Haven’t you heard all the stories about failure? Don’t you fear failing? Fear being seen as a failure? Afraid to make mistakes? To take risks because of how others will perceive you? Failure, it’s a powerful word. Failure stinks like a bag of sweaty gym clothes that you left in your trunk and forgot about Eventually,…
A celebration of culture and community occurred yesterday in the form of a pop-up shop in Schenectady, New York. Located at the pavilion in Central Park, Glitter Things creations, ran by Jamese Sheffield gathered a myriad of local small businesses to host a pop-up shop for community members to explore. The event hosted roughly 8-9…
What all started 6 years ago as a piece of the “Back to school Community Classic” has now taken a life of its own. The back to school backpack drive spearheaded by the Wealth club recently distributed 1000 backpacks across the capital region for families in need. “The back pack pack drive was created 6…
They weren’t lying when they said a lot can change in a year. This especially rings true for me who at 24 years of age was wondering curiously into the unknown as I took a leap of faith into the darkness in order to create some type of light on my own. Fresh out of…
The agony of gun violence something that we as a people are all numb to at this point in time. So numb that it is often forgotten within our communities. In the midst of a whirlwind that we called the year 2020, hiding behind a pandemic and a revolution for black liberation, gun violence spikes…
Written by Kareem Ture and Adonis Richards They say life!…… Ain’t about duration it’s about the donation you make to it for the next generation…. To inspire, need I remind ya…. At this time energy never dies it multiplies…… Transfers, I transform like metamorph to talk the course of this Black creators legacy as he…
Taking the reigns of our own destiny has been a conversation that has lingered for centuries. In a country that has continuously taken our opportunities and sabotaged our growth, forcing us to divide and methodically tearing us apart at every turn, A group vows to change that zeitgeist. how is this done? through the collection…
This is a segment on adonis Inquiry dedicated to highlighting individuals within the 518 community that lead, create, organize, or do anything for the betterment for their community. today’s spotlight is on my good brother Kareem Ture. Kareem Ture is an independent spoken word poet born in Bridgeport Connecticut and raised in the Brooklyn borough…
What does unity look like? It looks like several organizations coming together to collectively shut down a business due to its problematic beliefs. How is that done? It’s was accomplished by the combination of several organizations within the 518, led by All of Us and BLX. Yesterday, the community of Schenectady collectively demonstrated outside of…
I want to start by saying I’ve always been a sensitive man. Growing up I was always considered “a crybaby” I cried a lot going up. I was very in tune with my emotions and I wasn’t afraid to let them out. I recall getting kicked out of class in sixth grade because I…