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Consider it Pure Joy | Jennifer Jones Austin

January 10, 2024January 30, 2024 The Positive Community Health

When Jennifer Jones Austin, wife, mother, lawyer and child advocate, and the picture of good health, found herself burdened by a fever she couldn’t shake, doctors insisted it was merely viral and told her to sleep it off. Just days later she lay comatose with a 99% probability of imminent death.

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OPINION 

Hope for the Holiday Season and Beyond

December 26, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community

As the end of 2023 draws near, some of us may be feeling our holiday spirit dampened by current happenings in the world. There’s war between Israel and Hamas, and here in America, mass shootings are still taking place. Inflation is taking a bite out of holiday gift giving, and even stealing bites from our holiday meals with the price of food so high.

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Saving Our Own Community

December 12, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community

Pre-Watch Night Candlelight Prayer Walk As the year 2023 comes to a close, The Positive Community is thankful for the

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OPINION 

Keeping Our Communities Safe From Fentanyl

November 5, 2023November 21, 2023 R.L. Witter

Public safety is our administration’s top priority, and keeping New Yorkers safe from the growing threat of fentanyl is a

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OPINION 

A Lament for Peace in the Middle East

November 4, 2023November 21, 2023 R.L. Witter

Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson is Senior Pastor Grace Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, NY Our televisions and social media feeds

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OPINION 

Why Newark?

October 30, 2023November 21, 2023 R.L. Witter

It’s the question business owners once asked when they considered relocating to the city of Newark. Today, we are being

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OPINION 

Saving Our Own Community: About Our Future!

October 7, 2023November 21, 2023 R.L. Witter

We are one from the very start/We are one deep down in your heart We are one/And that’s the way

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OPINION 

Summer in and out of the City

September 5, 2023September 13, 2023 R.L. Witter Art, Culture, Food, Harlem, Health, History, Money, Music, NYC

BY R.L. WITTER My husband at the wheel, the road stretches in front of me as the world whizzes by

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HEALTH OPINION 

New York must open Crisis Stabilization Centers: People in Mental Health throes need immediate help

May 25, 2023June 5, 2023 R.L. Witter

Rev. Patrick O’Connor is the co-chair of Queens Power, a citizens’ power organization affiliated with Metro Industrial Areas Foundation. The

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EDUCATION OPINION 

THE GIFT OF LITERACY

May 9, 2023May 30, 2023 R.L. Witter

By R.L. Witter I celebrated my birthday in April. And despite being the oldest I’ve ever been, I felt like

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Saving Our Communities: Positive Music Matters
PUBLISHER 

Saving Our Communities: Positive Music Matters

April 3, 2024May 25, 2024 The Positive Community

Dear Mr. Council,I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude to you and The Positive Community for your invaluable contribution to

Saving Our Own Community
OPINION PUBLISHER 

Saving Our Own Community

December 12, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community
Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy guests Dr. Jamila Davis, David Sharp & Adrian Council Sr
PUBLISHER 

Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy guests Dr. Jamila Davis, David Sharp & Adrian Council Sr

December 6, 2023December 28, 2023 The Positive Community
On Harlem, Business, and the Economics of Culture: Brothers Gonna’ Work it Out
MONEY PUBLISHER 

On Harlem, Business, and the Economics of Culture: Brothers Gonna’ Work it Out

September 5, 2023October 23, 2023 R.L. Witter
Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy guests: Dr. Elvy Vieira & Anthony Smith of Lincoln Park
EDUCATION VIDEO 

Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy guests: Dr. Elvy Vieira & Anthony Smith of Lincoln Park

April 18, 2023August 18, 2023 R.L. Witter

In this episode of Essex County College’s Community Education Forum, host Alfred Bundy speaks with guests Dean of Community, Continuing

Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy and guests Rev. Soaries, Dr. Stevens and Curtis Farrow
EDUCATION VIDEO 

Community Education Forum with Alfred Bundy and guests Rev. Soaries, Dr. Stevens and Curtis Farrow

March 29, 2023August 18, 2023 R.L. Witter
ECC Community Education Forum Alfred Bundy with Jennifer Wager, Kedegia Williams and Michael Isaac
EDUCATION VIDEO 

ECC Community Education Forum Alfred Bundy with Jennifer Wager, Kedegia Williams and Michael Isaac

February 27, 2023August 18, 2023 R.L. Witter
ECC Community Education Forum Alfred Bundy with ECC President Dr. Boakye and Grammy Winner Nat Adderley
EDUCATION VIDEO 

ECC Community Education Forum Alfred Bundy with ECC President Dr. Boakye and Grammy Winner Nat Adderley

January 18, 2023August 18, 2023 R.L. Witter
BERKELEY COLLEGE CELEBRATES ‘REMARKABLE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE’
GRADS 

BERKELEY COLLEGE CELEBRATES ‘REMARKABLE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE’

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 The Positive Community

Photo Caption: Berkeley College celebrates the perseverance and achievements of more than 1,000 graduates during a Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May

KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022
GRADS 

KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy Class of 2022

September 6, 2022September 8, 2022 R.L. Witter
Graduates from Essex County Tech Schools Accepted into Prestigious Colleges and Universities
GRADS 

Graduates from Essex County Tech Schools Accepted into Prestigious Colleges and Universities

August 31, 2022September 8, 2022 R.L. Witter
Hooray for the Graduates
GRADS 

Hooray for the Graduates

August 29, 2022October 4, 2022 R.L. Witter
Consider it Pure Joy | Jennifer Jones Austin
OPINION 

Consider it Pure Joy | Jennifer Jones Austin

January 10, 2024January 30, 2024 The Positive Community

When Jennifer Jones Austin, wife, mother, lawyer and child advocate, and the picture of good health, found herself burdened by a fever she couldn’t shake, doctors insisted it was merely viral and told her to sleep it off. Just days later she lay comatose with a 99% probability of imminent death.

Hope for the Holiday Season and Beyond
OPINION 

Hope for the Holiday Season and Beyond

December 26, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community
Saving Our Own Community
OPINION PUBLISHER 

Saving Our Own Community

December 12, 2023January 9, 2024 The Positive Community
Keeping Our Communities Safe From Fentanyl
OPINION 

Keeping Our Communities Safe From Fentanyl

November 5, 2023November 21, 2023 R.L. Witter
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