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Our Time Press The Local Newspaper With the Global View Our Time Press is the largest African American fully owned and operated weekly newspaper in Brooklyn, New York.

Founded in 1996 as a monthly periodical by husband and
wife team David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green, the multi-award winning, family-run paper
is published by DBG Media and enjoys a diverse readership of 40,000 weekly throughout New York
City, Westchester, the Capital Region and beyond.

By Eddie CastroSeptember is here. The 90-degree days and Pina colada days will be replaced with Fall leaves and Pumpkin ...
09/06/2025

By Eddie Castro
September is here. The 90-degree days and Pina colada days will be replaced with Fall leaves and Pumpkin Spice flavored products. For the New York Yankees, September is going to be a very pivotal month for the team as far as where they will stand in the playoff picture.

The team’s offense has gotten better to go along with receiving length from their starting rotation albeit their recent 7-game winning streak featured some of the worst teams in the league. As we go to press, The Yankees will be tested this month especially the first games coming against teams who are expected to make the playoffs in the American League.

The team drew some luck during their seven-game winning streak as they’ve gotten closer to stealing the American League East crown from the Toronto Blue Jays who have struggled of late.

By Eddie CastroSeptember is here. The 90-degree days and Pina colada days will be replaced with Fall leaves and Pumpkin Spice flavored products. For the New Yor

By Lyndon TaylorThe 58th staging of the annual West Indian Labor Day Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a sea of co...
09/06/2025

By Lyndon Taylor
The 58th staging of the annual West Indian Labor Day Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a sea of color, music, and culture on Labor Day, as more than 2.5 million revelers came out to celebrate Caribbean heritage.

The festivities began earlier in the day with an invitation-only breakfast, which brought together a wide cross-section of leaders — among them Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, members of Congress, mayoral hopefuls, state and city officials, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, clergy, and representatives of civil society.

In her remarks, Governor Hochul struck a balance between celebration and resolve.

By Lyndon TaylorThe 58th staging of the annual West Indian Labor Day Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a sea of color, music, and culture on Labor Day, as

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: Fall is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in ...
09/06/2025

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG:
Fall is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in academic institutions, most of the world has already been miseducated about basic geography. “Africa No Filter” and “Speak Up Africa”, along with the African Union, are working to change common knowledge about the size of the various continents, with a “Correct the Map Campaign”. For centuries, the world has been misled about the relative size of the seven continents commonly recognized as Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Africa and South America are shrunk in the widely used Mercator projection maps. AU Deputy Chairperson Selma Malika Haddadi told Reuters that the Mercator map falsely portrays Africa as “marginal.” The African Union plans to address this misleading view of the planet at an upcoming African Union summit.

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in academic institutions, most of

by Pojanee FleuryI had the pleasure of contributing to Our Time Press' summer long series covering Brooklyn's block part...
09/06/2025

by Pojanee Fleury
I had the pleasure of contributing to Our Time Press' summer long series covering Brooklyn's block parties. Not only did I have a great time - as the joy in the air was absolutely contagious - but I learned something very important, Brooklyn is not the one sided picture painted by the news or pop culture. I truly began to understand what Biggie meant in his infamous line, "Spread love, that's the Brooklyn way."

Although certain areas of Brooklyn are associated with crime and violence, I witnessed residents love and care for their block. They were focused on building community, not just living on a street in Brooklyn. They viewed the whole block as a space they could have an effect on not just for themselves but for the most important people on the block- the children.

All block associations' representatives spoke to me about how important it was for the children to play freely on their blocks. In a busy city, you are taught from a young age to beware of the street.

by Pojanee FleuryI had the pleasure of contributing to Our Time Press' summer long series covering Brooklyn's block parties. Not only did I have a great time -

Everybody talks about how he’ll change race in America. Erase it or whatever. By this they mean he’ll change white peopl...
09/06/2025

Everybody talks about how he’ll change race in America. Erase it or whatever. By this they mean he’ll change white people, which if it happened, would be amazing enough. But nobody mentions the better thing, Dave. How he could absolutely abolish, all at once, with one big stroke, end black politics forever. -From Great Expectationsby Vinson Cunningham

Vinson Cunningham’s debut novel Great Expectations (Hogarth Press, 2024) explores the personal journey of the protagonist David Hammond, a young Black man who is working on the campaign of a man referred to as “the Senator.” From the very beginning it is clear that “the Senator” is presidential elect Barack Obama. Vinson Cunningham is a former staffer on Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign. He is currently a staff writer for The New Yorker, co-host of the magazine’s weekly arts and culture podcast Critics at Large, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Criticism.

Everybody talks about how he’ll change race in America. Erase it or whatever. By this they mean he’ll change white people, which if it happened, would be am

Fern GillespieOur Time Press spoke to the leadership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and Histo...
09/06/2025

Fern GillespieOur Time Press spoke to the leadership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the founding organization of Black History Month for insights on “Trump 2.0 Impact on Black Americans.” Leading Black History historians Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, the president of the ASALH and a professor of communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and Brooklyn resident Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor of Africana Studies at Stony Brook and ASALH Chair of Communications discussed their concerns about this presidential administration in Part 2 of the Our Time Press conversation.

OTP: What are your thoughts about the Supreme Court greenlighting the Trump administration’s destruction of multiculturalism and diversity?DR. WHITEHEAD: I think that when you look at the steps and I go back to Project 2025, which if people use that as a handbook, it talks about how every step to get you to this point.

