Arts & Culture African American Entrepreneurs Find Support and Community at All-Female Festival Founder Dee Poku welcomes the audience of female entrepreneurs at The Other Festival in downtown Brooklyn Saturday. The two-day Festival is a culmination of all-female panels, workshops, vendors and musical performances. (Photo Kalen Goodluck/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—Growing up, Asmau Ahmed was on a quest to find her mother a
Central Brooklyn Communities Coming Together to Help Mexico & Puerto Rico SUNSET PARK – Irene Castillo, 52, immediately called her family in Mexico City and Puebla when she heard the news of a second earthquake on Tuesday. Her relatives in Mexico City said they were fine, but were terrified of the destruction and fallen buildings. In Puebla, each of Ms. Castillo’s
