> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # August in Review - URL: https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/august-in-review/ - Published: 2021-09-01T17:34:14.000Z - Updated: 2024-01-02T16:11:18.000Z - Author: Candy Mantilla - Tags: Newsletter, Justy, Queen Blizzy, Eric Garner, The Legacy Eric Garner Left Behind, Online Concert Series This month [PFT5](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/) celebrates the creation of art. PFT5's Online Concert Series gives a platform to musical artists making waves here on Staten Island. Our new Small Business Spotlight series discovers a local business selling homemade crochet items. Below are our August publications: # PFT5's [Online Concert Series presents: **Justy**](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/justy/) The Second performer in PFT5's Online Concert Series is [Justy](https://justymusic.com/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com). [Watch ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEiPKUA6Yp8&ab%5Fchannel=PleafortheFifth&ref=pleaforthefifth.com)the jazz-hop artist's exclusive live performance followed by an interview with PFT5's affiliate, Hope Ghazala, on PFT5's [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4tSsGcBWPSZnrIFQr0AHA?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) channel. Concert produced by [Valeriana Dema](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/valeriana/); videographer: [Kasson Colon-Mangin](https://www.instagram.com/kasson%5F/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com); audio engineer:[ Kenneth Paul Graham](https://www.instagram.com/kennethpaulmedia/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) Article written by Hope Ghazala & [Valeriana Dema](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/valeriana/) [![A female on the left wearing a mustard yellow shirt and a male on the right weaing a black Ramones band t-short, both with large smiles.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f0/97/f09718d4-935c-43ce-9d6d-e06dfcfa8cad/content/images/2021/09/Screenshot--28-.png)](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/justy/) Photograph of [Justy ](https://www.instagram.com/justymusic/?hl=en&ref=pleaforthefifth.com)& [Hyo-won Nakashio](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhyowonnakashio%3Futm%5Fmedium%3Dcopy%5Flink%26fbclid%3DIwAR0Uks3vLQkfhgY8zFEk7AQcUdLJbTEovseIQHGiQtetV3u5tEz%5F-DhcRP0&h=AT0Rcg68bey4VKz8oHNdvWYDiQHhLMwa9Wx3fCFGOesv8c6CjKaAEu3euuQaXPkiXLnAfU-p3akHvwQPEHVHwLlRcGEBmdExaNuYoiOmmTD2HHTYru-qSrZPD8326uDpfkkzYQ&ref=pleaforthefifth.com) during the interview with Hope Ghazala. [Justy](https://www.instagram.com/justymusic/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com), joined by guitarist [Hyo-won Nakashio](https://www.instagram.com/hyowonnakashio/?utm%5Fmedium=copy%5Flink&fbclid=IwAR0Uks3vLQkfhgY8zFEk7AQcUdLJbTEovseIQHGiQtetV3u5tEz%5F-DhcRP0&ref=pleaforthefifth.com), performed several songs from her debut album [*Pain with Benefits*](https://open.spotify.com/album/28RnreijkHFDiNufgKqaCi?ref=pleaforthefifth.com)*,* including the single [The Last Love Letter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQMzGvhPKg&ab%5Fchannel=Justy&ref=pleaforthefifth.com), for PFT5's Online Concert Series. In her interview, Justy discussed some of her major influences, including her Jamaican heritage and the Verrazzano Bridge, which connects Staten Island and Brooklyn. Justy, raised in Staten Island, is inspired by the city that watched her grow and hopes to inspire others with her music which has largely been influenced by the pains of life which she describes as ["...](https://justymusic.com/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com)[*complex, sometimes disheartening, sometimes beautiful, \[and\] dynamic"*](https://justymusic.com/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com)[ ](https://justymusic.com/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) on her [website](https://justymusic.com/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com). Justy released two visual projects, “[Rinse, Repeat, Regress](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RYExFFigmA&ref=pleaforthefifth.com)” and “[123](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhfzpTpI6M4&ref=pleaforthefifth.com),” both were shot at Staten Island's [Clove Lakes](https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/clove-lakes-park/history?ref=pleaforthefifth.com). [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f0/97/f09718d4-935c-43ce-9d6d-e06dfcfa8cad/content/images/2021/09/Screenshot--21-.png)](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/justy/) Jazz-hop artist Justy performing at Hub 17 NYC in Staten Island for PFT5. # [**Small Business Spotlight: Triple A Stitches**](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/small-business-spotlight-triple-a-stitches/) Written by [Jacqueline Caruso](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/jacqueline/) The first installation in PFT5's new Small Business Spotlight series, [Jacqueline Caruso](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/jacqueline/) highlights [Triple A Stitches,](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/small-business-spotlight-triple-a-stitches/) a business based in Staten Island. