Photo by Neidy Gutierrez / SOC Images. Walking into La Bodega, it’s almost as if you’re transported to the Dominican Republic with their warm atmosphere, tasty smells and tropical decor. On Saturday Feb. 22, La Bodega hosted a Mercadito Dominicano where Dominican vendors and entrepreneurs sold jewelry, pins, accessories, hair
“Once I kick in this door for myself, you’re gonna see the wave of artists that come right after me [New Jersey] that come from here—this little area of ours. So that’s my word. I promise you I’m gonna do that.”
“With Zumba and ballroom I felt like my confidence went super high and ever since then I just feel unstoppable and I don’t care what people have to say about me. I know who I am and that is what I want to provide to everybody,” the West New York resident said.
“I started to write again and attend different open mics. After I had started to organize my own children events and my own community events. I thought to myself I could create a space where many poets will feel welcomed,” said Mocha Mic With Millie.
I wish I had the opportunity to learn more about textured hair while I was in school so I wouldn’t have to seek classes now.”
It was also during the 1980s’ that the Chicano movement — which took place in the 1960s and 1970s — popularized Cinco de Mayo, which led marketers to try and commercialize the holiday.
Sounds too good to be true, but Dr. Nadine Lippa, an innovation manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, took on the task of reinventing the basketball.
Ramadan is a spiritual, self reflecting time for Muslims all across the globe. During this time, people of all ages come together to pray, break fast, give back to their communities and read the Qur’an.
“History can be ironic. “Native American children in the early to mid-20th century were taken from their homes and taught in boarding schools which tried to erase all vestiges of their culture and language, and then a few years later it was their language that helped America win World War
“For a while, I hadn’t known anybody else who had scoliosis or who had worn a scoliosis brace and I felt like such an outcast because I had nobody to relate to in that aspect.”
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