Los Angeles, CA–If you drive too fast down 48th street, you might miss the red building nestled next to a small liquor store near…
Los Angeles, CA–Executive Director of the Crenshaw YMCA Veda Ramsay-Stamps says these types of programs and services are the vehicles that will take local…
Originally published in L.A Focus News by Tina Sampay Los Angeles, CA–The Leimert Park Rising Festival is estimated to have doubled in size from…
Los Angeles, CA–When Kamarie Brown was a freshman at Crenshaw High’s STEMM Magnet, she wrote something down on a piece of paper and gave…
Lakewood, CA–Gatson Mcwhinnie is no stranger to the internet. As a 21-year-old, his generation is highly engaged in social media in various ways–each trying…
Richmond, CA–When Jabari Muhhamad’s mother called him one day saying that she was going to close Snapper’s Seafood due to her health, he knew…
South Central, Los Angeles–Growing up, I remember several Black businesses along Broadway in South Central. They have all literally faded, replaced with stores owned…
Los Angeles, CA–Downtown Crenshaw has been working to stop the sale of the Baldwin-Hills Crenshaw Mall to outside developers for over a year now.…
Minneapolis, Minnesota–This week, I had an instagram live discussion with Lavish Mack, to discuss what Minneapolis looks like a year after the death of…