New York City
-
My thoughts on Yusef Ramelize & his amazing project: “Homeless For One Week”
Author’s note: It’s very ironic how in a place like New York City, by far, the wealthiest city on the planet, in Human history, can actually have a significant homeless population. What’s also just as sadly amazing is how so many of us do nothing about it. I mean, sure there’s various organizations & food-banks.… Continue reading
Activism, Caring, Charities, Charity, Concern, Culture, Dignity, Economy, Fasting, Giving, Help, Helping, Homeless, Homeless For One Week, Homelessness, Humanity, Hunger, Impoverished, Impoverishment, Islam, Islam & Activism, Islamic, Muslim, Muslims, Muslims & Activism, New York City, Nobility, Philanthropy, Poor, Poverty, Ramadhan, Rich, Selfishness, Selflessness, U.S. Economy, War-on-Hunger, War-on-Poverty, Wealth, Youth-Empowerment, Yusef Ramelize -
My thoughts about the Rain:
The Rivers of the Street!!! When it rains, it pours, as the torrential bathing of New York, keeps us wet & cold. Winds direct this Rain, to every corner, block & sidewalk; it just does what it’s told. The day-long down-pour, from the Sky, funnels down avenues & alleyways. The Storm-Clouds are gray, thick &… Continue reading
Activism, Asia, Culture, Downpours, Famine, Haiti, Homeless, Homeless People, Homelessness, Horn of Africa, Islam & Activism, Latin America, Lightning, Monsoon, Monsoons, Muslims & Activism, New York, New York City, Poetry, Rain, River, Rivers, Showers, Somalia, Storms, Street, Streets, Subways, Thunder, Thunderstorms, Underground, Weather, Youth-Empowerment -
My Brooklyn Bridge walking-race:
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, this day, in which the weather was good like many others days when the weather’s good, I decided to walk the Brooklyn Bridge. This has been my main modality of consistent exercise, for the past 5 years. I’m a pretty in-shape kind of guy because of it, by the way. Also,… Continue reading