Charlottesville's new zoning code opened the door for intensified displacement & gentrification in historically Black neighborhoods. But we're fighting back.
Thank God the Black community still honors its Elders. It's a status I was happy to achieve. White folks should take notes.
johnedwinmason
johnedwinmason
“A Banquet for the Birds,” my Iliad-inspired suite for piano and big band featuring Aaron Diehl, has a couple of NYC performances coming up.
The first is this Friday, April 3 at MSM (free, no tickets required):
www.msmnyc.edu/performances...
Trans 👏 Rights 👏 Are 👏 Human 👏 Rights 👏
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility and a reminder to love, support, protect and defend our trans family, friends, and neighbors. 🏳️⚧️
#TDOV #transdayofvisibility
Maybe a decade ago, our local senior center decided that "senior" and every single synonym for "senior" was Bad, and they renamed themselves to "The Center." Their website never identifies that it's for seniors. It's the demographic of which we dare not speak. I don't get it!
Chip Conley, the founder of Modern Elder Academy, prefers to call the type of housing he’s developing “regenerative communities,” rather than “retirement communities.”
Howard French
nyti.ms
The founder of Modern Elder Academy is on a mission to make “Golden Girls”-style living mainstream.
