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    To Our Readers: GOOD NEWS!

    Last week, I announced that Our Time Press was ending as a standalone publication.
    That is no longer the case, as we’ve been able to make cost-saving production changes.

    Our Time Press will continue to publish every week. Beginning April 9th, for twice a month, it will be the Our Time Press Bed Stuy Villager.
    Also, I’d like to thank all the women who support the paper with advertising. Dr. Beatrice Kinsey, P.E.A.C.E Health Center; Lurita Brown, Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing Gallery; Louise Dente, Cultural Caravan Productions, Inc.; Enid Dillard, OBH; and Carolyn Butts, Reel Sisters. It is support like this that makes Our Time Press possible.

    Thank you,
    David Greaves, President
    DBG Media Publishers of Our Time Press, Inc.

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    To Our Readers, GOOD NEWS!

    Last week, I announced that Our Time Press was ending as a standalone publication. That...

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    “History Must Look His Way”

    The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members

    Sister, Who Do You Think You Are?: “We are Strong and Getting Stronger!”

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    Barry Cooper, Founder of The B.R.O. Experience, is a Life Coach for Black Youth

    Fern GillespieBarry Cooper, known as “Coach Coop,” has inspired hundreds of young Black and...

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    Takeaways from the second general election debate in the NYC mayoral race

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