Following George Floyd’s death at the hands of officers with the Minneapolis Police Department, calls for police reform are being heard around the country. At
The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit is teaming up with Toyota to launch its Summer in the City fundraising campaign. During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Salvation
On July 4, 2020, several activists in the Atlanta area will hold a rally to bring awareness to the fight for reparations. Scheduled to be
Three years before the “invisible enemy” materialized, spooking communities and denizens across the globe, Keith A. Lewis Jr. founded a nonprofit — I’m A Father
Fair Count is a nonprofit organization started by Stacey Abrams with the mission to achieve fair and accurate calculation of the hard-to-count populations in the
Mondale Robinson is the founder of the Black Male Voter Project, an organization that uses non-traditional approaches to reach Black men. Robinson is a graduate
Tyler Perry has donated a van to Project U First, a charity in Atlanta, Georgia, that helps people experiencing homelessness. The 50-year-old actor, writer, and
Chef Latrice McArthur has a lot to be proud of. Her program, Wellness with Bella, recently was honored for its work with helping school-age children
Across the nation, millions are celebrating Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas. On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation took
Pastor Mike McClure Jr. is a gospel artist and the senior pastor of Rock City Church. The Birmingham, Alabama, native recently released his hit single
Isabella Jackson is the granddaughter of Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, and she is following in her grandfather’s footsteps while fighting for change. Jackson, 21,
Jasmine Crowe is the CEO of an Atlanta-based startup called Goodr, which she founded in 2017. With 72 billion pounds of good food being wasted per
Not too long ago, Quilen Blackwell, founder of Chicago Eco House, was tutoring at a high school in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. He encountered the challenges
Terrance Woodbury is a founding Partner at HIT Strategies, a market research focus firm that centered on people of color and millennials. Woodbury has previously
Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks is no stranger to sacrificing and providing for his community. In 2013, Brooks camped out on the roof of a rundown
Tamika Mallory is a social justice leader, and a political activist who is leading the charge in advocating for human rights, civil rights and equality
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic life must go on, particularly for the nation’s youth. That was the message from the president and CEO of Usher’s New
Earvin “Magic” Johnson is widely acknowledged as the best and most spectacular passer the NBA has ever seen. But he may not have delivered a
Christopher Bruce is the political director for the ACLU of Georgia. Bruce has been a leader in the fight for civil rights and liberties across
Andrea Young is a civil and human rights advocate and the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, which for more than
