Best In The Citi | Innovator: Rachel Lauren
Lauren sees her life’s work as advocating for a better life for people who look like her – whether in business or in her personal life.
Lauren sees her life’s work as advocating for a better life for people who look like her – whether in business or in her personal life.
De Juana Lozada has what she describes as “a bunch of degrees” and more than a lifetime’s worth of experiences. She has been a…
If there are three things that define Jermaine and Jahmaal Dumes’ childhood in Beaumont, Texas and West Louisiana, they’re: crawfish, entertaining, and good food.
Charles Alston III followed in his mother’s footsteps to be a dentist – and if he has his way, all three of his children will be dentists too.
Laressa Woods’ mother used to say she lost her childhood always worrying and being concerned and trying to find solutions to every problem.
I Live Here I Give Here’s ongoing promise to Black-led nonprofits across Central Texas
Sylnovia Holt Rabb appointment seals Austin reputation as a bastion for #blackgirlmagic as she joins Stephanie Howard-Hayden (Assistant City Manager), Dr. Desmar Walkes (Director…
Ballet Afrique, Austin’s first all-Black en pointe dance company, is excited to present Duke Ellington’s: The Nutcracker Suite in a 7 p.m. performance on Saturday, February 19 at The Paramount Theatre. The production, which is set in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance period of the 1920s and 30s, promises to be a grand spectacle of opulence and a positively joyous treat for the entire family.
Part of the mission of the African American Leadership Institute (AALI) is to build a better city for Black people to live, work, and play. With a booming job market and a world of space and opportunity here, Austin can be a premier destination for Black people to come, put down roots, and stay.
Earlier this week, my Facebook feed reminded me of that time, back in 2018, when members of Congress donned those AME Zion children’s choir kente stoles and kneeled on the capital floor.
China Smith was in middle school at J.E. Pearce Middle School when she realized how wide the opportunity gap was between her peers who looked like her, and the white students who lived on the West side of town.