Posts by Anthony Payton
Everything Kevin Powell knows about manhood today has come to him by questioning everything he thought he knew.
5 questions with playwright Robert Galinsky who is bringing his one-man show to The Dana Center on Sept. 20.
A community fundraising event is set for July 15, all for the love and support of a boy recovering from cancer surgery.
Over the next month, OurStoryNH will hold multiple workshops and story stations in Manchester to help people tell stories about what they experienced during the Covid pandemic. This is a way to bring people closer together, help with healing, and potentially open the doors of experiencing therapy through the arts.
Gangs can be alluring to at-risk youth, so intervention programs must shine even brighter.
When you’ve lost rights, even due to your own actions, you tend to wonder what the actual ramifications are, especially as you mature and become a contributing member of society. Yes, some ex-felons have actually learned their lesson, paid their debt to society, and now want to participate in the law-abiding and tax-paying ecosystem. As a taxpayer, maybe I’m wondering why there are so many potholes on my street and which elected officials can help fix them.
In part 1 of the series, “Avoiding Prison or an Early Death,” I write about my experiences growing up as
MyTurn, a nonprofit based in Manchester, connects kids and teens with people who have seen the impact of life on the streets.
With media setting popular narratives, representation matters.
I wish there was an easy answer. I think where I find my intersection is in seeing myself as a Black woman and being able to carry the legacy of both of those heritages, that history and seeing how they interconnect with one another, like slavery and colonialism are inextricably interlocked, but that’s not the totality of our culture and our experience. I am an African who grew up in America, who is American by culture.