Conversations: Call for Change

NBC 5 was invited to listen in on a virtual town hall hosted by Urban One, Inc.’s 97.9 The Beat Sunday night. The discussion about voting and how to take the Black Lives Matter movement from protests to the polls was moderated by 97.9 The Beat Community Affairs Director and On-Air Personality Jamie “Jazze Radio-Chica” Maxie, it fe...

NBC 5’s ‘Community Conversations: A Call for Change’ continues today with an eye on Tarrant County. President of the Frederick Douglas Republicans of Tarrant County group chaplain Rich Stoglin and local businessman Taylor Gillig talk with Vince Sims about economic disparities and what needs to be done to overcome them.

NBC 5 continues our Community Conversations: A Call for Change taking a deeper look at a shift in corporate hiring where diversity and inclusion positions are on the rise. NBC 5’s Vince Sims talks with Daniel Zhao, a senior economist from Glassdoor, and Star Carter, the co-founder of diversity, equity and inclusion company Kanarys.

NBC 5’s Community Conversations: Call for Change aren’t the only conversations happening right now. The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is hosting a series called Crucial Conversations About Race and Racism in Our Community. NBC 5’s Vince Sims talked with Kamilah Collins, President of Collins Collaborations and the museum...

A new course focused on African-American culture and history will be taught in Texas high schools this fall. The state board of education approved the course as an elective back in April. In today’s “Conversations: Call for Change,” NBC 5’s Deborah Ferguson talks with the Dallas-area board member who gets credit for making i...

NBC 5 is continuing conversations about racial injustice and how to achieve effective change in North Texas. The City of Dallas held a series of conversations addressing issues of racial healing, police reform, health disparities and resilience. NBC5’s Kristi Nelson spoke with the executive director of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Trans...

NBC 5 is continuing the conversation about racial injustice and how change can be made in North Texas. NBC 5 was allowed to a gathering of Texas high school football coaches with social distance in place to listen and create change. NBC 5’s Pat Doney has the story.

NBC 5 is continuing conversations about racial injustice and how to achieve effective change in North Texas. Martyr’s Park on Commerce Street in Dallas is named for slaves lynched in Dallas. It’s just steps away from the Grassy Knoll, but few Dallas natives even know it’s there. NBC 5’s Kristi Nelson talks to Dallas City Cou...

The hosts behind Dallas-based radio show “DeDe in the Morning” say they have always used their platform to inform the public on social issues.

NBC 5 continues our Community Conversations: A Call for Change. In this edition, we hear from two brothers who during unsettling times and a pandemic, started their own business. Mene and Jabari Khepera started building and selling raised garden beds. Their company takes them all over the metroplex, but they are really focused on helping the unders...

NBC 5 continues our Community Conversations: A Call for Change. We have a community conversation with Reverend Peter Johnson and The D.O.C. , Tuesday, July 14, 2020.

NBC 5 continues our Community Conversations: A Call for Change. This edition takes us to the Richardson ISD where its students are leading the charge. About a month ago, a group of current and former students took a set of demands to the district’s superintendent. The list demanded changes the students believed are needed to dismantle what th...

NBC 5 continues our Community Conversations: A Call for Change. We spoke with two women doing just that. Estella Williams is president of the NAACP Fort Worth and just presented a list of demands to Fort Worth City Council about the Office of Police Oversight Monitor. Tonya Veasey is the newly appointed president and CEO of the Congressional Black ...