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Nominations for The People’s Choice | We are Charlottesville | Best In Black Awards

Best In Black, Business, Community Development

Cast your nominations HERE Nominations for The People’s Choice | We are Charlottesville | Best In Black Awards are now open. We are so excited to...

Best In Black

Thank all of you who participated in the nominating and voting process. We had over 3,000 people either nominate or cast votes for the winners...

Inaugural ‘Best In Black’ Awards Announced

Best In Black

We are doing this to celebrate the greatness and excellence displayed in the Black business and arts community and to help to grow an engaged customer base.

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Arts, Authors, Community, Community Development, Jessica Harris

Jay Simple & The Bridge

by Jessica Harris Photography may be a hobby to some, but to Jay Simple, it serves as a compass for navigating life’s terrain. Recently appointed Executive Director of The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative (PAI), a Charlottesville-based community arts...

Community, Community Development, Entertainment, Health and Wellness, Katrina Spencer

Black Love: Symposium & Soirée

by Katrina Spencer We’re always singing about it. Pick your era! “I wanna be living for the love of you” ~The Isley Brothers, 1975 “Dream lover come rescue me” ~Mariah Carey, 1993 “You're my water when I'm stuck in the desert” ~Daniel Caesar & H.E.R., 2017 We...

Community, Community Development, Health and Wellness, Naila Smith

Prolyfyck: Getting Through Something Hard with Somebody

By Naila A. Smith, PhD In 2006, William “Will” Jones III moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. A barber by profession, he started cutting hair at Cavalier Barbers which was located in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Charlottesville. About two years later, he...

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Community Development, Katrina Spencer, Travel

Exploring Black Brazil

by Katrina Spencer Days before thousands of Brazilians stormed the National Congress in the capital of Brasília, protesting the beginning of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s third yet non-consecutive term, an event closely mirroring the January 6, 2021...

Photo includes a picture of a white plate with a black cast iron skillet sitting on top. In the skillet is a partially eaten warm and fluffy piece of yellow cornbread. A knife sits carefully placed within the side of the cornbread to gather another fluffy piece. There is a dollop of whipped butter on the top with a spattering of chives, and a hint of black pepper at the top.

Business, Channing Mathews, Community, Community Development, Food and Drink

Pass the Cornbread!

by Channing Mathews When I think of cornbread, I am immediately transported to my maternal grandma’s Floridian kitchen, where both my grandma and eldest Auntie were always cooking up a storm. My grandma’s tiny house would be filled with the delicious smells of...

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