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Developing Future Leaders Through History
By: Charles Emmons
School buses, minivans and SUVS are dropping of kids as they begin the new school year. It seems like summer breaks are getting shorter, so it is prudent, if not imperative, to make sure that summer vacation experiences also have value. The Youth With a Future leadership program is doing...
Colorado Comedy Headliner Stephen Agyei Shares His Hilarious Triumphs & Defeats
By: Khaleel Herbert
Comedian Stephen Agyei has reached a feat in Denver that other comedians dream to achieve. He headlined Comedy Works in Greenwood Village July 23 and Downtown Denver August 3. From his humble beginnings performing at the University of Colorado–Boulder to performing around the nation and South Korea, Agyei’s comedic career...
Ashae Soaps: Powerful and Complete
By: Allan Tellis
Latasha Bell’s journey and humble beginnings from Denver’s Five Points community becoming and entrepreneur and the successful owner of Ashae Soaps is not filled with the many clichés’ one would expect from such a story. For her, the first steps did not necessarily include an immediate mastery of business but...
What is the New Face of Black Female Activism? CBWPA, Intersectionality and Women In Colorado Help Define
By: Portia Prescott
Google may be a household name for many and the go-to-place for information and research. But when you Google “Black Female Activist,” you will find many amazing Black female activist, mostly from the past, but little information on current Black female activists who are making a tremendous impact on our...
Jamil Shabazz, Aurora’s Visionary Author and Publisher
By: Charles Emmons
Summertime is leisure time, and we sometimes pass the time reading a good book in the quietness of ourhomes,travelling on a plane, or simply for some downtime alone. What world you choose to enter through your reading is a highly individual decision. There are numerous classics in African American literature,...
The Light of a Coach, Paying it Forward
By: Melovy Melvin
Finishing up a walkthrough at the Coach Counseling Center, Hulond “Coach” Copeland makes his way into his office. A computer, supplies and papers sit at his desk and right above placed on the wall is a picture of his mother, and mentor James H. Parham, whom was a certified addiction...
Humble Theater Beginnings and Rise Up the Comedic Ladder
By: Khaleel Herbert
Janae Burris has gotten tons of laughs and chuckles from people while performing on stage in Los Angeles for years. With new opportunities on the horizon and fingers crossed, Burris and her boyfriend packed up for Denver, where her comedic feats scaled like Spider-Man scaling a skyscraper. Acting Funny Although...
Mayor Hancock Discusses Housing, Mobility And New Projects with Denverites During the State of the City Address
By: Khaleel Herbert Photos by Bernard Grant
Denverites eagerly indulged in Mayor Michael B. Hancock’s State of the City Address at the Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center on July 10. Before taking the stage, Councilman Albus Brooks provided encouraging words, UpwithPeople performed the national anthem and 2017 Thomas Jefferson High School graduate Yonis Noor presented the...
