The Hollow Boom Of Brooklyn… *

After a decade of increasingly celebrated gentrification, many believe Brooklyn — the native borough of both my parents — finally has risen from the shadows that were cast when it became part of New York City over a century ago. Brooklyn has gotten “its groove back” as a “post-industrial hotspot,” the well-informed conservative writer Kay […]

5th Anniversary Official Speech

  What was the first thing you thought this morning when you woke up? “WOW! Today is Friday finally. It is my last day of the week at work… YEAH! I’m going to get ready after work and enjoy myself to the fullest, dress nicely to shine, put some perfume or cologne, come to Transdiaspora […]

Fifth Annual Benefit Cocktail & Awards

Invitees came toast the future with us at TDN’s 5th Annual Benefit Cocktail! They enjoyed our open bar serving a selection of premium wines and beers. This year’s Benefit featured light hors d’oeuvres, dancing, raffle and the unveiling and presentation of the first ever TDN Changemaker Awards! The awardees were Melissa Faith Ramirez (Director, National […]

Europeans, Africans and HIV: the Origins of an Epidemic

Written by Nia John, Communications Assistance (CAP intern), 17 years old

Reading through the article “Colonialism in Africa Helped Launch the HIV Epidemic a Century Ago,” by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin, has helped me to change drastically my view of the origination of HIV.  The myths that I allowed myself to believe before were proven to be false in this article through the use of […]

YES, I Did Say S-E-X!

Written by Nia John, Communications Assistance (CAP intern), 16 years old.

Today, not enough people talk about sex…YES I did say S-E-X!  Why is it so hard for youth to talk about sex these days?  I personally don’t think that it is difficult to talk about at all.  On the other hand, some youth do not see it this way.  I remember having Sex-Ed class from […]