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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...

Submitted by Collette Watson “I remember a time when I didn’t have lunch money. My mom didn’t have money to give me. So she handed me a bag of watches. My mom was a hustler.” Wednesday night in Tempe, eight local figures shared true personal stories at a monologue storytelling...

Submitted by Michelle Coro, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. What little girl doesn’t like the idea of getting a new dress designed just for her? That’s the idea behind the many volunteers who gathered at the Phoenix Urban League in downtown Phoenix on January 21 to match, cut,...

Submitted by Serah Blain, Spectrum Experience Four years ago, when Arizona’s only Black legislator, State Senator Leah Landrum Taylor, announced she was leaving the legislature, the Arizona Republic lamented: “Arizona could be one of only a handful of states with no Black state...

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...

Updates: • Robert Johnson files lawsuit (May 8, 2019) • Statement from the African American Christian Clergy Coalition regarding the Scottsdale Police/Maricopa County Attorney decision to not file charges against Mesa Police for Robert Johnson beating (August 31, 201...

PhxSoul.com has created an Online Business Directory that showcases Black-owned companies, organizations, restaurants, and churches located in the state of Arizona. Our goal is to increase awareness among Arizona residents (and visitors to the Grand Canyon State) about...

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...