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Central Park Five (Netflix) - 2019 In 1989 five teenager boys  African Americans,  and one latino male were arrested and charged with the assault of Trisha Meili. She became known as the Central Park Jogger, and the case became known as the Central Park 5.  The case was high publicized, and appeared in about 400 newspapers and journals.   There were confessions, but latter the teenagers stated that they were coerced into confessing for crimes that they did not commit. The confessions came after hours of psychological pressure, and aggressive interrogation by New York City homicide detectives.   The five teenagers; Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, and Raymond Santana Jr., became the Central Park Five. They were 14, 15, and 16 at the time. They were tried as adults,  and served close to  7 to 13 years in prison.  They were exonerated in 2002, when Matias Reyes, a serial rapist confessed to the crime....

Paul Yeboah Profile Paul yeboah, wife and family receiving honorary degree: On 28 th  April, 2018 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Devine Theological School of Ministry for his diverse works and experience. Profile Yeboah Paul is the sixth born of the late Opanin Kwame Kyeremeh and Obaapanin Akosua Afra all of Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region in the Republic of Ghana. He was born in the year 1970 in Mim-Bitre in the Asonafo District in the Brong Ahafo Region.   He is 48 years of age. He is married to Mrs Ameyaa Agnes and has been blessed with four children. He has been in the New Apostolic Priestly Ministry since 1994 and is currently the District Elder in Akomadan district in Techiman Apostle area. Yeboah Paul is founder of Ghana Permaculture Institute / Eco-Village and has actively and consistently been in development work for the past 10 years. His extensive Knowledge in community participation and development, coordination and management of...

San Juan Hill  was an  African American ,  African Caribbean , and  Puerto Rican  Community. It was predominately African American and one of the largest Black communities in New York before  World War I . It preceded  Harlem . It was known as San Juan Hill, but the formal name was Lincoln Square. The boundaries were around 59th street, 65 street, between Amsterdam Avenue and West End Avenue in New York City. African Americans moved into the area around the late 19th century from Greenwich Village in New York City. Greenwich Village was where an earlier black community existed. [1] There are different opinions as to why the area was called San Juan Hill. Some critics say that it refers to the Spanish-American War of 1898. It is also said that it was because African-American veterans from the war lived in the area. Others say that the name was given to the area due to the constant racial gang fights between African-Americans and Irish-American gangs....

New Media,  and how are we using it? “Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith.”  ―  Clay Shirky ,  Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age 1. What does the medium enhance? 2. What does the medium make obsolete? 3. What does the medium retrieve that have been obsolesced earlier; or lessened such as radio, newspapers, reading in general? (Television is said to some extend to have contributed to making reading obsolete). 4. What does the new medium (Internet; Facebook, YouTube, etc.) flip into when pushed to extremes? These critical questions come from Marshall McLuhan and his work in media studies 30 years before the internet, and very pertinent today.  How we relate to the medium (modes of communications) in regards to how it is shaping our environment? How are we affected by it? How are we using it positively? How are we using it negati...

Leslie Wyche  (The Mayor of Harlem)   Leslie Wyche & D. Davis Leslie Wyche Craig Simmons, Thomas DiNapoli, Leslie Wyche, and John Liu Howard Watts, Leslie Wyche, and Fitzgerald Miller William Thompson & Leslie Wyche Dennis Walcott, Joel Klein, & Leslie Wyche

2017 Wikimania Conference Montreal, Quebec The conference was one of those high points in life where you remember it for life, and an experience I continue to pull from, think about, and act on lessons learned. While at the Wikimania conference I participated in a panel discussion with Afrocrowd/NYC and shared my experiences. At the conference I met a lot of Wikipedians. It was a joy to be around so many people with the same drive for creative informational content to share locally, nationally, and globally. I learned more about the vastness of Wikimedia, and that there are so many ways to create content, and to get involved; like Wikivoyage, Wikidata; Wiki education, etc. I learned more about Wikimedia's mission and that Wikimedia is a movement with project goals for the future. I found all of the events that I attended to be very helpful and informative. The strategy sessions were helpful in regards to the many conversations about challenges. Many of the challenges that ...

Understanding Wikipedia and Wikimedia Training Videos & How it Works from the founder Jimmy Wales 10 Questions with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-dXk8wQ4c8w Jimmy Wales: Time to rethink journalism https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=WX2xGS2hzHw Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on The Alcove https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=e1t88Bul5is Why Wiki in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=405zSk0Qagk     The GLAM-Wiki Revolution is a short documentary about the GLAM programme in the United Kingdom. The GLAM programme is a series of partnerships between Wikimedia UK, a charity which supports Wikipedia and its editors in the UK, and cultural institutions, known collectively as GLAMs (an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums). Many choose to play host to a Wikimedian-in-Residence, who acts as a liaison between the institution and the Wikimedia community and works to open up the resources held by ...