Education

The Arizona Black Bar Presents Professional Appearance and The Law Tracy Sanders Attorney | Author | Speaker Essence China Rare Essence Studio Join the Arizona Black Bar for a discussion of natural hair, law, and the workplace. September 14 12-1:30 PM ASU Law School – Beus...

PHOENIX – The Sphinx Educational Fund (SEF) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will host the 15th Annual SEF Thurgood Marshall College Fund Brunch on September 29 at the Sheraton Mesa at Wrigleyville West – 860 N Riverview, Mesa. The keynote speaker this year is...

Expand your universe, as highly popular and influential science advocate, Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his humorous and always informative insights into modern physics during his “Search For Life In The Universe” show at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix on October 19. A...

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...