Youth

Future Stars, Inc. presents 4th Annual Hands On STEM Fair April 27 10AM to 2PM Faye Gray Recreation Center 5745 S. 20th St., Phoenix Free Family Event! The Hands On STEM Fair is an event of hands on activities that is open to all the community. The first 150 students to arrive at...

Come out and join Fitz and his friends as they show off their softball skills during the 9th Annual Larry Fitzgerald Celebrity Softball Game Weekend on April 27 – all for charity!  This year’s weekend promises to be an exciting time for the entire...

Mayo Cares (Career Advancement, Research, and Education Summer Program) is an opportunity for current high school freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in Arizona to pursue healthcare professions. The application deadline is April 21, 2019. The goal of the program is to expose high...

Arizona International Pageant April 28 at 6pm South Mountain Community College 7050 S. 24th Street, Phoenix Event Cost/Ticket Price: $25 Arizona International Pageants supports the successful development of girls and women by encouraging strong family relationships, personal...

Erica Tatum-Sheade, LMSW presents G.E.M.S. – Girls Empowered Motivated and Strong June 10 at 10am Wellness Suites 3260 N. Hayden Rd, Suite 104 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Event Cost/Ticket Price: $149-199 GEMS (Girls Empowered, Motivated, and Strong) is a Self Esteem Group and...

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,...

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...

One of our great, local Black community traditions – the Arizona Black Rodeo – returns to the Rawhide Western Town & Event Center on the Gila River Indian Community every spring. Thousands of Valley residents pack the stands for two shows on one magical night at...

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...

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 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...

Perforated Fiber is the autobiographical story of two brothers who describe their life of desperation, poverty, dysfunction, drug abuse, alcoholism and murder within their family, as they lived in the ghettos and semi-rural areas of Connecticut and Massachusetts in the late 1970s...

Looking for a COOL indoor place for your younger children to play during these HOT Arizona summers? Jubeelieve Indoor Playland in Avondale is the perfect location for tiny tots to run, jump, slide, and just be the adorably playful kids they are. Jubeelieve Indoor Playland is...