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Health

Transforming youth homelessness

JADE JACKSON - September 28, 2023

Inside the Crane Bay Event Center Sept. 14, a group of donors experienced an experimental interactive art exhibit that depicts the stories and challenges of youth facing homelessness in Indianapolis.

RISE INDY’s Freedom Readers, transforming parents into powerful literacy tutors

JADE JACKSON - August 30, 2023

Empowering communities and nurturing young minds through literacy, RISE INDY’s Freedom Readers program certifies parents and guardians to tutor their K-8 children at home.

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RISE INDY working to bridge the literacy gap

CHLOE McGOWAN - June 22, 2023

RISE INDY’S new Freedom Readers Champion program is tackling literacy rates head-on. The local nonprofit hosted the second of three swag bag pickups for its...

Multimedia

PHOTOS: 4th annual Community Peace Walk

JADE JACKSON - June 19, 2023

The annual Community Peace Walk is a celebration of young Black voices in the Martindale-Brightwood community speaking on issues that are important to them.

Arts & Culture

Book review: “Crowned: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora” by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt

CAMIKE JONES - June 15, 2023

There were magic mice and talking frogs. There were wondrous spells. And there were kings and queens, princes, princesses, lords and ladies, all of them white. But in "Crowned" by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, it's time for a new kind of magic.

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Accidental shootings on the rise; Children most vulnerable

JADE JACKSON - January 10, 2024

On the steps of a home on North Kealing Avenue sits a memorial full of toys and stuffed animals. A small pair of orange and black Nikes sit in the middle of the memorial to commemorate the life of 5-year-old Hakiem Scott.

Education

The EduVerse with ProfessorJBA: We can’t keep doing school business as usual; it’s time to reimagine education

CAMIKE JONES - June 7, 2023

Retired educator, Aaron Fernander, would often quote to us in staff meetings, “Teach the children!” He didn’t want us focused on anything other than...

Community Voices

Parenthood

HEAVYN LESTER - October 11, 2023

Life by itself is a difficult task, let alone the idea of becoming a parent and now being fully responsible for another individual. This...

Community Voices

Letter to the Editor: Mind Trust Response

IPS Community Coalition - July 26, 2017

We certainly appreciate all individuals who applaud educator diversity, in Indianapolis. We too, think it is absolutely necessary that there be many more educators...

Opinion