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MLK Holiday Events In Southeast Queens

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Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin Refused to Give Up Her Bus Seat: The Lesser-Known Civil Rights Pioneer Dies at 86

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Claudette Colvin: The
15-Year-Old Who Refused to
Move — and Helped Blacks To
Create A Movement Against
Jim Crow Segregation

History has a way of turning whole movements into a single, familiar moment. For the Montgomery bus struggle, that moment is usually Rosa Parks. But nine months before Parks’ arrest, a 15-year-old Black girl named Claudette Colvin sat down on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama—and refused to give her seat to a white passenger.

She was dragged off the bus, arrested, and charged. And in a country built to make Black girls feel small, Claudette Colvin’s courage was enormous.

Colvin—long treated as a footnote in the mainstream telling of the Civil Rights Movement—died January 13, 2026, at age 86, in Texas, according to reporting and confirmation from the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation.

Her passing is a reminder: the movement wasn’t only powered by the names we learned in school. It was also propelled by “lesser-known” heroes—young, working-class, and often overlooked—who still chose to stand tall.

Get The Scoop On Sassy Sweet Vegan Treats

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Sassy Sweet Vegan Treats

By Celeste Sassine

Sassy Sweet Vegan Treats brings Handcrafted,
Plant-Based Goodness to Queens

Queens NY. Sassy Sweet Vegan Treats a black owned, family run vegan bakery in Queens, is serving up bold, handmade desserts with heart. It all started when founder Celeste Sassine, a Sign Language teacher and Interpreter, began baking and selling cookies to help fund her daughter's mission trip.

What started as a small fundraiser quickly grew into a thriving business - and a sweet way to serve the community.

From cookies to cakes, everything is 100% Plant-Based and made with love. " We wanted to create something that was meaningful, delicious, and not just for vegans" says Sassine. Every order supports our family and our community. 

As part of her commitment to accessibility and inclusion, a portion of ever sale goes towards supporting Sign Language initiatives - a cause that's close to Sassine's heart.

My vegan journey has taken me from curious home baker to creating exciting plant- based treats that are anything but ordinary.

Place your order at www.ssvtnyc.com and experience sweets with a mission and a whole lot of sass.

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Get The Scoop On Ca$h Da$h On The Rock's Free Empowering Acce$$ To Capital For Local Businesses Forum

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ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL

"CONNECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CASH"

Far Rockaway, NY, Saturday, January 10, 2026 (10 AM - 2 PM) Ca$H DA$H ON THE ROCK, a grassroots collective, will host a Meet the Lenders event, ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL.

Small Business owners, Micro entrepreneurs and Startup Entrepreneurs will meet at the Peninsula Preparatory Academy, located at 16 - 11 Beach 19th Street in Downtown Far Rockaway for ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL +, a free event hosted by CA$H DA$H ON THE ROCK.

Designed to support the Small Business Owners of the Rockaway Peninsula to successfully get the money and services they need for their businesses. The ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL + event will bring together Alternative Lenders, Banks, CDFIs (Community Development Funding Institutions), Credit Unions, Crowdfunding, Micro and Online Lenders, all in one place, along with attorneys, CPA's and Tax, Insurance and Marketing Professionals.

"Connecting our local business community DIRECTLY with decision-makers -- consumers, funding or professional resources, is at the heart of what we do," said Gail Johnson, co-founder of CA$H DA$H ON THE ROCK.

"A lot of the Small Businesses on the Peninsula are not aware these resources even exist, and this event is the perfect way to bridge that gap," said Aiysha Simon, co-founder of CA$H DA$H ON THE ROCK.

Thinking of launching a startup, building out a home-based business or expanding an established business, ACCE$$ TO CAPITAL, will provide invaluable primary access points to funding, financing, freemiums and lasting connections - - at no cost to the attendees.

As Kamau Austin, Founder and Co-Founder of the Southeast Queens Scoop, notes, the urgency of capital access cannot be overstated.  Austin asks “How can we talk about a fair and equitable society within a capitalist system if our community’s businesses are systematically denied access to capital?” The question underscores the core mission of Ca$h Da$H on the Rock—ensuring Black and POC entrepreneurs are not only included in economic growth, but positioned to lead it.

Come Early. Leave Late.

For more information Contact: Gail Johnson 718.608.5423 or
Aiysha Simon 347.693.1224

The Sad Twilight of Mayor Eric Adams' Career

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The Sad Twilight of
Mayor Eric Adams’ Career

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams

By Kamau Austin

There’s something deeply unsettling about how New York City is choosing to remember Eric Adams.

The pile-on, the erasure, the selective outrage—it all feels too familiar for Black New Yorkers who have watched this cycle repeat itself again and again.

I remember Eric Adams long before Gracie Mansion. I remember him as a street activist fighting police brutality when doing so came with real risk. He was threatened—by elements within the police department and by street hustlers alike—because we were trying to reduce violence in our communities through grassroots organizing like the Black United Front. That work wasn’t glamorous. It was dangerous. And it was necessary.