Friday, June 14, 2019

Checkout "A Father’s Day Story for ALL Times And Seasons -- Agape Love," Sunday, June 16, 2019

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Dr. Charles Singleton Shares "A Father’s Day Story for ALL Times And Seasons -- Agape Love!"
Left Father And Son: Jason (son) and Larry (Dad) Lovelace | Written By Dr. Charles Singleton (Right) 
Yes, as time goes by, seemingly, for many years now, I have talked and walked alongside my dear friends: Jason, a 37- year-old man (son), with verbal and physical birth challenges, and Larry, the father, who loves and cares for him nightly and daily; as the two of them walk as one.

Jason, while walking often, must carefully hold on to his father’s shirt or jacket; but he is never left behind.  Because, his birth from this motherly earth burdened him with dearth: cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis, apnea-breathing- stoppage, short falls, missed steps; notions of glee, and occasional laughter of liveliness, you see.

Jason’s and Larry’s love for each other speaks to me every time I am with them at Stonecrest Mall, Lithonia, GA, Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain, GA, and elsewhere.  From this fatherly-loved experience, I am so deeply touched in my heart, mind, soul, and throughout my entire earthly-spirit.  Inseparably, you see my friends, father’s love, from this strong man (Larry’s heart-felt example), who helps his son Jason to securely stand, walk and talk, is the absolute mainstay of human kindness and our existence.  For there is more to the eyes that we often do not see.  Indeed, and truly, this fatherly love and sincere affection is extraordinarily outstanding; father’s love is just “like a mother’s love for her child, she will do anything, she will do it with a smile, and when trouble comes everything is alright, that's what she will say.  She is up early in the morning and sometimes late at night, doing all she can to make everything alright.” --- Love Will Go All The Way, Lee Williams & the Spiritual QC's, 1998

Sunday, June 9, 2019

Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation, Inc. To Host 2nd Annual Honors & Awards Luncheon

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Empowering Southeast Queens NY Based Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation, Inc. To Host 2nd Annual Honors & Awards Luncheon

Queens, NY – Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation, Inc., will recognize ten (10) exceptional Guyanese women with “Women of Influence” Award, one (1) “Pioneer Women of the Year” and one (1) “Youth Leader of the Year” during its Second Annual Honors and Awards Luncheon. Specials invited guests to the elegant Red-Carpet event include prominent community leaders, elected officials & the Consul General of Guyana to New York.

This year’s 2019 Women of Influence Honorees include: Deputy Inspector Rhonda O’Reilly-Bovell, NYPD Commanding Officer; Ebonee Noel, Actress, “FBI” on CBS; Mala Panda, High School Principal; Veronica Jackson-Wilshire, MD Pediatrician/Child Abuse Activist; Leah Persaud, Researcher, Cellular & Molecular Biologist; Taij Kumarie Moteelall, Artist/Social Activist; Hon. Ingrid Joseph, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge (Civil); Dr. Candace Cummings, Internist/Clinical Assistant Professor; Sara Gohan, Real Estate Entrepreneur; Denise M. Grant, JD, Partner, Project Development & Finance;  Pioneer Women of the Year Beverley Drake and Youth Leader of the Year Cayla Kumar.

Date:        Saturday, July 13, 2019
Time:        12 P.M. – 4 P.M.
Location:    The Patio Room, Antun’s of Queens
96-43 Springfield Blvd, Queens Village, NY 11429

The organization will also award merit and technology Scholarships to two (2) College-bound students from its Young Women Leadership Academy (YWLA); a 6-month program for high school girls that promotes the development of leadership skills through access to an instructor-led course, plus a series of workshops and community activities that expose students to peer leaders, career professionals and female role models.  Established in January 2018, YWLA is held every other Saturday at the Teen Center of the state-of-the-art Queens Borough Central Library.