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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 Participates in Arizona’s Family Town Hall

PhxSoul.com really enjoyed having the opportunity to speak on the panel for @arizonasfamily’s #CriticalConversations Town Hall on June 16. The Town Hall hosted by Arizona’s Family provided many local politicians, officials and people with the opportunity to...

Witness Emerges for Dion Johnson Shooting in Phoenix

It’s been more than a week after the shooting death of 28-year-old Dion Johnson by an Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper on a highway in Phoenix and the community is left with more questions than answers. Just to recap (based on law enforcement statements) what...

Dion Johnson’s Shooting Death by Arizona DPS Leaves Many Broken Hearts, Unanswered Questions

The anger and frustration in America over racism, police brutality, injustice and unfair politics has reached a boiling point. The murder of a Black man, George Floyd, by four Minnesota police officers on May 25 tipped off a wave of protests in American cities and towns. The...

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...

Damian “JR Gong” Marley Brings the Heat on a Rainy Arizona Roots Music Festival Weekend

Article and Photos Submitted by Tony Skinner The second-annual Arizona Roots Music Festival at Rawhide Western Town and Event Center on February 22-23 was the ray of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy, gloomy and cold weekend in the Valley of the Sun. The festival was produced by...

Review: Arizona Theatre Company Presents “Master Harold … and the Boys”

Review submitted by Jonathan Tease Recently (February 2020), I had the pleasure of seeing “Master Harold…” and the Boys at the Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. The show runs through March 1 and I highly recommend going to see it while you can. Prior to...

Civil Rights Leader Dr. Warren Stewart, Sr. Says It’s Time to Support The Dream with Action

Story submitted by Jonathan Tease for PhxSoul.com Dr. Warren Stewart, Sr. is the senior pastor at First Institutional Baptist Church (FIBC) in downtown Phoenix. During the late ’80s and early ’90s, Dr. Stewart leveraged his connection to the community to help lead and organize...