The Ebony Society 22

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

Last Night we celebrated Malcolm’s Retirement from NYC Parks
50 Years

05/26/2026

05/16/2026

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05/10/2026

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/06/parks-department-photography-malcolm-pickney/?fbclid=IwdGRjcARs8hlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEesQ8Z0STo5iVZbF0eqQEk3Hg6Z6piMtSSFYAn3GvT7kViVNOpP4SJEmrdiBM_aem_v_wvek1ggQOylsoeb4pL7g

Malcolm “Cinema” Pinckney, who started working for the Parks Department in the 1970s, will retire next month after a career shooting everyone from Nelson Mandela to George Clinton.

05/02/2026

When you don’t vote, you will not face it.
When you do vote, you have faced it!

CHANGE begins when you VOTE!
Get out in VOTE in every election. Not just the Presidents elections.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed… but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

This wasn’t just a quote.
It was a warning.
James Baldwin understood something most people still struggle with today…
Avoidance feels safer.
Silence feels easier.
But neither leads to change.

He was speaking to a generation dealing with injustice, identity, and truth…
and somehow, decades later, it still hits the same.

Because whether it’s in our homes, our communities, or within ourselves…
the things we refuse to face are the very things that hold us back.
Facing it doesn’t mean it will be fixed overnight.
It doesn’t mean it won’t hurt.

But it does mean you’ve taken the first step toward change.
Truth requires courage.
Growth requires honesty.

Change requires confrontation.
And Baldwin made it clear…
you don’t get one without the other.

What’s something people know needs to be faced… but keep avoiding?

05/02/2026

Yes, yes, yes!