White Plains, NY (May 18, 2022) The Lower Hudson Valley Diamond (LHVD) Foundation hosted an afternoon reception on Sunday, May 15, 2022, recognizing their 2022 scholarship recipients. The event attended by family and friends of the awardees, took place at the Theodore D. Young Community Center (Greenburgh, NY). The LHVD Foundation serves as the philanthropic entity of the New Rochelle-White Plains Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and has been awarding schola

“Once again, so-called pro-life pundits and politicians responded by pontificating about all of the possible causes of the shooting tragedy, like mental illness, while willfully ignoring the role of white supremacy and easy access to firearms … while every peer nation is home to men who have been radicalized, only America allows them to have easy access to arsenals and ammunition again and again.” – Shannon Watts and Angela Ferrell-Zabala The 18-year-old gunman who slaughtere

When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voting rights. No longer did states with a history of discrimination have to submit their plans to make electoral changes to the department of Justice. Instead, voters and advocacy organizations that experienced limitations of their rights had to go to court to prove that discrimination. Though this placed a burden on voting rights advocates, litigators, and the Transformative Justice

Marcel Verdier’s 1840s painting, “Punishment of the Four Stakes/Pegs in the Colonies,” depicts an enslaved Black man, stalk-naked and spread-eagle face down on the ground as he is whipped by another enslaved man, while a white planter, joined by his wife and infant child casually look on. This painting speaks to the power of the white man and the helplessness of the Black man. This painting initially was created for an exhibition in Paris, France, in the mid-1800s. But the ex

WHITE PLAINS, NY -- As Rev. Erwin Lee Trollinger. Jr., M.Th. celebrated his 10th Pastoral Anniversary as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in White Plains, NY, he had even more to celebrate during the month of May. He has reached another milestone as he reflects back on his 45 years of service in the gospel ministry. If you were not acquainted with Rev. Trollinger and his impact on the church and community before now, the tributes and testimonials given emphatically enlighten

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today offered guidance to protect the privacy of individuals seeking abortion care and prevent unwanted digital tracking and data sharing. Recent reports indicate that online platforms and consumer apps, like those widely used to track fertility and menstrual cycles, have been collecting and sharing consumers’ personal information. These websites and apps can track detailed reproductive history, physical location, and other p

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Monday announced $20 million in new grants for its Eviction Protection Grant Program, doubling the amount originally allocated for the launch of the Program in November 2021. In New York, HUD awarded $2.4 million to the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation and $1 million to Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, providing services in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, and Ulst

The current uproar over the leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s anticipated Decision on Abortion Rights is another example of the Republican Right Wing effort to eliminate democracy under the cover of the very Constitution which provides all our democratically protected rights. We have seen the attack on Voting Rights by the actions of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate who refused to support not only the Voting Rights Act but also the John Lewis Act and the legislation