by designteam | Apr 1, 2015 | Latest News
Russell Simmons, LL Cool J Visit Youth at NYC Rikers Island Jail by: The Associated Press (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)Jul 31, 2014 [ A+ ] /[ A- ] NEW YORK (AP) — A group of young people at a jail complex got some words of encouragement on Thursday from hip-hop mogul...
by designteam | Apr 1, 2015 | Latest News
Superman isn’t coming: Grassroots efforts to end urban violence By Rahiel Tesfamariam The unrest started last Saturday soon after 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot down in Brooklyn by plainclothes NYPD officers. Outraged over his death, local residents took to the...
by designteam | Mar 30, 2015 | Latest News
Russell Simmons joins march to reclaim Queens streets for peace By Billy Rennison | brennison@queenscourier.com Residents and leaders in southeast Queens — joined by a famous native son — marched recently to return peace to their increasingly violence-filled streets....