Community News
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Following up two years after ‘The Zone’ cleanup in Phoenix
By: Lillian Donahue Posted 11:28 PM, Nov 04, 2025 PHOENIX — This week marks two years since the City of Phoenix completed the cleanup of “The Zone,” multiple city blocks that were filled with encampments in downtown surrounding homeless services. ABC15 has monitored the city’s progress since 2023, when a judge ordered the city to clear up…
Amid rise in homelessness in Phoenix, resources drop as COVID-19 era funding ends
by Keily Henriquez October 31, 2025 PHOENIX – Brandy Baker watched the familiar tableau as other homeless people like herself lined up outside the Phoenix Key Campus downtown. A group huddled around a speaker as rap music blared. People walking down the sidewalk stepped over others using the cracked pavement as a bed. Baker has…
Hobbs pledges $1.8M in Arizona food aid, a crumb compared to impending SNAP cut
by Nick Karmia and Isabella Gomez October 29, 2025 WASHINGTON – With the Trump administration about to freeze food stamps, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced $1.8 million in emergency aid from state coffers Wednesday – $1.90 for each of the nearly 951,000 Arizonans who rely on the program to buy groceries. The state infusion is a tiny fraction…
Despite unease, the LGBTQ+ organizations symbolize expanded safety efforts at Phoenix Pride
by Lorenzo Gomez October 28, 2025 PHOENIX — Speakers blared and rainbow flags billowed in the October heat as the 2023 Phoenix Pride parade reached its peak. When the Grand Canyon Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence neared the end of the parade route, the wind caught their 30-foot veil. The stitched-together pride flag and American flag rose like…
Hobbs pauses drastic cuts to children’s disability services following outcry from families
State pauses new attendant care rules as governor directs changes to include exceptions for complex cases By: Caitlin Sievers October 16, 20254:42 pm Parents of Arizona children with developmental disabilities who were scrambling to deal with massive service cuts finally got some good news today, when the state paused the implementation of those cuts. Leading…
National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline provides culturally specific help
by Gabrielle Wallace October 9, 2025 PHOENIX — Seven days a week, 365 days a year, the StrongHearts Native Helpline provides care and services for Indigenous people experiencing domestic violence. On Sept. 24, it earned the title of National Indigenous Domestic Violence Hotline with new direct funding from the federal government. The StrongHearts line was…
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…
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
Veterans Healing Farm: 3rd Annual Veterans Resource Fair
501c3 nonprofit founded in 2013 to enhance the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of our nation’s veterans and their families. For more information, please contact the VHF at 828-595-6111 or via email at [email protected]
Soldiers’ Angels Dallas Military & Veteran Food Distribution
Soldiers’ Angels provides an easy, no-cost way for Dallas Service Members and Veterans in need to receive food assistance. Volunteers pack bags of groceries and load them into cars, pushcarts, or backpacks of registered Service Members and Veterans.
VIRTUAL DEMENTIA FRIEND EDUCATION SESSION
Join us the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a VIRTUAL Dementia Friend Information Session; 12 noon-1:00 pm. Presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of…
NAMIWalks North Texas
Our walk has no set distance, because it’s not the amount of steps we walk, but the importance of each step we take toward Mental Health for All!
Barbie®: A Cultural Icon Exhibition
Created by Illusion Projects and Mattel, Inc., Barbie®: A Cultural Icon Exhibition examines the Barbie brand’s 60+ year history and the doll’s global impact on pop culture. Across six distinct sections, visitors experience more than 250 vintage dolls—including the original Barbie—from the collections of private collector David Porcello and Mattel, life-size fashion designs, exclusive interviews,…
Race to Cure Sarcoma Chicago 5K
The Race to Cure Sarcoma (RTCS) is the premier run/walk series in the United States, focused on raising awareness, providing education, and research funds for sarcoma. Each year, the Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) hosts more than (20) RTCS events across the country. We provide a unique space in the sarcoma community where patients, survivors, their friends,…
For Oak Cliff Food Distribution (indoors)
Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.
Virtual Dementia Friend Education Session
Join us the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a VIRTUAL Dementia Friend Information Session; 12 noon-1:00 pm. Presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of…
Virtual Dementia Friend Education Session
Presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of Dementia Friendly Dallas and sponsored by Juliette Fowler Communities. To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-GhqzMsHt39Xq3Ld6fEo16olFhLLs5g Once registered, a Zoom link…
Arlington Charities: St. Andrews Mobile Food Market
Come rain or shine, join us to support Arlington Charities as we pack and distribute food for its drive-through mobile food market. Visit the link to review the available slots and be sure to sign up. Volunteers are asked to arrive promptly at 8:00am and dress for the weather – Texas temps are unpredictable. This…
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