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Vice Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Makes Campaign Stops in Tucson, Phoenix

In an effort to connect with Arizona voters just before the 2020 General Election, Democratic Vice President candidate Kamala Harris visited with Tucson and Phoenix-area residents on October 28. Harris hosted an outdoor rally at Pima Community College West in Tucson where...

PhxSoul.com Recognized by The Arizona Informant, Roc Nation

CNBC Make It Also Features PhxSoul.com in Follow-Up Article PhxSoul.com is absolutely honored to be recognized by The Arizona Informant and Roc Nation as a Recommended Black-Owned Business! See the ad below from the July 1, 2020 issue of The Arizona Informant newspaper. CNBC Make...

Former WNBA Star Establishes Project Roots AZ Community Garden in Phoenix

PHOENIX – Bridget Pettis is stepping away from the WNBA, with her most recent role as assistant coach of the Chicago Sky amidst increasing health concerns for players and social unrest around the country. Pettis will instead put her focus on her community in Phoenix, where she...

Chandler Cultural Foundation Appoints to LaTricia Harper Woods to Managing Board

Chandler Cultural Foundation, the non-profit managing Board for the Chandler Center of the Arts, has appointed LaTricia Harper Woods as a new member. Woods has an extensive 25-year career in strategic planning and implementation of community engagement, public relations, public...

PhxSoul.com Talks to Defense Attorney about Ahmaud Arbery Case

Jonathan Tease, reporter for PhxSoul.com, talks with Cary Lackey of The Law Office of Cary Lackey, P.C., about the political and racial climate that has been fueling the violent murders of young, unarmed Black men such as Ahmaud Arbery. PhxSoul.com felt that it was important for...

SOUNDS Academy Provides Music Education Opportunities to Arizona Youth

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...

PhxSoul.com Launches NEW Business Directory

PhxSoul.com has created an Online Business Directory that showcases Black-owned companies, organizations, restaurants, and churches located in the state of Arizona. Our goal is to increase awareness among Arizona residents (and visitors to the Grand Canyon State) about...
Posted On 15 Apr 2018

It’s Time for the Black Community to Come Back Home to South Phoenix

Written by Tremaine Jasper, Owner/Managing Editor of PhxSoul.com If you asked me before the year 2015 if the Phoenix metropolitan area needed a predominantly Black neighborhood, I would have said, “No.” Although racism has been alive and well in Arizona for decades, I...