Impact creates reaction. In the arts, impact is what keeps one afloat in an industry buzzing with aspiring hearts and a revolving  door that’s out with the old and in with the new before your eye completes a single blink. It’s a serious hustle. In the wide arena of entertainment, movements of impact can be [...]

  By James G. Muhammad Some may call the Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center an oasis in the desert. Others may call it a safe haven. Sudie Davis calls it a game changer for children and families in the area. “Kids in this area need this,” says Davis, operations director of [...]

When you say the name Spike, only one person comes immediately to mind – film director Spike Lee.  Is there anyone who needs less of an introduction than him? For over 25 years, Spike has been carving his own path with his films, documentaries, TV programs, commercials, books, and now he’s recently finished taking on [...]

By Chinta Strausberg On Monday, July 16, Minister Louis Farrakhan led 300 men of his Fruit of Islam (FOI), of the Nation of Islam (NOI), into the community, urging youth to stop the violence and the killing. He also asked them to take the 1995 Million Man March pledge that advocated unity, atonement, reconciliation and [...]