Community News
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Study gives insight into how Arizona’s Hispanic communities weathered economic turbulence amid COVID
By: Nick Ciletti Posted 6:35 AM, Oct 08, 2025 PHOENIX — As we commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, we are taking a closer look at how the Valley’s Latino communities rebounded financially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, results of a joint study were released, spotlighting two Arizona communities, including parts of South Tucson and South Phoenix, and what…
Gaps in data expose shortcomings in Phoenix Police Department’s pledge for transparency in shootings
Ana Burk, Lillian Boyd, Sona Gevorgyan, Tufan Neupane and Tori Smith/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University Sept. 29, 2025 PHOENIX – The Phoenix Police Department shared details of Turrell Clay’s Jan. 10 arrest and subsequent death in news and video releases intended to show transparency about situations when officers use force. His…
Phoenix police show violent encounters between officers and civilians in edited videos of bodycam footage. Critical details are often left out.
Madeline Nguyen, Emma Croteau and Naomi Jordan/Cronkite News and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU Sept. 29, 2025 PHOENIX — Turrell Clay lived out the painful last afternoon of his short life in broad daylight, under a wintry desert sun. When he stripped off his shirt and climbed atop a Maryvale home, baring…
Residents in one of Phoenix’s most heavily policed precincts distrust, fear police in their immigrant community
Alessandra De Zubeldia, L. M. Boyd, Owen Alfonso and Moses Havyarimana Sept. 29, 2025 Evelyn De León heard police officers yelling from outside her house on a winding residential Maryvale street on a Friday afternoon in early January. Fear seeped into her as she recalled the moment when, two years earlier, she stared down the…
Phoenix LGBTQ+ community remains fearful after anti-transgender rhetoric results in threats made toward a local gay bar
Lorenzo Gomez/Cronkite News Sept. 25, 2025 PHOENIX – Word spread fast of a shooting threat made toward Cruisin’ 7th, a gay bar located just outside the Melrose District — an area with a high concentration of LGBTQ+ businesses. Mia Inez Adams, 66, was one of the first to receive the news the afternoon of Sept. 17 after…
State officials apologize to parents of disabled children facing service cuts, but say reductions are needed
Reductions for home services and life skills for disabled Arizonans under 18 will begin after Oct. 1. Author: Craig Harris Published: 9:10 PM PDT September 24, 2025 PHOENIX — A state Division of Developmental Disabilities executive apologized to hundreds of parents on Wednesday during an online town hall and outlined the reasons for the upcoming cuts to thousands…
Voters with disabilities welcome variety of accommodations provided by Maricopa County Elections but see room for improvement
Keily Henriquez/Cronkite News Sept. 17, 2025 PHOENIX – Sami McGinnis walked through a small conference hall and approached an accessible voting machine – a large screen connected to headphones and a controller with brightly colored buttons – determined to understand and improve her voting experience. McGinnis, whose worsening vision makes even large-print ballots too hard…
Arizona Department of Child Safety under pressure to reduce use of group homes
Advocates point to recent tragedies involving kids in congregate care By: Melissa Blasius Posted 5:12 PM, Sep 02, 2025 PHOENIX — Nearly 20% of Arizona’s foster kids are not living in family homes; instead, those hundreds of kids are living in congregate care settings, according to the Department of Child Safety’s most recent monthly data. Congregate care…
Audit: Arizona Department of Child Safety failed to fix dozens of problems over past decade
New audit underway on abuse investigations The state agency that protects Arizona’s children has been audited again and again over the past decade. By: Anne Ryman Posted 5:12 PM, Sep 02, 2025 PHOENIX — The state agency that protects Arizona’s children has been audited again and again over the past decade. Despite finding lots of problems, only…
In a time of rising anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation and rhetoric, Phoenix Gay Flag Football League offers refuge
Dylan Kane/Cronkite News Aug. 7, 2025 PHOENIX – For many LGBTQIA+ athletes, stepping onto the field isn’t just about competition, it’s about survival. In a world where queer identities are often met with hostility, finding a space to belong can be life-saving. “When I was 16 years old, I attempted taking my life three times,”…
Local Organizations
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Every day, Keep Phoenix Beautiful provides tools to empower our diverse communities to improve overall quality of life. Our vision is a vibrant Phoenix where each neighborhood is a healthy, beautiful place to live. To achieve that vision, we aim to inspire individuals and organizations through leadership, active partnerships, and meaningful volunteer experiences.
Hope’s Crossing was founded in 2010 to meet the needs of women in transition from prisons, addictions, or homelessness to a life of work, family, and community. Hope’s Crossing offers job skills training, housing assistance, and, most importantly, a program of emotional support geared toward creating a new belief system that promotes whole and healthy living. Over the past five years, Hope’s Crossing has assisted hundreds of women of all ages to develop self-worth, personal accountability, and restoration of hope in the family.
