Marie Mirville-Shahzada

Community Organizer

[Marie Mirville-Shahzada @MarieShahzada]

@ashoswai Disgusted

[Marie Mirville-Shahzada @MarieShahzada]

Thank you to all who participated near and far. This one hit home, and we were happy to bring a little encouragement to a dear friend of Alfadila🎀

[Team JB @TeamJB2025]

25 days until Election Day!

@JustinBrannan has worked & delivered for our community 24/7/365. Every day until Election Day, we’re highlighting some of his biggest wins.

Justin introduced a bill to create a tuition-loan program for schools serving students with disabilities!

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

Ghanet has been FOUND. Thank you to all who shared! 🙏🏼 @MASYouthCenter

[Yiatin Chu @ycinnewyork]

@NYCSchools They can be all things but half of NYC students can’t read or do math at grade level.

[Andrew Gounardes @agounardes]

The absurdity of normalizing gun violence in this way is sickening.

That's why @JoAnneSimonBK52 and I are trying to pass a law to fix this.

[NYPD 60th Precinct @NYPD60Pct]

Today, your 60 Precinct police officers arrested a person who was in possession of an illegal firearm. One less illegal firearm in our community.
@NYPDBklynSouth

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

Rent, groceries, healthcare, electric bills, subway fares, tolls, gas. Everything is going up – except wages. That's why working people are fighting for union jobs and a living wage. It's a simple equation.

[Commissioner Manuel Castro @MCastroMOIA]

The first #Latino to lead the #NYPD in its 178-year history. Congratulations Commissioner Caban! Proud to serve alongside you and to make history together.

!El primer #Latino en liderar el #NYPD en los 178 años de su historia! Orgulloso de servir a su lado Comisionado Caban!

[Marie Mirville-Shahzada @MarieShahzada]

The Mayor and Commissioner for NYC Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities held a roundtable discussion with leaders of service providers to the disabled community in NYC. There were discussions about significant concerns that impact people who are blind, deaf, use wheelchair

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

Thank you @AlfadilaCommun1 for everything you do for our community! #EidAlAdha

[Senator Iwen Chu @SenIwenChu]

An arrest has been made by @NYPD68Pct. TY Captain Schafer, detectives, & officers for the great work. My team & I appreciate the outpour of support - every call & message has meant a lot to us. Safety in our communities is vital and I'll continue to work towards a safer New York

[Jumaane Williams (@jumaane.bsky.social) @JumaaneWilliams]

Uh-oh...that can't be good (or it's in fact great, depending 😁)

Whatch'all talkin' bout!?!?

[Mike Schweinsburg @MSchweinsburg]

Thank you kindly

[Alliance of Yemeni American Businesses @AYAB4Yemeni]

So proud of our board member @Somia_Elrowmeim !

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

OK folks, we're on the scene. This knucklehead has been here since Saturday. Everyone thought he was gone, but turns out he was hiding under the pier. Anyhow, we're gonna bring him home today. Thanks to @NYCParks Urban Parks Rangers & @NYSDEC police!

[New York City Council @NYCCouncil]

Today, the Council passed legislation (sponsored by @CMCrystalHudson & @CMCarlinaRivera) to establish pilot programs to provide unconditional, guaranteed income programs for eligible, low-income families and individuals.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

June 23, 1997 — Malcolm X's widow Betty Shabazz passed away today 🕊️

Born Betty Dean Sanders, she was an educator, civil rights advocate and the wife of Malcolm X.

Dr. Shabazz grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where her foster parents largely sheltered her from racism. She attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where she had her first encounters with racism. Unhappy with the situation in Alabama, she moved to New York City, where she became a nurse.

It was in New York that she met Malcolm X. The couple married in 1958.

Along with her husband, Dr. Shabazz left the Nation of Islam in 1964. She witnessed his assassination the following year.

MEMORIALS:
•In late 1997, the Community Healthcare Network renamed one of its Brooklyn, New York, clinics the Dr. Betty Shabazz Health Center, in honor of Shabazz.

•The Betty Shabazz International Charter School was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1998 and named in her honor.

•In 2005, Columbia University announced the opening of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. The memorial is located in the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated.

•In March 2012, New York City co-named Broadway at the corner of West 165th Street, the corner in front of the Audubon Ballroom, Betty Shabazz Way.

PORTRAYALS IN FILM:
🎬Yolanda King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, played Dr. Shabazz in the 1981 television movie Death of a Prophet.

🎬She was portrayed by Angela Bassett in the 1992 film Malcolm X.

🎬Bassett also played the part of Dr. Shabazz in the 1995 film Panther.

🎬Dr. Shabazz was portrayed by Victoria Dillard in the 2001 film Ali.

🎬Dr. Shabazz was the subject of the 2013 television movie Betty and Coretta, in which she was played by Mary J. Blige.

[New York City Council @NYCCouncil]

New Yorkers: Early voting for the City Council primaries begins THIS SATURDAY!

Register by June 17th at https://t.co/xFICHKNNAC