Mi Gente! Great news! On March 19th, you'll have a chance to see this riveting one woman show, 'Organic Sofrito or Other Recipes for Disaster', produced by Artists for Creative Theater - ACT. 'Organic Sofrito', a dark comedy that explores the connection between mental illness and the Latin diet. 'Organic Sofrito' the solo show written by Venessa Diaz and directed by Melissa ...
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Teens Using Technology as a Tool Against Bullying
Hey everyone, I learned about this amazing initiative taking place in my community and I just had to share. As a mother of a teen, bullying is a subject that I am well versed in since I was a victim of bullying in junior high school and empathetic to the issue. A serious issue and I am sure that goes unsaid in the world today. This new filmmaking app helps Brooklyn Youth ...
Rock The Vote with Snoopy! #peanutsrocksthevote #acornbbnyc
Lucy van Pelt, Snoopy, and Linus—just three of the six Peanuts characters (the others are Charlie Brown, Sally, and Franklin) are running for President in a very special election! And you can cast your vote starting right now at peanutsrocksthevote.com. The Peanuts election is part of a special partnership between Peanuts and Rock the Vote, the nonprofit voter education ...
This Weekend: WCS’s New York Aquarium Celebrates World Oceans Day
Hooray! World Oceans Day is coming up this weekend! Great news hapleneing this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Costumed characters from Nickelodeon’s animated preschool TV series, Bubble Guppies, headline the weekendActivities include meet-and-greets with the aquarium’s expert dive team, crafts, fish ...
Use Your Power, Vote Today! #voteWEP and #SMLatinas #SMBlogger
As a woman, working parent, child of a single mom as I was growing up, and Latina, society says I have three strikes against me. These strikes mean that I get penalized and if you are a woman so do you. Housing discrimination is rampant. Hiring discrimination against single parents is out of control. And, pay... well, that's lower...much, much lower. In fact, as a Latina I make ...