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The Southeast Queens Scoop covering positive news, cultural events, and economic empowerment in Jamaica, NY
Saturday, May 5, 2018
The Sounds of Time: Songs of the Trouveres
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Early music ensemble TENET explores 12th- and 13th- century songs by the French trouvères, who created tuneful music.
The Delightful Festival: Latino (Cuban) Delights
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A Better Jamaica is pleased to present The Delightful Festival: African Delights, Asian Delights, Caribbean Delights, and Latino Delights.
Hands-On History: Make a Scented Sachet!
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Come make a floral scented sachet like the ones worn and used 200 years
ago! We’ll also learn about perfume lockets and popular scents of the
time, including what George Washington put in his cologne!
Black Women Leaders Speak Up on Money and the "MeToo" Movement
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Nationwide -- "Why is it when white women tell their truth it's all over the media," says Dr. Venus Opal Reese, creator of the Black Woman Millionaire Tour and author of the best-selling book by the same name. "Based on conversations I have had with hundreds of black women leaders and entrepreneurs who have attended tour stops nationwide, the word on the street has been that when white women started to speak up about Harvey Weinstein, it was big news. But black women having been saying the same thing for centuries and it wasn’t a headline."
They aren't wrong. Studies have shown that sexual violence affects black women at higher rates. More than 20 percent of black women are raped during their lifetimes - a higher percentage than women overall. Professor and journalist Shanita Hubbard provides insight into how this fact is tied to why white women get heard while black women don't: "Black girls and women are both viewed as hypersexual so our stories are ignored."
Dr. Venus, a Stanford University graduate and former tenure professor, discusses on her tour that the black female body is a "social non-being." As such, black women are rendered voiceless, disposable and powerless. She talks about how this has been the case since the 1600s when taxes and laws were created to justify the right to black women's bodies as the labor-producing workforce for the American Dream.
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Dr. Venus Rises From The Streets To Inspire Empowerment & Independence
Nationwide -- "Why is it when white women tell their truth it's all over the media," says Dr. Venus Opal Reese, creator of the Black Woman Millionaire Tour and author of the best-selling book by the same name. "Based on conversations I have had with hundreds of black women leaders and entrepreneurs who have attended tour stops nationwide, the word on the street has been that when white women started to speak up about Harvey Weinstein, it was big news. But black women having been saying the same thing for centuries and it wasn’t a headline."
They aren't wrong. Studies have shown that sexual violence affects black women at higher rates. More than 20 percent of black women are raped during their lifetimes - a higher percentage than women overall. Professor and journalist Shanita Hubbard provides insight into how this fact is tied to why white women get heard while black women don't: "Black girls and women are both viewed as hypersexual so our stories are ignored."
Dr. Venus, a Stanford University graduate and former tenure professor, discusses on her tour that the black female body is a "social non-being." As such, black women are rendered voiceless, disposable and powerless. She talks about how this has been the case since the 1600s when taxes and laws were created to justify the right to black women's bodies as the labor-producing workforce for the American Dream.
13-Year Old CEO Expands Products With Whole Foods into Major Markets
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"We're delighted to bring Mikaila's Me & the Bees Lemonade to Whole Foods Market locations across the Mid-Atlantic region," said Philip Baetcke, grocery director for Whole Foods Market’s Mid-Atlantic region. "Me & the Bees Lemonade is a perfect springtime refreshment - and each purchase helps protect honeybees and supports the environments in which they thrive."
At the age of four, Mikaila launched her business from her home in Austin, Texas after she was stung by a bee... twice in one week. Her parents encouraged her to research the bees and she learned how beneficial they are to our ecosystem and that they were dying. Like many kids, she wanted to know what she could do to save the bees, so she started a lemonade stand.
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13-Year Old Gets A Great Distribution Deal With Whole Foods
Washington, DC -- Me & the Bees Lemonade has announced the launch of their product into Whole Foods Market's Mid-Atlantic Region (Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and southern New Jersey). Me & the Bees Lemonade will be available in all stores in the Mid-Atlantic region beginning May 11.
"I am so excited to bring our delicious lemonade to Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic customers just in time for the spring/summer season," said Mikaila Ulmer, Founder & CEO, Me & the Bees Lemonade.
