Black Westchester Magazine

09/09/2024

Check out The Black Westchester 10-Year Anniversary Commemorative Issue https://blackwestchester.com/bw-10-year-anniversary-commemorative-issue/ via Black Westchester Magazine

12/08/2024

George Floyd’s Uncle Joins March For Sonya Massey In Chicago https://blackwestchester.com/george-floyds-uncle-joins-march-for-sonya-massey-in-chicago/ Tune in to the People Before Politics Radio Show Sunday, August 3rd, where George Floyd's uncle Selwyn Jones will be our guest!

A rally for Sonya Massey was held Saturday, August 3rd at the Chicago Police Department headquarters in Chicago. Many activists said they were sending a message that they’re tired of having to repeat, demanding justice for the lives lost to police brutality. Bodycam footage of Sonya Massey being m...

07/08/2024

Join me in wishing Yocasta Jimenez – The Hip-Hop Therapist a happy healthy and blessed birthday https://blackwestchester.com/yocasta-jimenez-the-hip-hop-therapist/ via Black Westchester Magazine

I first met Yocasta Jimemez, KMSW (better known in the community as Yogi) when she put together a Small Business Pop-Up Shop in the Galleria Mall to help promote small Black and Brown businesses for Black History Month. I invited her on our radio show, People Before Politics Radio to discuss it and....

08/07/2024

Black Westchester presents People Before Politics Radio Episode 400 – Black Independent Media Matters

02/07/2024

Candlelight Vigil July 3rd To Mark The One Year Anniversary of The Murder Of Jarrell Garris By NRPD Detective Steven Conn https://blackwestchester.com/candlelight-vigil-for-jarrell/ via Black Westchester Magazine
Come out and stand with the family as they continue they fight for justice and accountability of their loved one...

On Wednesday July 3rd at 6 pm there will be a march from St. Catherine A.M.E. Zion Church (19 Lincoln Avenue) where Jarrell CeeTwo Garris was murdered in front of by New Rochelle Police Detective Steven Conn to the New Rochelle Police Department (475 North Ave #2). All are welcome to come voice thei...

26/06/2024

How White Supremacy Triumphed in Westchester’s Congressional Race as Black Leaders Stood By https://blackwestchester.com/how-white-supremacy-triumphed-in-westchesters-congressional-race-as-black-leaders-stood-by/ via Black Westchester Magazine

The recent congressional race for District 16, between incumbent Jamaal Bowman and challenger George Latimer, has set new precedents in campaign financing. AIPAC and other Republican-funded PACs spent over 20 million to unseat the first Black Congressman in CD16, highlighting complex racial dynamics...

21/06/2024

Black Westchester Magazine, Blacks in Law Enforcement of America and the Westchester Correction Association Endorses William O. Wagstaff for Westchester County District Attorney Wagstaff for DA

20/06/2024

Black Westchester Pre-Primary Show with Congressman Jamaal Bowman and District Attorney Candidate William Wagstaff

Check out a special edition of Black Westchester presents the People Before Politics Radio Show, Get Out The Vote Edition with your hosts Damon K. Jones and AJ Woodson. Our guests our Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Civil Rights Attorney William O. Wagstaff who is running to be elected the First Afric...

20/06/2024

Black Law Enforcement Supports Re-election of Congressman Bowman and the Election of Wagstaff for DA

WESTCHESTER, NY – Blacks In Law Enforcement of America (BLEA) and the Westchester Correction Association (WCA) have announced their strong support for the re-election of Congressman Jamaal Bowman and the election of William O. Wagstaff III as Westchester District Attorney. The two prominent Black ...

12/06/2024

We Got Our Own Thang: A Look At Hip-Hop From The 914 By AJ Woodson

Finally, my new book, “We Got Our Own Thang: A Look At Hip-Hop From The 914,” is officially out in time for the holidays. After checking out all of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Hip-Hop, I noticed one region that was often overlooked and underrepresented was the 914. So I present this lit...

09/06/2024

Join us today at 6pm for Black Westchester presents the People Before Politics Radio Show with Damon K Jones & AJ Woodson

29/05/2024

Samson’s Cautionary Tale: Embracing Dominion and Discernment as Black Men in America https://blackwestchester.com/samsons-cautionary-tale-embracing-dominion-and-discernment-as-black-men-in-america/ via Damon K Jones

For Black men in America, the story of Samson from the Bible can serve as a powerful and cautionary tale about the importance of maintaining a strong connection to God, exercising wisdom and discernment in relationships, and guarding against the temptations and manipulations of those who would seek....

19/05/2024

Celebrating the Past, Shaping the Future: 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Seventy years ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education changed the trajectory of public education and sparked the end of segregated schools. Before the Brown decision was handed down in 1954, there was Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1892 Homer Plessy, a Black man of New Orleans, Lo...

17/05/2024

WASS Letter To The Editor For Black Westchester

Thank you for featuring Dr. Courtney Williams from Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions on the People Before Politics show recently. Though it may feel good to separate recycling from trash, the reality is that all that material often ends up in an incinerator like 40-year-old Wheelabrator...

17/05/2024

New York Working Family Party Condemns Racist Comments by Westchester County Democratic Committee Vice Chair Terry Degatano

WESTCHESTER, NY—In response to a series of offensive posts by the Vice Chair of the Westchester County Democratic Committee on George Latimer’s page, Jennifer Cabrera and Peter Bernstein of the Westchester-Putnam Chapter of the New York Working Families Party have issued the following s...

17/05/2024

Big Pun – The Legacy of A Latino Lyricist https://blackwestchester.com/big-pun-legacy-of-a-latino-lyricist/ via Black Westchester Magazine

Starting with the end and working backward, the world was in shock when the news came thatBig Pun suffered a fatal heart attack on February 7, 2000 in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, WhitePlains, at the age of 28 years old. In a time most stories like this ended with a hip-hop artistdying by some act […]