Melissa Kimiadi | A Journey through NYC religions

Here’s Life Inner City, a religious movement to feed people

by Melissa Kimiadi Hannon | Nov 22, 2020 | Astoria-Long Island CIty, Faith-based social services, Thanksgiving Retro | 2 |

Boxes of Love for Thanksgiving & more!

Q&A with Imam Shamsi Ali on the sons of Abraham in Mosque City NY

by Melissa Kimiadi Hannon | Nov 11, 2017 | Astoria-Long Island CIty, Books, Indonesians, Jews, Muslims | 0 |

Imam Shamsi Ali is chairman of the Al-Hikmah Mosque in Astoria and the director of Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens. Mosque City NY, Part 9

Bushwick, Brooklyn SOJOURN — At the time, I didn’t like whites.

by Pauline Dolle Spiegel | Jul 14, 2017 | Bushwick, Crime, HINGE, Race & faith, Sojourns | 0 |

HINGE: Confronting racism & one’s own unhingement by the anger at racism are both issues that are embodied in the ministry of Bishop Lonnie Stocks at The Jesus Saves Ministry Deliverance Center on 529 Evergreen Avenue.

Blessed City. PKs imagine the City of the Future

by Melissa Kimiadi Hannon | Aug 2, 2016 | Dominicans, Haitians, PKsNY, Puerto Ricans, Urban design | 6 |

Imagine a city run by Preacher’s Kids (PKs). What kind of city do they envision?

A Japanese American’s journey from auto thief to PK in the Holy Land

by Melissa Kimiadi Hannon | Aug 1, 2016 | Jackson Heights, Japanese, Other religions, PKsNY, Queens | 8 |

Yamashita looks like trouble. A stocky man who enjoys weight lifting, tattoos, cars, and West Coast hip-hop, 32 year-old Yamashita does not seem like the “religious type.”

The Yin and Yang of Old School PKs. Roderick Caesar, Jr.–A Consistent Path

by Melissa Kimiadi Hannon | Jul 18, 2016 | African American, Biographies, Jamaica, PKsNY | 47 |

The PKs of NY series explored the lives and views Preacher Kids.

The Preacher Kids of New York

by Melissa Kimiadi Hannon | Jul 11, 2016 | African American, Jamaica, PKsNY | 14 |

The PKs of NY series will explore the lives & views preachers’ kids. The story is told through the voices of a dozen PKs from the 5 boroughs of the city & from different faith backgrounds. First, the PKs of Macedonia Cathedral New Testament Church of God of St. Albans, Queens