by Michaela Stephens I was sitting behind my desk, staring at the four grey walls of my office, piles of paperwork in front of me. My door was a...
Health and Wellness
Create a Flawless Personal Style in 4 Simple Steps
by Contributing Writer: Khalilah Jones featured Photo by Jen Fox Boudoir and Erotica There’s a common misconception that personal style is reserved...
Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living With Less by Christine Platt
STAFF WRITER Forget about the appeal of conventional minimalism and opt for a life of authenticity and meaning with this practical handbook on...
Daniel Fairley Asks the Deep Mental Health Question: How You?
Community Development, Education, Health and Wellness
Contributed by Bria Williams In Black vernacular, the phrase “How You?” is used as a greeting, a colloquialism, and a genuine inquiry. To Daniel...
I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours
Entertainment, Health and Wellness
Contributed by Khalilah Jones | All photography credit: Jenaé D. Harrington Recently, my sister was telling me about some frustrations she has been...
Still Determined: Mending Minds of Color
Determined Series, Health and Wellness
A Charlottesville mental health services agency helps holistically heal the minds, bodies and spirits of Black, Latinx, and underprivileged women,...
Equitable Entry Into the CBD and Marijuana Industry
As the American economy prepares for a boom in the Cannabis/Hemp/Marijuana market, there remains uncertainty about how people of color and Black people, in particular, will be integrated as owners in the burgeoning market.
Visit Every Black-Owned Restaurant this Summer Using this Checklist
Community Development, Health and Wellness
Download the Black Restaurant Checklist. Share with your friends that you have supported every Black restaurant in Charlottesville before the summer ends.
Dr. Wes Bellamy Organizes #CvilleRunsWithMaud
Community Development, Health and Wellness
Former Charlottesville, Vice Mayor, Wes Bellamy, who is an avid runner and leader in the Black running culture decided to make sure that Charlottesville was accounted for in solidarity with Ahmaud and his family.
Fit for a Queen: Nakesha White and the ‘Royalty Eats’ Brand
Community Development, Health and Wellness
We took some time to reminisce about life as children growing up in Charlottesville. She reached deep down and said exasperatingly, “Sarad, I got it out the mud. You gotta go get it. I try not to ever let the sun beat me up.” She gave a testament to her grind and the hard work it takes to accomplish so much, seemingly so fast. “I couldn’t have done it without my mom. She wouldn’t let me give up on my dreams. I do miss the nursing field, but this is my calling. This is where I am supposed to be.”
COVID-19 Community Information Handout
Community Development, Health and Wellness
Ebony Jade Hilton, MD, Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb (Emergency Medicine Physician at UVA), community member Mr. Alex-Zan (Humanitarian, Author), and 2020 Ezra Jack Keats award winning illustrator, Ashleigh Corrin, created a COVID-19 resource that they hope will be useful for our community. In the link below, you will find a guide of how to prepare your home, prevent spread of the virus, and detect its symptoms.
Sarad talks to Dr. Ken from Married2Medicine and Real Housewives of the Potomac
Check out the video HERE!
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Former Charlottesville Reporter Jasmine Caldwell Makes History
Former Charlottesville reporter Jasmine Caldwell is among the 3 Black women recently taking the lead as anchors in Texas. Excerpt from Black Enterprise Magazine article by Jeroslyn Johnson On Monday, May 2, KCEN introduced the official anchor lineup for Texas...
CIM Project, Community Development
First Person C-Ville Launches
We are looking for your stories. These can be told from your own personal point of view, or as reported pieces sharing community members’ perspectives. Please keep in mind that we are not seeking pieces that are purely your opinion. This doesn’t mean it can’t...
Community Development, Education, Entertainment
Raised/Razed, a Maupintown Media Production Sets to Premiere at the Heritage Center
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Lorenzo Dickerson and Jordy Yager proudly present Raised/Razed, a documentary film about the life and destruction of Vinegar Hill, one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in Charlottesville, Va. Raised/Razed, a Maupintown Media...
What Did the Black Artists Movement Teach Us?
by Leslie M. Scott-Jones On February second in 1969 the New York Times published an entire page of essays written by luminaries from the Black Artist Movement. Harry Belafonte, James Baldwin, Douglas Turner Ward and Barbara Ann Teer among others wrote about the...
“New Negro” Pop-Up Portrait Exhibition Explores Hidden History
Charlottesville, VA: The Holsinger Portrait Project, a partnership between the University of Virginia and the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, will present a pop-up exhibition, The New Negro in Charlottesville and Albemarle: Portraits from a...
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