Education

Submitted by Mahogany Xan Communications The Valley of the Sun has been selected for the Third Annual HBCU All-Star Game to be held Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Grand Canyon University (GCU). The HBCU All-Star Game is an elite college basketball showcase featuring the nation’s most...

Academic Medical Consortium of Arizona presents Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit February 10, 2024 at 9 am to 2 pm Midwestern University 19555 N. 59th Avenue Glendale, AZ Academic Medical Consortium of Arizona (AMCA) is excited to bring Black Men in White Coats to the...

EXCLUSIVE STORY One of the great aspects of being involved with the Phoenix Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is having the opportunity to meet and mingle with other Black families in the Valley of the Sun! One of the families that I’ve really enjoyed getting to...

Get Ready for ‘The Wiz,’ ‘MJ,’ ‘Tina,’ Hamilton,’ ‘The Temptations’ and more! ASU Gammage has unveiled its 2023–24 Desert Financial Broadway Across America Arizona season, which includes six Tempe premieres, a pre-Broadway...

The Black Rodeo USA Association and The Arizona Informant newspaper hosted an exciting weekend of bull riding, tie down roping, steer wrestling, steer undecorating and barrel racing on September 1-2 at WestWorld of Scottsdale! The atmosphere was electric at the Arizona Black...

By Eden Ashley Umble for PhxSoul.com Marvin Scott has the beatific air and warm smile of someone who loves what he does. As the Program & Community Engagement Director for Rosie’s House, he changes the lives of Phoenix kids through music. An undeniable bright spot in the...

In order for our children to survive and excel in today’s world, it’s extremely important for them to have responsible, caring and knowledgeable adult role models in their lives. PhxSoul.com feels that it is extremely important to help Black youth find ways to build...

The National Pan-Hellenic Council at Arizona State University hosted a Step Show on November 5, 2021 at the Student Pavilion. Attendees from the student body and community at-large were excited to see Step Shows making a comeback in Arizona after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down...

Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, Phoenix Chapter is pleased to announce a $15,000 award from the Microsoft Community Empowerment Fund, managed by the Microsoft Datacenter Community Development team. “We are grateful for KITABU and the My Kids Read West Valley program and...

Basketball Hall of famer George “Iceman” Gervin and his sister, Texas State Rep. Barbra D. Hawkins, are the founders of George Gervin Prep Academy (GGPA), a Kindergarten – 8th grade charter school in South Phoenix. GGPA charter school offers private school...

Submitted by George Charles III “Vision without faith creates an identity crisis.” What started out as a conversation among members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. became the talking point to a reality of a vision seen through eyes of one who believed what seemed impossible...

By Michelle Coro Ivy Leaf Reporter/Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Celebrating the importance of education at the annual Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., scholarship luncheon, eight young women were handed certificates and access to more than $20,000 to cultivate their learning...

SOUNDS Academy is a non-profit music education organization that teaches, mentors, and provides musical experiences and opportunities for underserved youth. Students receive individual lessons, group classes, and perform on the violin, viola, cello, guitar, and piano. Instruments...

Written by Tremaine Jasper, Owner/Managing Editor of PhxSoul.com If you asked me before the year 2015 if the Phoenix metropolitan area needed a predominantly Black neighborhood, I would have said, “No.” Although racism has been alive and well in Arizona for decades, I...

From an outsider’s point of view, Chandler may look like paradise. Well-manicured lawns, nice spacious homes, restaurants, office buildings and great parks. But something ugly is happening inside the school system and local residents attended a Chandler Unified School Board...

Submitted by Dr. Tamika Sanders, Director of Programming for Savvy Pen As Trump protests helping immigrants from “shithole” countries and students Snapchat racist lyrics celebrating the death of Dr. King, the need for multiculturalism has never been greater! The idea of...

Submitted by Connie Drake Wilson The Delta Beta Omega (DBO) Educational Advancement Foundation Committee hosted a wine and cheese fundraiser on Sunday, May 22 benefitting the Grace Strauther Endowment Fund. The fund has been established; however, in order to award scholarships,...

Submitted by Crystal Lewis Brown The Phoenix AKARAMA Foundation and Delta Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., presented $22,500 in scholarships during a luncheon on May 21 at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix. The 10 scholarship recipients were graduating...

By now, we’ve all heard about what happened at Desert Vista High School in the Phoenix suburb of Ahwatukee (if you haven’t heard, click here). Many people were outraged, some defended the stunt as a dumb prank, some even called it “Freedom of Speech.” Many...

Editor’s Note: You must have been living under a rock if you have not yet heard about the six girls at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix who posed for a photograph on their Senior Day in January with the word N-I-*-*-E-R spelled out on their shirts. Needless to say, the...