"We're delighted to bring Mikaila's Me & the Bees Lemonade to Whole Foods Market locations across the Mid-Atlantic region," said Philip Baetcke, grocery director for Whole Foods Market’s Mid-Atlantic region. "Me & the Bees Lemonade is a perfect springtime refreshment - and each purchase helps protect honeybees and supports the environments in which they thrive."
At the age of four, Mikaila launched her business from her home in Austin, Texas after she was stung by a bee... twice in one week. Her parents encouraged her to research the bees and she learned how beneficial they are to our ecosystem and that they were dying. Like many kids, she wanted to know what she could do to save the bees, so she started a lemonade stand.
See How Mikaila Grew Her Company In The Past
Checkout The Women Elevating Women Symposium Featuring 18-Year Old Business Phenom Maya Penn
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Atlanta, GA -- The Women Elevating Women Symposium (WEW) will host a one-day symposium on May 23, 2018 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. This highly anticipated event features a wide range of learning opportunities, career guidance and personal growth tools for women CEO's and business executives.
Designed to connect multicultural business women to their professional communities and to discover effective strategies to scale business and encourage professional growth, WEW brings together the top women business leaders around the country.
This year's WEW Atlanta symposium features keynote speakers Phyllis W. Newhouse, recipient of the prestigious 2017 Young Entrepreneur of the Year US Technology Award and CEO/Co-founder of Xtreme Solutions, Inc., along with Maya Penn, an 18-year phenom, award-winning founder and CEO of Maya’s Ideas and youngest recipient to be listed on Oprah Winfrey's Supersoul 100 Entrepreneur list.
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Symposium Looks To Elevate Women
Atlanta, GA -- The Women Elevating Women Symposium (WEW) will host a one-day symposium on May 23, 2018 at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. This highly anticipated event features a wide range of learning opportunities, career guidance and personal growth tools for women CEO's and business executives.
Designed to connect multicultural business women to their professional communities and to discover effective strategies to scale business and encourage professional growth, WEW brings together the top women business leaders around the country.
This year's WEW Atlanta symposium features keynote speakers Phyllis W. Newhouse, recipient of the prestigious 2017 Young Entrepreneur of the Year US Technology Award and CEO/Co-founder of Xtreme Solutions, Inc., along with Maya Penn, an 18-year phenom, award-winning founder and CEO of Maya’s Ideas and youngest recipient to be listed on Oprah Winfrey's Supersoul 100 Entrepreneur list.
"Yo! MTV Raps" to Celebrate 30 Year Anniversary in NYC With Legendary Hip Hop Allstars
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Yo! MTV RAPS To Be Rebooted With
30th Anniversary Celebration
30th Anniversary Celebration
MTV REINVENTS "YO! MTV RAPS" ACROSS LINEAR AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS KICKING OFF WITH 30TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE EVENT AT BARCLAYS CENTER ON JUNE 1ST
Network Will Live Stream Event Featuring Eric B & Rakim, KRS ONE, Flavor Flav, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, T-Money, Fab Five Freddy, Fat Joe and more
New York, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Thirty years after its premiere on MTV, "YO! MTV Raps" legacy continues to have a lasting influence on hip-hop and pop culture. To celebrate this milestone anniversary, MTV will reinvent the franchise for a new generation as a both a linear and digital series across its platforms. To kick things off, show alumni, artists and fans will gather for the "YO! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience" on Friday, June 1st at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which will be live streamed by MTV.
After its debut on August 6th, 1988, "YO! MTV Raps" became the premiere source for all things hip-hop. The advent of the series was crucial to the rise of hip-hop, and created a worldwide appreciation of the genre, which has since become one of the most influential in mainstream music.
The "YO! MTV Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience" will bring together an all-star line-up of the series' alumni and hip-hop legends including Big Daddy Kane and the Juice Crew, Eric B & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions, Fat Joe, Yo-Yo, Onyx, EPMD, Flavor Flav, YBT Tap the bottle reunion, Black Sheep, DAS EFX, Special Ed, Pharcyde, Brand Nubian, Nice & Smooth, Melle Mel & The Furious Five, Kid Capri, DJ Skribble, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, T-Money and others for a night to remember.
The event will also feature special tribute videos from Eminem, Method Man, Redman and more.
Yo MTV Is Coming Back
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