered after their first daughter, Brooklyn, was born tried to discourage them from traveling with their two-month-old baby. The travel agent immediately informed them of the services the resort would not provide to accommodate the new parents. Undeterred, the couple took it upon themselves to plan their itinerary and enjoyed a life-changing travel experience.

When thinking of all the other Black parents who may have been similarly discouraged, Glenn and Amanda became inspired to officially launch In-Style Travel to curate luxurious travel packages intended specifically for Black families, looking to enjoy international and domestic travel with children of all ages.

See How Young Nurse Samantha Cepeda's Platform Gives 1,000’s of Nursing Students a New Fun Interactive Way to Study

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YOUNG NURSE SAMANTHA CEPEDA'S PLATFORM GIVES THOUSANDS OF NURSING STUDENTS A NEW INTERACTIVE WAY TO STUDY

Samantha Cepeda, is a licensed practical nurse, artist, and educator from Atlanta, who is also the founder and CEO of The Nurse Sam, a leading resource for visual and interactive learning for nursing students. Her platform offers a new approach to studying with the use of innovation and artistry. Following the philosophy that “a person retains when entertained,” she helps students to effectively digest information while making learning a more fun experience.

Samantha founded the company in 2018, after going through an emergency hysterectomy just 5 days after her wedding. Today, her website has a continuously growing following who benefit from her unique learning materials. She has become a leading resource for nursing students at all levels! “I’m giving nursing students a new way to study and retain information that they will enjoy,” says Nurse Sam.

There are several types of educational content available on in the site. In addition to digital study guides, the site also offers other learning media such as online courses and live broadcasts.

Learn How The Grid Collective - Is Dedicated To Growing NY's Green Businesses and Jobs

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Rescheduled For March 30th
The Grid Collective - Growing NY's
Green Businesses And Jobs

National Grid | The Grid Collective - Growing NY's Green Businesses and Jobs by providing equal access to clean energy opportunities.  The event has been rescheduled for March 30th 2023.

About this Event

As a part of National Grid's Project C; TGC is working towards Climate and Environmental Justice for all of our New York communities while also providing workforce development and training for residents and vendors in the clean energy sector. Join National Grid in building a cleaner and more sustainable energy future.

Vendor Pathway includes existing and start-ups businesses in the following categories: Vendor Development for a "Range of Vendors, Suppliers and Professional Services Candidates", Minority Owned, Women Owned, Veterans Owned, LGBTQ plus other Diverse Candidates, Tier 1, Large-Medium-Small & Micro Businesses, National Grid USA Clean Energy & Weatherization Workforce Training Program focused on underserved communities, and NYS Nat. Grid's local and regional communities.

Workforce Pathway includes candidates ranging form "18 years of age to post-retirees" motivated by Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Training and Employment opportunities to build a Net-Zero Energy Workforce. National Grid seeks to improve a candidate's skills and open-up/expand employment opportunities at The Grid and in the energy industry by providing job opportunities for skilled, predominantly shock-unemployed people, and provide Educational Support tools

Also check out other Workshops in Jamaica.

Tickets

Tickets for The Grid Collective - Growing NY's Green Businesses and Jobs can be booked Click Here.

Checkout How This Mom of 4 Laine Bradley Secured Over $15M in Funding for Clients and Students

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32-YEAR-OLD LAINE BRADLEY, MOM OF 4, ACCOUNTANT, CEO SECURES OVER $15M IN FUNDING FOR CLIENTS AND STUDENTS

Laine Bradley, a 32-year-old Haitian-American woman from Raleigh, NC, has helped small businesses and nonprofit organizations secure over $15 million in grant funding. She is the founder and CEO of Vraiment Financial, a full financial firm focused on providing innovative client solutions.

In addition, she is the creator of the Grant Capital Society, a funding resource community for new and existing small businesses and organizations that provides information, resources, and training to become grant ready.

As a wife and mother of four, Bradley prides herself in educating small businesses and organizations to consistently establish the foundation they need to win grant funding.

In 2019, Bradley won her first business grant of $4,000 for her financial firm. She was able to invest the funds into growing her business with a business coach and paying a few months of operational expenses. From there, Bradley has won over $250,000 in grants for her company by applying consistently every month.

She became a certified federal grant writer in 2020 and began assisting other small businesses and organizations for free during the pandemic. By the end of 2020, Bradley was able to secure over $1.2 million.

See The Enchanting Grammy Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Melanie Charles at the Legendary NYC Blue Note Jazz Club

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Grammy Award Winning Jazz Vocalist PHENOM Melanie Charles Set to Perform at the Legendary NYC Blue Note Jazz Club

Grammy Award-winning jazz artist phenom, Melanie Charles is set to perform live at the legendary NYC Blue Note Jazz Club located at 131 W 3rd Street in New York on Monday, February 27 for 2 shows at 8 pm and 10:30 pm.  Click here to get your tickets today!

 

Melanie Charles is a Brooklyn-born singer, songwriter, bandleader, producer, actress and flautist of Haitian descent, with a creative fluidity spanning jazz, soul, experimental and roots music. Charles was raised by a Haitian mother in Brooklyn where the sound waves in their home were filled with artists like Johnny Hodges, Frank Sinatra, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, John Coltrane and Nat King Cole.

As a teen, she attended the famed LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts where she studied flute and vocals. Eventually, she landed at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School where she met artists like singer, songwriter and record producer Jesse Boykins III and alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin.

Charles’ genre-bending style has been embraced by a wide range of artists including Wynton Marsalis, SZA, Mach-Hommy, Gorillaz and The Roots.

Throughout her career she has remained committed to making music that pushes listeners to consider new possibilities, both socially and politically. “Make Jazz Trill Again,” a project that she launched in 2016, demonstrates her allegiance to everyday people, especially the youth and is focused on taking jazz from the museum to the streets.

Earlier this year, Charles’ Tiny Desk (Home) Concert debuted on NPR Music, who proclaimed, “Melanie Charles takes us on a journey that embodies the soul of jazz: exploration.”

Her improvisational style, inflection, and spontaneity talents displayed in the celebrated Y’all Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women album is nothing short than brilliant and a must add to your playlist - 'a sheer 'masterpiece.'

Grammy Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Melanie Charles Click Here For Tickets 

Congratulations To Highly Regarded Business & Empowerment Leader Phil Andrews

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Business And Community Leader Phil Andrews Gets Recognized For His Ongoing Historic Achievements In Our Area

BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT

Phil Andrews is the current President of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. NY State’s largest African American Chamber.  Andrews is also the founding President of 100 Black Men of Eastern New York. Phil is listed in Who’s Who in Black America, and the International Who’s Who.

He has been named to City and State Magazine Top Power List on Long Island on three separate occasions. Long Island Business News named Mr. Andrews as one of the Top Power Long Islanders for 2021 in a special publication.

  

Community, Service and Education have been constant themes in his life. Andrews’ drive is a profound concern for his community. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce, Roosevelt Kiwanis Club, and served as the West Indian Chamber of Commerce as its Public Relations Director.

Mr. Andrews owns the Power Networking Business Seminar Series, a business network that builds viable connections between community and businesses. He continues to build networks in and across many an industry; but, none more important than that of the education and mentorship of young people. As a Certified Mentor, Phil Andrews’ goals involve encouraging as many promising young men as possible by compelling them to serve with the very best of their minds and talents.

We at the Southeast Queens Scoop and AMS Digital give congratulations to Phil for his unwavering efforts to uplift our community and his helping of our publications in the past.