Replay: Charles Julian Fearing Is A Musician’s Musician with Music in His Blood
Charles Julian Fearing has been around music all his life. Fearing began performing on a piano when he was three years old. We’re not talking about a child’s piano. No, we’re talking about an...
New York Family Stories: Surviving in a Time of a Pandemic
New York City Health Department reports staggering COVID-19 numbers. As of May 17, there are 190,408 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The details can be numbing: Confirmed deaths: 15,888 Probable...
Margaret Ruiz is My Sister. She Lives in A COVID-19 Hot Spot
Margaret Ruiz is my sister. She and her husband live in the Forest Hills section of Queens, New York. The borough of Queens is an epicenter for COVID-19. As of May 10, the number of infections in...
Replay- Vivian Malauulu: From Poor Immigrant to the LBCC Board of Trustees
Vivian Malauulu is the President of the Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees and also represent Area 2 in the city. The journey to the Board of Trustees and her leadership of it has...
Replay: Coronavirus Is Not Our Worst Enemy. We Are and I Wish We Weren’t.
Coronavirus could pose a very serious health threat to older adults. According to the Center for Disease Control (cdc.gov), older adults have a higher risk of getting very sick from the Coronavirus or...
Thulani Ngazimbi is a Rad Immigrant Success Story
Thulani Ngazimbi and his family lived a comfortable life in Zimbabwe, but seeing the country’s economy heading toward a downturn, his parents made the ultimate sacrifice to uproot for what they...
COVID-19 and What We Will Learn for The Future: Two Boomers Talking
COVID-19, Coronavirus, the Pandemic, toilet paper. One cannot hide from the most game-changing event in our lifetime. Yes, even greater than 9/11. We’re going to have to go back to World War Two,...
Replay: A Year of Choices for the DisUnited States of America
2020 reminds me of 1968 America, an almost apocalyptic year of violence, cathartic change, and disunity. Americans shouted at each other, threatened each other with profanity and violence; threats...