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The ASU 365 Community Union is bringing rapper Vic Mensa with special guest Injury Reserve to the Coca-Cola Sun Deck at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe on February 22. Doors open at 7:30 PM. On his long-awaited debut album, The Autobiography, VIC MENSA tapped into pivotal moments in...

Chandler Men of Action to Host 7th Annual African American Banquet Thursday, Feb. 22, 2019 Reception begins at 6 PM Banquet begins at 7 PM    Individual Tickets – $40 Table sponsor – $250.00 (8 seats) Chandler-Gilbert Community College Pecos Campus Student...

South Mountain Community College Jazz Festival Featuring Johnny Britt February 22 7-10 PM South Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center 7050 S. 24th St., Phoenix, AZ 85042 Black History Month at South Mountain Community College is once again bringing the annual Jazz...

The Price of Freedom: Homemade Millionaires February 24 at 6:00pm Bizzle’s On Central 3602 S Central Ave Phoenix AZ 85040 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $25 Follow Young Barack & Michelle Obama on a school field trip to the Black History museum for their class presentation of some...

5th Annual Sisterhood Extravaganza Empowering Women Success Summit March 1-2 Courtyard Marriott Phoenix Downtown 132 S. Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $125 THE POWER OF COLLABORATION! Get registered today for the 5th Annual Sisterhood Extravaganza...

AFRICA to AMERICA FASHIONISTA – featuring The Future We Want to See Youth Expression Showcase March 2 5-9 PM CARL HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL 3333 W. Roosevelt Phoenix, AZ Carl Hayden’s Black Student Union and Arizona Talking Drum Performance Studio Network brings to you its...

Seven prominent women authors from across the country will share excerpts from their books from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at Delta Authors on Tour, hosted by the Phoenix Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, at the AC Marriott Hotel, 2811 E. Camelback...

Motherland Jams Spring Break Dance Camp March 11-15 SETAY Dance & Fitness 7430 S. 48th Street Phoenix, Arizona Event Cost/Ticket Price: $125 Give your child a unique Spring Break experience this year! This is a dance-intensive camp that also sprinkles in math, science,...

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 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...