Conversations: Call for Change

In Texas, there are 13 law firms registered as women-owned with the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms. NBC 5’s Vince Sims talks with attorney Amy Stewart about her firm and its impact inside and outside the courtroom.

Nov.30 marks the last day of Native American Heritage Month. An advocacy group based in DFW hopes we’ll all continue educating ourselves and becoming “Native Aware.” In today’s Community Conversations: A Call for Change, the president of Partnership With Native Americans, Joshua Arce, explained the need for critical resource...

It’s called the Confess Project of America. The goal is to build a culture of mental health for Black boys, men, and their families. One way this is being done is bringing mental health discussions to the barbershop and training barbers how to have these talks. Vince Sims has more in today’s Community Conversations: A Call for Change....

When he’s not patrolling the streets and keeping our communities safer as a police officer, Brant Anderson owns his own business, Olphactory Candles, where he creates what he calls a “sensory experience” with his custom candles. ONLINE: Instagram.

One way to fight generational poverty is to get some education beyond high school. One Dallas man has created an organization called Scholarshot to help first-generation and at-risk college students with resources and support to graduate. NBC 5’s Vince Sims has more in today’s Conversations: Call for Change.

The ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated are celebrating 100 years of service in November. The national president, leading more than 100,000 women across the globe, lives right here in Texas. Rasheeda Liberty explains how their service is building businesses and saving lives.

The new reigning Miss Dallas USA 2022, Ronnisha Peterson, has a platform to push the importance of education through culture and diversity. Vince Sims learns more in today’s Community Conversation: A Call for Change.

Breast cancer now causes more deaths than any other type of cancer among Black women, according to an American Cancer Society report earlier this year. It’s the topic of today’s Community Conversation with Dr. Lucy Wallace, Medical Director of Baylor’s Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Center in Dallas.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is one of the premier historically Black sororities in the world. More than 300,000 women belong to the organization which focuses on public service. Its national president, Elsie Cooke-Holmes, who lives in North Texas, sat down with NBC 5’s Brittney Johnson to discuss her top priorities for the sorori...

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is the oldest college-based sorority for African American women. And for the first time in its history, the sorority’s international president and CEO, Danette Anthony Reed, lives in North Texas.

Diversity, equality and inclusion, or DEI, became a big movement after the death of George Floyd. NBC 5’s Vince Sims shows how one local company is helping other businesses keep DEI a priority.

A father’s love for his son with autism inspired him to create a nonprofit to help others with autism. Fort Worth native Ken Harrison says his son’s love of art is a type of therapy. Therefore, he created The National Aurtism Foundation and is bringing it to North Texas. Vince Sims learns more in today’s Conversation: A Call for.....

Several North Texas businesses won a Job Creators Quest grant from National Nonprofit Founders First CDC. The national organization’s mission is to empower expansion of diverse founder-led businesses. NBC 5’s Vince Sims talks to a grant recipient and has more on how you could get a grant in today’s Conversations: A Call for Change...