Compton-based, Pucker Up Lemonade Company handcrafts over sixty different flavors of lemonade, iced tea, and infused waters that you’ll get to try at this year’s 2022 Taste of Soul Festival coming on October 15th.     ... read more »

Culpepper’s commitment to helping to shape the community, he says, goes beyond his role as interim president.  He aspires to serve in the position permanently and believes the skills he has gained over the last thirty-years will “contribute to the success of Southwest.”  ... read more »

Artist and Producer Shwayze is coming out with his seventh album “Shway SZN” on September 2nd, 2022. ... read more »

WriteGirl is seeking woman and gender-expansive writers in all genres, including fiction, poetry, journalism, screenwriting, songwriting, copywriting, business writing and more to help mentor teens. ... read more »

From July 23rd to August 5th, the US Africa Institute will be hosting the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellows in Los Angeles for the first time since its establishment by former President Barack Obama. ... read more »

Deshawn Plair and Sade Oyinade co-own Flower Ave. Films, where they create compelling original stories with broad appeal to reflect their diverse backgrounds. Plair and Oyinade serve as executive producers, showrunners, and writers of the ALLBLK comedy series “For the Love of Jason.” ... read more »

On July 24, in an annual event that celebrates the 12 pro sports teams of greater Los Angeles and Orange County coming together to use sports to drive social change, local youth, LAPD officers, community members and civic leaders, the public is encouraged to join the Alliance Unity March & Dialogue. Each year, the student-led march emphasizes what change we can make when we stand united and work together to end racial inequality. The event begins at 9am.  ... read more »

Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo (BPIR) and Toyota announced the Toyota BPIR “Greatest Show on Dirt” Traveling Museum. Alongside the BPIR 22 Tour, The Traveling Museum has toured the country to tell the stories of Black Cowboys and Cowgirls who traveled the U.S. with the world’s leading all-Black touring rodeo. ... read more »

Resilient Walker is the title of all things – Dr. Shree Walker’s book, the name of her company, as well as the word’s the educator, motivational speaker, and CEO lives by. ... read more »

kin care is a part of everyone’s daily routine and it is important to make sure the products that are used daily are safe and do not have harmful long-term effects. ... read more »

First introduced by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) in January, Assembly Bill (AB) 1743, would require planning agencies to include in their annual reports the number of units that have received a certificate of occupancy in the prior year.  ... read more »

Meta, formerly known as the Facebook, pledged $10 million to Black creators. The physical result of that promise was forged into the Black Gaming Creator Program, a space “to help up-and-coming Black creators elevate their work.” ... read more »

BET+ and the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation (CBC) have come together to release a new series, “The Porter,” which highlights the creation of a Black worker’s union in the roaring twenties. Inspired by real life events, The Porter follows a group of about five characters who hustle, move mountains, and stop at nothing to make their dreams come true and fight for the much-deserved liberation of themselves and their people. ... read more »

On June 14th, the YWCA hosted their annual 2022 Phenomenal Woman Awards Celebration “UNSUNG HEREOUS” at the SoFi Stadium/Youtube Theater.   ... read more »

Meanwhile, South Los Angeles continually ranks among the top 10% of the most polluted communities in the state of California. The area has been historically ensconced in and blighted by oil well sites, industrial facilities, hazardous waste dumps, and contaminated land. ... read more »