Fern GillespieOur Time Press spoke to the leadership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the founding organization of Black H

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“My goal is to continue to create a safe space for our community members, and build that ...
09/06/2025

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“My goal is to continue to create a safe space for our community members, and build that relationship with everyone, so they know that this is a hub for wellness,” Brooklyn health champion Jessica Joseph told Our Time Press. On a sunny Friday afternoon last week a room full of neighbors from elders to youth came out to a Brownsville Wellness Program Community town hall held at the Brownsville Community Culinary Center (BCCC) to talk about health-related issues affecting residents.

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“My goal is to continue to create a safe space for our community members, and build that relationship with everyone, so they kn

Thousands join The Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network and Civil Rights Leaders on Wall Street to Challenge Trump ...
09/06/2025

Thousands join The Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network and Civil Rights Leaders on Wall Street to Challenge Trump DEI Rollback Campaigns

By Stacy M. BrownBlack PressUSA Senior National CorrespondentSixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan on Thursday, linking arms and voices in what was billed as the largest demonstration of its kind since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Led by Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network, the March on Wall Street drew national civil rights leaders, clergy, activists, and elected officials, all demanding economic justice, equity, and fair opportunity at a time when diversity, equity, and inclusion programs have been dismantled by the Trump administration.

The march began at Foley Square, paused at the African Burial Ground National Monument, and wound its way down Broadway to Whitehall Street.

Thousands join The Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network and Civil Rights Leaders on Wall Street to Challenge Trump DEI Rollback Campaigns By Stacy M. Br

By Eddie CastroThe dog days of summer are just about over and with just about 30 left in the regular season, the New Yor...
08/30/2025

By Eddie CastroThe dog days of summer are just about over and with just about 30 left in the regular season, the New York Mets will look to try and secure a playoff spot in the National League. It has been quite a roller coaster season for the team having started the 2025 campaign firing on all cylinders. Since June 13, the Mets have posted a record of 25-37.

Decimated by injuries especially when it comes to their pitching, manager Carlos Mendoza has really relied heavily on the offense lead by Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso. Despite the tremendous power the offense possesses, there are times where the offense has been stagnant to say the least. For the past two months, the tale of the tape for Met games has been good production from the offense but no pitching or good enough pitching but then bats have go silent.

The team was able to make some moves in the trade deadline that General Manager David Stearns hopes can come in and contribute right away.

By Eddie CastroThe dog days of summer are just about over and with just about 30 left in the regular season, the New York Mets will look to try and secure a pla

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsThe 67th International Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Com...
08/30/2025

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsThe 67th International Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League took place August 20-24, 2025, for the first time in Brooklyn. Business sessions took place during the day at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza. Allied organizations opened their headquarters for evening activities.

Leaders and members traveled from Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Phoenix, and Washington D.C. Representation also came from Curacao and Toronto, Canada. Division 431 hosted the convention led by Brooklyn’s youthful President Rodney Dugue. The roughly 75 attendees were a mixture of elders, youth, middle-aged, Christians, Muslims, African spiritualists, entrepreneurs, laborers, students, and professors.

The pattern of the five-day gathering was set on Tuesday evening, August 19, at the Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project headquarters in East Flatbush. The ‘Meet and Greet’ started and ended as scheduled.

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsThe 67th International Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League took place August 20-24,

by Pojanee FleuryOn August 23, 2025, residents of Putnam Avenue, between Broadway and Howard Avenue, gathered for their ...
08/30/2025

by Pojanee FleuryOn August 23, 2025, residents of Putnam Avenue, between Broadway and Howard Avenue, gathered for their 2nd annual block party, celebrating community and strengthening neighborhood connections. Organized by the Mount Sinai Spiritual Church of God and members of the Putnam Howard Garden Block Association, the event showcased their collaborative efforts to bring the neighborhood together.

Pastor Deborah Potter and Church Leader Estella Knights shared that the church initially wanted to host a bookbag giveaway for the children on block and it was the Block Association led by Cammy, that had the idea to host a party where the whole block could take part in a Brooklyn tradition that brings people together in meaningful ways.

Children flocked to the bounce house and face-painting station and collected supply filled bookbags. The Brooklyn Hospital Center conducted health screenings and provided community health resources.

by Pojanee FleuryOn August 23, 2025, residents of Putnam Avenue, between Broadway and Howard Avenue, gathered for their 2nd annual block party, celebrating comm

by Pojanee FleuryOn August 24, 2025, Van Buren Street, stretching between Patchen Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, came a...
08/30/2025

by Pojanee FleuryOn August 24, 2025, Van Buren Street, stretching between Patchen Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, came alive with its annual block party—a beloved tradition that has been uniting neighbors for an incredible 50 years. This year’s event was no exception, creating a vibrant atmosphere where residents of all ages came together to celebrate their community. From kids laughing and playing games on the street to older neighbors exchanging warm hugs, the block party exemplified the true spirit of connection, unity, and the powerful bonds that have kept this neighborhood thriving for generations.

"You were the one that knocked on the door and let me know about my car, thank you so much!" one neighbor exclaimed, smiling warmly before introducing herself and sharing a heartfelt hug in gratitude.

by Pojanee FleuryOn August 24, 2025, Van Buren Street, stretching between Patchen Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, came alive with its annual block party—a bel

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