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Lesser-known Black history: From Linda Martel to ‘Wild Bill’ Johnson, ‘firsts’ who broke the color barrier

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We’re kicking off Black History Month with the following list of those who made their individual marks on the world, achieved excellence through breaking new ground, and earned a place of honor in history by breaking the color barrier.

Monty Alexander

‘Upliftment’ from Jamaica to Jilly’s: An interview with the irrepressible jazz icon Monty Alexander

read more…: ‘Upliftment’ from Jamaica to Jilly’s: An interview with the irrepressible jazz icon Monty Alexander

“The pride in playing a song and making people happy was the most powerful thing I could imagine because the gift of changing people’s minds and attitudes is so powerful. We are just entertainers and we have a way to affect people in a positive way. That is what I do when I play. My gift is to turn negative into positive.” – Monty Alexander 

Green burial: The push for a sustainable death

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The movement around sustainable burials is growing in New Hampshire, but there’s at least one state law on the books that Nicoll and other advocates say could hamper people’s right to choose how they are buried: a 1971 statute on embalming that Nicoll is now working to repeal with the help of her state representative, Jerry Knirk, a Freedom Democrat.

Trail project opens the outdoors to people with disabilities

read more…: Trail project opens the outdoors to people with disabilities

“I didn’t know of that many places that we could go with her wheelchair,” said her mother, Melinda Ricker, who with her husband has three other children. “Our family has always been a big hiking family. It was hard to have to leave that part of our lives behind and not even be able to offer it our other children as much as we would have liked to.”

9 out-of-office places to work remotely in Greater Manchester 

read more…: 9 out-of-office places to work remotely in Greater Manchester 

As the workforce and the culture around it changes, people have now taken to working by their favorite window, scheduling their calls in the afternoon so they can have the morning for themselves, and frequenting local watering holes for a home office break. Since the pandemic began, hoards of workers have opted-in to opting-out of the office, even changing roles and internal dynamics to prioritize the new working style. 

Safe Spaces: Kevin Pajaro-Mariñez and The Black Men’s Reading and Reflection Group

read more…: Safe Spaces: Kevin Pajaro-Mariñez and The Black Men’s Reading and Reflection Group

Committing himself to creating a safe space for Black men of varying self-identifying orientations, to explore and reevaluate the idea of masculinity, is the aim of Kevin Pajaro-Mariñez, Assistant Director of Equity and Inclusion of Phillips Exeter Academy and founder of The Black Men’s Reading and Reflection Group (BMRRG).

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