Conversations: Call for Change

‘Undesign the RedLine’, an exhibit that drew attention in the Dallas City Hall lobby last year, is going virtual for a return engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The second season of “Washed” is currently available to view on Amazon. The show is about people in their 30s and is based and filmed in Dallas.

Election Day is 4 weeks away and Faith leaders in Dallas are encouraging young people to become poll workers. NBC 5’s Noelle Walker talks to Rabbi Nancy Kasten, Robert Elkin & Reverend Stacey Brown.

A free program is helping to shine a light on Asian American and Black women working towards cross cultural understanding. The 6th annual Women’s Leadership Series, hosted by Asia Society Texas Center, features Ruth Simmons, President of Prairie View A&M University and Helen Zia, a journalist and activist for the Asian American and LGBTQ ...

NBC 5’s “Community Conversations” series continues with the CEO and President of the United Way of Tarrant County, Leah King. King is leading a non-profit that is changing lives daily and in the past several months, has used her platform “Seat at the Table” to educate.

An incident during a middle school football game that left a teenager fighting back tears led to a community conversation, NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero sat down with a mother and a coach about change in culture that needs to happen in sports..

Some University of North Texas graduates are behind an effort launched on Juneteenth called the North Texas Artist Auction. The goal is to raise money for organizations supporting both racial justice and COVID-19 relief. In today’s Community Conversation, NBC 5’s Kristi Nelson spoke with Mariah Tyler, who helped organize the auction, an...

The construction that is underway at I-45 and Martin Luther King Boulevard will be a market, offering groceries to help alleviate food desert issues in the “Forest District,” up the street from Fair Park and near the famous Forest Theater. That project, among others, is one of many underways to transform this historic, predominantly Bla...

SMU President Gerald Turner and Chief Diversity Officer Maria Dixon-Hall joined NBC 5 Today anchor Laura Harris for a community conversation.

A national movement with the purpose of shifting the perception and negative stereotypes of black men is in motion. Flash Mob Photoshoots showcasing black men in sharp-tailored suits started in Dallas and has spread to cities across the country. In today’s ‘Community Conversation : A Call for Change’, NBC 5’s Evan Anderson s...

Fort Worth ISD has a Racial Equity Committee that is working to ensure all students have a chance at academic success. In today’s Conversation: a Call for Change, NBC 5’s Lili Zheng talks with two members of the REC, Ashley Paz and Quinton Phillips about their goals and how the community can get involved.

The National Institutes of Health will award $12 million towards community engagement research efforts in areas hardest hit by COVID-19.

In today’s Community Conversation, millions of grant dollars are coming to Texas to help bridge the gap in racial disparities of COVID-19. Minority groups have been hit harder by the pandemic and now a team from the UNT Health Science Center will use grant money to help recruit minorities into vaccine trials and dispel false information about...