Young People in Southeast Queens Use Art to Beautify the Community.

Artist, Mural Creator and Art Instructor Jocelyn Morgan-Goode

Children in Southeast Queens, are learning to paint while beautifying their neighborhood. They are drawing beautiful murals to make the community look more attractive.  Southeast Jamaica, Queens, has long been known for striking murals.

Children affiliated with Culture Cocoa Art House, learn to paint murals that represent real people or even cartoonish type characters.  They presently are drawing over the walls in the Cornerstone Community Center building, to make the community look artsy.  According to Queens NY-1 News "The program was started by Jocelyn Morgan-Goode, an artist known for painting hip hop murals throughout South Jamaica."

We love their efforts to learn and also beautify the community. These children are learning a new creative skill and also helping increase the quality of life in Jamaica and Southeast Queens.  For information on this mural beautification program click here

By Nzinga Lonstein Austin, is a prolific blogger who writes on the entertainment industry and issues for people with physical challenges.

She is presently in high school looking to have a career in video, film, and media. You can see more of her entertainment writing on Lonstein Movies.

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Helping to Overcome and Heal Abusive Relationships.

If you live or have loved ones suffering from violence and abuse from spouses, parents, bullies, or people you know in NYC or Southeast Queens don't suffer alone.  Reach out and get the support you need to overcome and heal. Checkout the work of Macedonia Support Network.

Macedonia Support Network, is an anti-abuse organization located in Southeast Queens in the community of St. Albans. This is how the organization describes its mission...

The MACEDONIA SUPPORT NETWORK Against Domestic Violence is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives. We believe violence against women and children results from the use of force or threat to achieve and maintain control over others in intimate relationships, and from societal abuse of power and domination in the forms of sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism, able-bodyism, ageism and other oppressions.

MACEDONIA SUPPORT NETWORK recognizes that the abuses of power in society foster battering by perpetuating conditions, which condone violence against women and children. Therefore, it is the mission of MACEDONIA SUPPORT NETWORK to work for major societal changes necessary to eliminate both personal and societal violence against all women and children.

MACEDONIA SUPPORT NETWORK's work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels; support for the provision of community-based, non-violent alternatives - such as safe home and shelter programs - for battered women and their children; public education and technical assistance; policy development and innovative legislation; focus on the leadership of MACEDONIA SUPPORT NETWORK's caucuses developed to represent the concerns of organizationally under represented groups; and efforts to eradicate social conditions which contribute to violence against women and children. To learn more about Macedonia Support Network Click Here

Lena Horne a Southeast Queens Legend

Historic Beauty: the Iconic Diva Pioneer Lena Horne. Ms. Horne was also a young performer in the Cotton Club at 16. She was quite a progressive political thinker and had bit and later larger parts in Hollywood films like the 1943 films "Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather."

During the Red Scare years she was blacklisted in Hollywood because of her purported leftest beliefs. Therefore she was unable to get work in Hollywood during that period. However, she was creative and later in her life created her own work like her "Broadway musical one-woman show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music," which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway." (Source Wikipedia)

She attended the original "March On Washington." And her career spanned over 70 years in film, television, and Broadway. Ms. Horne was born in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, and owned a home in the historic Black community of Addisleigh Park, in St. Albans one of the last African American communities in NYC yet to go through intense gentrification. Lena Horne exuded Historic Beauty inside and out. RIP

The most uplifting story in Southeast Queens last Year.

The year in review. What I feel is the most important post of the year. A grassroots group proactively works in South Jamaica, a tough area of NYC to help end shootings for 365 days! Wow! This is inspiring let's stop the violence peeps.

Thank you Erica Ford for your organization'
s commitment to make our communities safer and more just. We appreciate you!

Peeps you must have thought this was a very important story too. You shared this story a over 450 times. AMAZING!  Here is a whole article on this good news.

State Senator James Sanders Jr. On Veterans Day

NY State Senator James Sander Jr.

On Veteran's Day, we remember the brave men and women of our armed forces who have defended our country and sacrificed so much to protect our freedom. As a proud Marine Corps veteran, I would like to thank my fellow service members for responding to the call of duty. Please know that I support you and stand in solidarity with you, not just on Veteran's Day, but every day. May God Bless Our Veterans and God Bless America.

We must separate 2 things: going to war, and serving in the military. The 1st is the province of elected officials (and often the media). The 2nd is your son's and daughters, who through patriotism or the poverty draft, serve in the armed forces.

If we feel that any particular war is unjust, then protest it, and elect politicians who uphold your will. When your sons, daughters, fathers and mothers come home, welcome them back from a man-made hell. Just one Marine talking.

