by Kristin Torres | Jan 13, 2017
“It starts at the home,” said officer Sean Connolly, addressing residents at the Maryvale Community Center for the first Coffee with a Cop meeting of the year. Connolly, the neighborhood’s outgoing police commander, urged attendants to speak with... 
by Alexandra Watts | Jan 13, 2017
Gul Siddiqi is the Arizona area manager of Helping Hand for Relief and Development. Siddiqi believes the biggest misconception about refugees is that they want to leave their country, when in fact, they’d prefer to stay in their home country. Click below to... 
by Katherine Ellis | Jan 13, 2017
Jennifer Wheeler has built a life around the Navajo language. She remembers sitting with her grandmother as a young girl, listening to her read a Navajo translated version of the Bible. Those experiences helped shape her life’s work. “I remember her reading... 
by Jonathon House | Jan 13, 2017
Mason Conway used to teach at a for-profit university. Between the students and administration, he was miserable and brought that misery and stress home to his partner David Bjorn. After the university went bankrupt, Bjorn saw that as an opportunity to push Conway... 
by Katherine Ellis | Jan 13, 2017
In an attempt to preserve the Navajo language through the use of popular culture, Navajo Nation Museum director Manuelito Wheeler brought about the translation of movies “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” and “Finding Nemo.” Casting these projects... by Kristin Torres | Jan 13, 2017
“That’s why I started the block watch–because I had big problems,” says Rosa Pastrana, founder and captain of the Osborn Block Watch. After her truck was stolen three times, she decided to take a more active role in keeping her neighborhood safe. Last year, a...