Harmony Project harnesses the transformative power of music to increase access to higher education for underserved students by removing systemic barriers to achievement through academic and social support.
Financial, educational, and societal impacts have continued to expand the economic wealth gap for minorities. Our vision is a world where economic equity and access to opportunities & resources are no longer a barrier for people of color.
Casa has been the Arizona leader for over 40 years in addressing child abuse, relationship violence and bullying. As a result, we are convinced that the integration of SEL and EQ is the solution to decrease bullying, meanness, abuse and violence.
The mission of YWCA Southern Arizona is eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Our vision is a world free of injustice, where all people can thrive.
This growing partisan animosity is the crisis of our time and threatens our nation.
Challenged Communities need help, especially with areas where there is increased incarceration and poor health choices. The TigerMountain Foundation reverses that problem through our community gardens and agri-landscaping initiatives. These initiatives teach practical life skills to youth, adults and seniors, keeping them out of jail, and improving their lives and community. We are a Non-Profit Organization that manages Community Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona.
Act One is actively working with arts organizations across the state exploring digital and virtual platforms to share with schools to ensure that Arizona's children continue to have access to the arts. Exciting things are soon to come and we look forward to being innovative in our ways to continue to connect children with the arts.
Kitchen on the Street (KOS AZ) began serving the community in 2007 when the Scarpinato family learned about the prevalence of food insecurity in local Arizona children. Hearing that thousands of children that received breakfast and lunch at school, but were going hungry on weekends, compelled Vince, Lisa and Taylor Scarpinato to found Kitchen on the Street as a means of bringing food and hope to children in need.
Our goal is to create a platform through which we are able to reach out and lend a helping hand to any woman in need of aid, but most specifically homeless women and single mothers struggling to make ends meet. We believe that every woman has her own unique gifts, and through uniting in sisterhood and sharing these gifts, we have the power to spread out our resources and make the world a better place for all.
Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world-class exhibitions, educational programming and its unmatched festivals. Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions that showcase the beauty and vitality of traditional and contemporary art.
Our mission is to empower Southern Arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life. Individuals and families have overcome obstacles, gained confidence, and learned the skills to be self-sufficient.
Assistance League® of Tucson is a nonpolitical, nonsectarian, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit corporation that is managed and staffed by volunteers who are dedicated to working to improve the lives of those in need in the Tucson area. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our DEI Policy promotes a culture of belonging for our more than 330 members who donate over 50,000 hours annually serving our community through our philanthropic programs. Based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s value of volunteer hours, that translates to a contribution of more than a million dollars during our most recent fiscal year.
Upcoming Events
2023 Beerman Award for Social Justice in Action Celebration
The Leonard I. Beerman Foundation for Peace and Justice honors the memory of Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman (1921–2014), a courageous and compassionate religious leader, social activist, and champion of peace and human rights. The Foundation recognizes and supports organizations, programs and activities similarly dedicated to improving the human condition.
I Can’t Breathe
A night of entertainment involving the discussion of racial inequality and the increase of awareness and knowledge related to the topic.
UW Public Lectures: From Artistic Joy to Collective Wellness
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, and an honoree of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship. Bamuthi’s opera libretto, We Shall Not Be Moved, was named one of 2017’s “Best Classical Music Performances” by The New York Times. His evening length work created…
UW Public Lectures: Building Scyborgs: An Evening on Decolonization
Join scholar, organizer, and co-conspirator K. Wayne Yang as he shares stories about decolonizing endeavors from past, present, future and speculative somewheres. How do we bend our own complicity in colonial institutions to forward Indigenous, Black, queer, and Other futures locally and globally? Come ready to consider your own scyborg powers and plans. K. Wayne…
UW Public Lectures: Tina Campt
Dr. Tina Campt is a black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art and lead convener of the Practicing Refusal Collective and the Sojourner Project. She began her career as a historian of modern Germany, earning a Ph.D. in history from Cornell University. She is one of the founding scholars of Black European Studies,…
“UW Public Lectures: Disability Justice: Centering Intersectionality and Liberation”
Joining another event in the ‘UW Public Lecture Series’ is Patty Berne, Cofounder and Executive Artistic Director of ‘Sins Invalid’, to discuss the importance of intersectionality in disability justice and the need to address how diverse systems of oppression reinforce each other. Ms. Berne’s work creates a framework and practice of disability justice, which centers…
UW Public Lectures: An Evening with Alice Wong
This is another event in the ‘UW Public Lecture Series’. Alice Wong will be remotely joining moderated converstation addressing topics important to her work in raising the visibility of disabled people. Alice Wong is a disabled activist, writer, media maker, and consultant. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online…
RISE UP: Be the Domino
Join us at our 2nd annual Rise Up Conference. Spend the day with us as we tackle issues related to racial and social justice with empathy and respect to all.
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