Posts Tagged ‘New Jersey’
Principal Akbar Cook Is Still Taking Care Of His ‘Babies’ With His ‘Lights On’ Program (Video)
May 27, 2019
First, a spot on Ellen (see our post here). Now, CNN is covering the Newark (New Jersey, USA) principal. This brother Akbar Cook and his amazing work should keep getting the spotlight on big awesome platforms as an example of what normal people who dare to show extraordinary care can do to make this world a better place!
“When it all gets down to it, we’re saving lives,” says Akbar Cook, the principal of West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey. Cook founded and directs, a program that gives students a safe place to go on Friday nights, when crime and gun violence are prevalent. In the past three years, Cook says, West Side hasn’t lost any students to gun violence.
– CNN
– @ojones1
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Tags: Akbar Cook, at-risk kids, at-risk students, CNN, Lights On, New Jersey, Newark, Principal Akbar Cook, The Good Stuff, Westside High School | 
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Food: This Seafood Cheesesteak Might Be Worth A Trip To New Jersey (Video)
April 11, 2019
Okay, that sub stuffed with Chinese takeout-inspired filling (posted earlier here)… it got me. I am a JL Jupiter subscriber now. And this seafood mega-sandwich might make you hit the subscribe bell on his channel, too. Looks ridiculously delicious!
– @ojones1
Meet The New Principal Of Newark’s Westside High School, Akbar Cook (Video)
September 25, 2018
Ellen always comes through with the great ‘feel good’ stories. This one on the brother Akbar Cook certainly ranks near the top of that stack. Watch.
Ellen sat down with Akbar Cook, Principal of a Newark, New Jersey high school, who after noticing at-risk students being bullied for dirty clothes, worked hard to install washing machines and dryers so the kids could do laundry. After hearing his story, Ellen teamed up with her friends at Cheerios to help Principal Cook continue to do good and support his “babies” at school.
Take care of the babies, Akbar. Our babies! And bless you, Ellen, for shining the light on this.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Education, Human Interest, Interview, Series, Television, Videos, Youth | Tags: Akbar Cook, anti-bullying, at-risk kids, at-risk students, Ellen, Ellen Degeneres, Ellen Show, New Jersey, Newark, Principal Akbar Cook, Westside High School | No Comments »
Future Farm: Growing Food With No Soil And 95% Less Water (Video)
October 19, 2017
Vertical farms use less land, less water, less energy… and seem to be more efficient at producing food. Facts. But don’t take my word. The video says so, and I am sure the claims are verifiable if you want to go looking.
Me? I hope the authorities are looking into vertical farms. We have almost 7 billion people on this rock, and a lot are going malnourished and hungry.
– @ojones1
Posted in Environment, Food, Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: AeroFarms, Farm of the Future, hydroponics, New Jersey, Newark, root misting system, Seeker, Stories, Vertical Farming | No Comments »
Classically Beautiful: The Discussion (Docu-Series)
February 23, 2017
Visuals for this “Classically Beautiful” series begins with the NYC discussion and continues after the jump, taking the discussion to New Jersey. Each discussion clip relates multiple perspectives from women who are learning to fully embrace who they are and what they represent.
To the core, this piece is a representation of how we manifest our truths and convictions, how we identify ourselves in the face of adversity, and the power of dialogue. Dialogue so powerful that it can influence, encourage, and inspire us to exist with purpose, or fire. The way that you communicate and the things that are communicated to you will shape and build you for the rest of your life.
– Coal Brown Creative
Gotta love this. There are only so many ways that we can tell our beautiful and incredible sistas how beautiful and incredible they are. Watch as they share how they have learned to tell it, to boldly declare it, to themselves!
Posted in Activism, Human Interest, Series, Videos | Tags: Classically Beautiful, COAL CROWN CREATIVE, New Jersey, New York, NJ, NJ Discussion, NYC, NYC discussion | No Comments »
CP The Artist Talks About His Upcoming Art Show “7:30” In Atlanta & The Life of an Artist
July 6, 2016
Atlanta is known for being the place where Music is happening but the visual Arts scene is on the rise as well. From the Forward Warrior Mural project to the graffiti art covered Krog Tunnel & city commissions to enrich areas with Art. Magic is being created in Atlanta’s painting studios along with the music studios. Well one of the artist helping to push forward the scene in Atlanta is CP The Artist. Charlton Palmer a transplant of NJ who makes Atlanta his home talked with us about his upcoming solo show 7:30. (Show is on July, 30th starting at 7:30 585 Well St SW Suite B3 Atlanta, GA 30312) .We also talk what inspires him and what’s on his playlist when he is in the studio.
Full Interview after the jump
–ArtByOdell
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Posted in Cover Story, Interview, Uncategorized | Tags: 730, art, artist, Atlanta Art Show, CP, CP the Artist, New Jersey, New York | No Comments »
Driving While Black in New Jersey (Documentary)
June 1, 2016
A new report from Seton Hall Law School Center for Policy & Research has found that in the majority-white municipality of Bloomfield, New Jersey, nearly 80 percent of traffic tickets are issued to African American and Latino drivers.
The report also found that most tickets were issued to non-resident minority drivers passing through town, suggesting a “de facto border patrol” policing policy is in effect.
The Bloomfield Police Department — which has begun collecting data on the race of drivers in traffic stops as of January 2016 — rejects the report’s findings.
VICE News reports on Seton Hall’s methodology and on the experience of minority drivers in Bloomfield.
Please note that in this video, Lakisha Finkelstein’s name was misspelled as Latisha Finkelstein.
READ: UNCOVERING RACIAL PROFILING IN BLOOMFIELD, NJ (SETON HALL)
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