Black community

A photo collection showing the lives of black people in 1970s Britain will go on display at Hackney Picturehouse. The images from charity Autograph include work by Colin Jones and Tex Ajetunmobi

Leah Penniman struggled to understand who she was and where she fit in. There was one thing she did know— when she was connected to the land she felt at home.

Modern communication tools foster connections among like-minded people. Group text messaging is particularly effective. By simply texting a keyword to a short number, individuals can subscribe to receive updates about the causes they care about. SMS leveraged to this effect can serve as a channel not only to keep like-minded individuals in the know, but to help them achieve their objectives.

International Women’s Day is all about loudly celebrating all women and girls across the globe. Unfortunately, however, many women with incredible stories that have paved the way for us have somehow fallen under the radar, and aren’t being written…

Listen to season two episode six of Go Off, Sis about love and allyship to the Black community.

The Agora Awards 2019 competition was hosted by free-to-use photography app Agora on November 6th and received over 130,000 submissions from 193 countries.

These distinct initiatives embody something I long wished for while studying at a predominantly white Texas university: a community of color connected through creativity.