Education

Micah Bledsoe, a graduate student of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Communication at Arizona State University, is completing her master’s with a focus on gender and ethnic studies. Bledsoe’s public relations course requires her to complete a graduate...

The Nayo Jones Experience – JAZZ, SOUL, R&B Saturday, December 15 at 7:30 pm $35 reserved, $30 general admission ASU Kerr Cultural Center 6110 N Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, Arizona Get ready to dance! Nayo Jones, a young veteran vocalist of prestigious events such as...

Chandler, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, Surprise, Peoria, Phoenix, Arizona State University Hosting Tributes to Dr. King Arizona continues to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most impactful civil rights leaders that our world has ever seen. PhxSoul.com has...

Jack and Jill of America, Phoenix Chapter Presents the 20th Biennial Beautillion March 30, 2019 Social Hour and Silent Auction at 6pm Ballroom doors open at 6:45pm for seating Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino 5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd, Chandler The Beautillion program focuses on...

The College of Nursing and Health Innovation Program at ASU is conducting a research study to develop and test two smartphone-based health promotion programs for African American women. The program coordinators are recruiting individuals to participate in an eight-month...

The Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr. – Distinguished Lecturer Saturday, April 6, 2019 | 4 p.m. Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church 1401 E. Jefferson St. | Phoenix, AZ 85034 Join the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy for the 2019 Delivering Democracy Lecture featuring The...

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...

Arizona State University crushed the No. 16 Utah Utes, 38-20, in a homecoming weekend victory at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. Our photographer Demetrius Smith (DL Smith Photography) caught the biggest plays on his camera! Check out the images from the November 3 game. We plan to...

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...

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...

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...