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Black History Month events on Staten Island: From book clubs to panel discussions and performing arts
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Black History Month may look a little different this year.
Organizations have adapted their Black History Month events this February to be virtual so you can still celebrate black history, achievement, and culture while social distancing.
From book clubs to panel discussions and performing arts, they’ve got it all! Below are some of the Staten Island based Black History Month events taking place this month.
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It s usually a big, vibrant, musical event that fills the storied venue.
This year, it s gone virtual because of the pandemic, but they say the celebration will be bigger than ever.
Both the organizers at the Mann and the artists say the idea of celebrating feels so much more powerful this year. This year s event s centers on love, hope, health, social justice and how we, as a city, come together to grow stronger I think people are ready to celebrate, said Naomi Gonzalez, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement for the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. We ve been through a lot when it comes to politics, when it comes to social justice, when it comes to health disparities. We need to remember that there s a lot of beauty in culture and there s a lot of beauty in music and arts and that s what music and arts are for.
Annette Nettles: Washougal pastor draws on experience, focuses on love, unity
Published: February 7, 2021, 6:00am
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6 Photos Pastor Annette Nettles has been a senior pastor for five years, leading Love at the Cross, a small congregation that meets in Washougal. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Being the only Black person in the room is nothing new to Annette Nettles, pastor of Love at the Cross, a small congregation in Washougal.
Nettles’ own relatives are often the only Black faces she sees as she looks out across her tiny flock of 21 members.
It’s not that Nettles is unaware of the differences between herself and her white, mostly older congregants. It’s that she feels called to overcome those differences and help others see how to overcome them, too.