ABOVE: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner addresses Sunnyside residents at town hall as District D Council Member Dwight Boykins looks on “We’re Not Going to Fall Out Over This…The Choice is Yours” This past Monday evening, several red and whi ...
ABOVE: City of Houston launches pilot program aimed at improving the quality of life for residents in areas that are not thriving at a level enjoyed by other Houston neighborhoods This past Monday, April 17th, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was joined by ...
ABOVE: Marc Morial “No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote ...
In line with Missouri City Council and Missouri City Management initiatives to foster community business development and economic growth, the “Show Me City” is hosting its inaugural Annual Job Fair & Career Development Forum on Wednesday, ...
ABOVE: (left) Harris County Department of Education teacher Clifton Hypolite helps adult learner Leonardo Cordova with finishing touches on a prototype “little library” which will hold free age-appropriate books. Fifty little libraries, which ...
The Forward Times has been covering the issue of mental health in the Black community for many years, and once again, another case has made the news involving a Black person who appears to have been dealing with mental illness, and has left the community ...
ABOVE: Elected officials and community leaders participate in groundbreaking ceremony to honor Civil Rights icons Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela This past Tuesday, April 4th, the Black Heritage Society held a groundbreaking ceremony to honor Civil Rights i ...
The Houston Black Real Estate Association (HBREA) is planning a week-long of events for the 2017 “Realtist Week” starting April 22nd and culminating on April 29th, at Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with HBREA holdi ...
ABOVE: (l to r): Effie Dennison, Texas Capital Bank Senior VP; Jimmy Green, ESU Volunteer Team Lead and School Admin Assistant; Jackie Aguilera, former ESU Dean of Students; Dr. Manson B. Johnson, II, ESU Executive Director; M. Bracy Johnson, III, VP of S ...
Mayor Sylvester Turner and partners kicked off the application period for the second year of Hire Houston Youth at a breakfast at the McDonalds on Studemont at I-10. Utilizing public/private partnerships, Hire Houston Youth will provide jobs and internshi ...