Today i take a group of formerly homeless and hospitalized veterans to a great restaurant where we will break bread and talk of life. i will be listening as to how my office can aid them as they recover. As a veteran of the U.S.M.C., i understand their struggle to come home because THERE BUT THE GRACE OF GOD, GO I.

*** An added bonus, i am taking my 94 year-old veteran father, to the breakfast***

State Senator James Sanders Jr. with his 94 Year Young Dad on Veterans Day

Terryl E. De Mendonca Advocates for Community Equality

Terryl E. De Mendonca a long time youth activist, is running for New York State Assembly representing part of Southeast Queens.  She is for many a very promising candidate given her quite extensive and impressive track record advocating for the rights of community residents and young people.

De Mendonca, is running for State Assembly person representing the 29th District, comprised of Laurelton, Springfield Gardens, Rosedale, Jamaica, and St. Albans.   Let's get out and vote for her September, 10th.

Let's not just complain about problems in our community. Let's support people with a proven track record on working on our behalf.  Recently Terryl is protesting a Prison like facility near residential housing in the Southeast Queens area.

"Today I had the pleasure of standing with Senator Leroy Comrie against the injustice of having the Close to Home initiative placed in Queens Village. As a member of Community Board 13 and the founder of a youth non profit, I am all for youth reform.

However, you cannot put a prison-like group home in a residential environment. As your next Assembly woman, I will fight for safer communities. I will fight for the injustice of having these facilities primarily housed in low income communities. And, I will fight for proper program structure and policies for the betterment of our youth as they transition back into mainstream society," states De Mondonca.


Close to Home is a program headed by ACS where low level felony offenders will be housed in a group home style setting close to their home environment. Theoretically, they would receive clinical service, education, life skills, etc.

"People are really open and supportive of my candidacy to run for public office. I can't say I'm surprised, but I will say it's the people I least expeced that has jumped on board to see me through the process. I feel blessed and excited! I'm ready for whatever happens next."

The Ed Jackson Quartet of Southeast Queens Travels Musically "Back 2 Brazil"

After their last riveting performance "Begin the Summer on a Jazzy Note", in June, the Ed Jackson Quartet, is musically moving to South America, ironically while yet in Southeast Queens.   The last high energy show marked their 3rd year anniversary and it was an inspiring, and invigorating performance.

It is still heart warming to see how jazz lovers in our community continue to support jazz every last Saturday, of the month at Jackson Room, in St. Albans.   They call these performances their Month's End Jazz Motivations.

The purpose of the monthly shows is to "bring world class jazz back to our community" says Ed Jackson."This time of year I am especially upbeat" says Ed Jackson, the group's namesake leader.  He also reveals "It is the time of year I get a chance to prepare to travel back to Brazil."  Therefore, Jackson's talented ensemble of jazz artists are performing for the second year in a row the - "Back 2 Brazil" show.

"In late August I will be touring and performing in Brazil and can't wait to connect to the vast musicality of the culture" also chimes in Jackson. Ed metaphorically states "you may not be able to physically travel with me but the community can certainly travel with us musically."

His "Back 2 Brazil" themed special performance will take place this Saturday July 25th. According to Ed Jackson, "it will be an exciting opportunity to experience in St. Albans, Queens, the renowned and sophisticated roots of the Brazilian jazz form of music."

If past performances at Jackson Room are any indication of the intense jazz heat you'll enjoy you will want to be there. So don't miss it: "Back 2 Brazil" with the Ed Jackson Quartet, Saturday, July 25th, 2015.

The cadre of world class musicans for the evening will be...

James Weidman - Piano

Marcus Mclaurine - Bass

Lionel Cordew - Drums

Ed Jackson - Sax

Come on out and experience this electrifying cultural jazz collaboration celebrating one of the worlds most enjoyable forms of jazz - Brazilian Jazz.  As usual their Brazilian Jazz performances book up really fast.  So why don't you RSVP now?  Or get more info to make your Reservation                                                                                                                                                              

"Back 2 Brazil"with the Ed Jackson Quartet

Saturday, July 25th, 2015

2 Shows: 8:00 & 10:00

  

Cover: $15.00  (includes 8:00 show & 10:00 show) 

  

Free Healthy Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments

  

Make a Reservation

Or 

Make a  telephone reservation (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)

by calling: (718) 525-2387 

  

Jackson Room is located at:

Jackson Room

192-07 Linden Blvd

St Albans, New York 11412

(next door to Jackson Tax Service)

 www.jacksonroom.com

(718) 525-2387

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