Education

The NYC Grassroots Media Coalition (NYCGMC) will host the Fifth Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference at Hunter College CUNY. The conference theme "Speaking Truth to Power: MEDIA JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES" invites media makers and community organizers to define what the term "Media Justice" means, as a community and explore how we can begin to make this ideal a reality for New York City.

In 1969, the Catholic Church revised its liturgical calendar, removing the feast days of saints whose historical origins were questionable. St. Valentine was one of the casualties.

Theodore "Paki" Pakidorapopulos is a happily married man with a secret - he enjoys having sex with young men and boys. He likes his double life, does not consider himself gay, and ridicules gay causes in his popular conservative magazine column. When he gets sick, however, everything changes. He believes he is infected with the AIDS virus, and his comfortable world comes apart as his illness, anger, and growing madness start to affect his work and family.

A four-part workshop conducted by Cindy Sizemore, MS, RD designed to improve the eating habits of you and your family in order to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Ms. Sizemore is a registered dietician whose work has focused on pediatric and adult nutrition. She executes a community-based family weight management program at Jacobi Medical Center and works as a nutrition consultant for a non-profit organization in Harlem.

In Joseph Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness  the author is not guilty of racism, but guilty of unfolding the truth about dehumanization of black people by white people, presented through the eyes of a white person.

The Borinqueneers hronicles the never-before told story of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all- Hispanic unit in U.S. Army history. Narrated by Hector Elizondo, the documentary relies on the vivid testimony of the regiment’s veterans and rare archival footage to trace the unique experience of the 65th, culminating in the Korean War and the dramatic events that would threaten its very existence.