I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!” That common saying seems to apply perfectly to the circumstances that brought Lisa Thompson, PhD, co-host of the new local podcast, “Black Austin Matters.
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.
Banbury comes full-circle with an upcoming performance at Victory Grill.
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.
Collective Retreats is a nationwide glamping (glamorous camping) retreat with locations from Montana to New York. I recently had the pleasure of hosting a complimentary overnight stay at their Hill Country site in Wimberley, TX, and left feeling like an enhanced version of myself.
So this is something that’s been on my heart, so I am just gonna say it. For those of you who are unaware, LBJ making it to state was a big deal for many reasons. Yes, it is our alma mater, and yes it was a school first, but it’s so much bigger than that.
The name Steve Savage is familiar to most Black Austinites. He has been the general manager for 88.7 KAZI FM, Austin’s oldest community radio…
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In Gary, Indiana more than three-fourths of the population is Black, and one out of almost every 3 residents in the city lives in poverty. Local churches have stepped in to fill the gaps, establishing community gardens and food pantries and helping to meet the basic needs of city residents where public service programs fall short. Such was the case for the church Ebonie Trice was raised in, she remembers
On November 4th, central Texas DJ and curator Leon O’Neal, also known as DJ Hella Yella, dropped a cryptic post to his more than 20,000 Instagram followers.
LaKissa Bright was a first-generation college student. She didn’t receive her first internship opportunity until college, but during her daughter’s senior year of high…