This Is Yugen: Finding Beauty In The NJ Dance Community
Xavier Boone
July 3, 2024
Yugen Dance Project founder Gabriel Aniel and member John Victor told us how dance can become so important.
Yugen Dance Project founder Gabriel Aniel and member John Victor told us how dance can become so important.
“Right away there was a community [in West New York] that welcomed us and nurtured us through the change,” Katie Perez said.
What’s the importance of storytelling from a Black perspective? Here’s what the founder and head of editorial Black In Jersey said.
“You can be the people who graduate and serve our people. You don’t have to be someone who’s from out of town to come here and leave. You can be growing up in this community, in our system and come back full circle to be the person in leadership.”
Archangel Raphael’s Mission provides mobile barbershops and showers to New Jersey’s most overlooked communities since 2014 and intends to do more in the future.
Photo courtesy of nj.com. On June 4, New Jersey citizens from both sides of the political spectrum will be casting their ballots in the 2024 Primary election. While the General Election is not until November of this year, Tuesday’s Primary election will be used to determine which candidate from each
“… The people that criss-cross this campus, the ones that I love taking care for, are people who are pursuing something incredibly noble: a shot at a better life,” NJCU President said.
If we work together to support projects that represent the Asian community well, I believe more representation will arise from that. Learn AAPI History said.
“I grew up in an era where people were trying to make my choices for my life. And so now I fight to be a voice for everyone, to make a choice for their life,” the council president said.
“Jersey City is indeed experiencing the effects of gentrification. Economic investment, rising property value, demographic shifts, improved amenities and the displacement of low-income residents are all contributing factors,” Pagan said.
