"ABCD was created to challenge the deficiency lens that depicts neighborhoods of color as helpless. It emphasizes that community change begins with recognizing local assets.”
In June, I hopped on a call with the head of operations to talk about compensation. I might have asked a little too much, but I left room to negotiate.
June Grant emphasizes the importance of envisioning the year 3000 for urban planning, stating, 'I challenge us to always think about not 10 years, not 15, but 1,000 or 10,000 years out.'
Food is both deeply personal and political for Sami Tamimi, the Palestinian chef and food writer. His first solo cookbook is an emotional culinary ride down memory lane through the bountiful seasons of his homeland, and an effort to preserve the ingredients, techniques and traditions which have long been targeted by the Israeli occupation.
Receiving a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, created a life-altering reality for Jon Gluck, pushing him toward coping through work.
I had a flat and two crashes all within what felt like five seconds. I thought 'it's going to be one of those days' where I panic and drop down the rankings. I told myself 'just because I had the thought doesn't make it a fact'. I'm a fighter and just re-set and chipped them off one by one.
Juan Carlos, waiting outside Home Depot, carries a message on his T-shirt, 'We built this city,' representing hard-working individuals who constructed the urban landscape of New York.
The Moment comes at the start of the third set. Nobody in tennis can spot a Moment like Novak Djokovic. The Moment is where he lives, breathes, puts gluten-free food on his family's table.
"I didn't physically take care of him, and I wasn't a nurse or anything like that, but I definitely helped, certainly after the accident. I helped organize and sort of focus Chris on a different set of priorities than he probably had before his accident."