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f0/97/f09718d4-935c-43ce-9d6d-e06dfcfa8cad/content/images/2021/09/IMG_6795.jpg)](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/small-business-spotlight-triple-a-stitches/) Photograph of Sasha's yarn inventory. Photograph by [Jacqueline Caruso](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/jacqueline/) Sasha "Avi" Rodriguez has been crocheting for eight years and has shared her skills with her nieces since they were young. In April 2021 the trio started selling homemade crochet items for humans and their pets. [![A clothes rack holding several crochet items in all different colors. Behind the clothes rack there is a white desk with a notebook and a plant.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f0/97/f09718d4-935c-43ce-9d6d-e06dfcfa8cad/content/images/2021/09/IMG_6803-2.jpg)](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/small-business-spotlight-triple-a-stitches/) Sasha’s apartment is the main production and storage area for Triple A Stitches inventory. Photos by [Jacqueline Caruso](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/jacqueline/) The designs are heavily influenced by the Trio's Trinidadian culture, seen in the colorful patterns. They share the responsibility of running a business while also bonding, skill-sharing, and found inspiration in YouTube videos. # **Queen Blizzy: an artist and unapologetic activist** Written by [Danny O.Z.E.](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/daniel/) & [Valeriana Dema](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/valeriana/) In a conversation with PFT5 member, [Danny O.Z.E.](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/daniel/), [Queen Blizzy](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/queen-blizzy/1154341437?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) discussed her work as a Hip Hop artist and her activism related to Eric Garner and police brutality. Queen Blizzy is the first performance in PFT5's Online Concert Series. [Check out her full live performance now!](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/queen-blizzy/) [![Photograph of a black women dressed in all black wearing a durag and a do-rags and glasses. The photograph is duplicaed on the poster with a shrinking and fading effect, The word Queen in written in yellow on the top-left corner of the illustration and Blizzy is written in the same font and color on the bottom right-hand corner. ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f0/97/f09718d4-935c-43ce-9d6d-e06dfcfa8cad/content/images/2021/09/QBLIZZY_B--1--1.png)](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/queen-blizzy/) Poster of Queen Blizzy for PFT5's Online concert series. Illustration by [Xio](https://www.instagram.com/xprexions/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) Each July 17th, [The Legacy Eric Garner Left Behind](https://www.facebook.com/LegacyGarner/), founded by [Jewel Miller](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/nyregion/eric-garner-death-anniversary.html?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) and Queen Blizzy, alongside a coalition of several grassroots organizations, takes the streets of Staten Island to commemorate the anniversary of [Eric Garner](https://www.democracynow.org/topics/eric%5Fgarner?ref=pleaforthefifth.com)'s murder and demand uncompromising justice for his murder. On this date in 2014, Garner was murdered by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in one of the countless acts of violence against black lives. Queen Blizzy wrote the song [*Killer Cops*](https://www.instagram.com/p/CRbuhT%5FHOrE/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) the day after Garner's murder. Each year the rapper performs the single at the militant event. In her interview with PFT5, Queen Blizzy discusses how she entered the world of unapologetic activism, the [elements of Hip Hop](https://hgs-ny.org/five-pillar-of-hip-hop?ref=pleaforthefifth.com), and her revolutionary sound and influences. ## Did you miss it? In her [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZsQ7rM0BfQ&ab%5Fchannel=PleafortheFifth&ref=pleaforthefifth.com), Queen Blizzy shouts out several organizers, including [Aunt Shirley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhSXBAV7B%5FA&ab%5Fchannel=HotIndieMedia&ref=pleaforthefifth.com), a well-known local activist on Staten Island. Head over to our YouTube channel to [watch ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdGaqMVk0ho&ab%5Fchannel=PleafortheFifth&ref=pleaforthefifth.com)Aunt Shirley's speech from this year's July 17th event. ![A women wearing yellow pants and a purple and black leopard print shirt in the middle of speaking. There a several buttons pinned to her t-shirt and she is wearing a headwrap.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f0/97/f09718d4-935c-43ce-9d6d-e06dfcfa8cad/content/images/2021/09/Screenshot--32--1.png) Local Staten Island activist, Aunt Shirley delivers her speech on July 17, 2021, on Bay Street, the same block where Eric Garner was murdered. Video captured by [Jacqueline Caruso](https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/author/jacqueline/) ***Don't miss it!*** Be sure to [FOLLOW US](https://www.instagram.com/pleaforthefifth/?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) on Instagram. [LIKE & SUBSCRIBE](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4tSsGcBWPSZnrIFQr0AHA?ref=pleaforthefifth.com) to our YouTube channel for more content from PFT5! ### Our images are alt text enabled to better serve our visually impaired readers.