community conversations

This Women’s History Month, a North Texas philanthropist is launching a new event to honor local women who are opening doors for other women. Dr. Cheryl Polote Williamson sat down for a conversation with NBC 5 ahead of her inaugural event to share why she believes we all benefit from investing in women and their businesses....Online...: Women of Influence...

As Black History Month comes to an end and Women’s History Month begins, we want to highlight someone making history in the Dallas Fire Rescue Department. The assistant fire chief, an African American woman, is paving the way for other young people to follow in her footsteps. NBC 5’s Vince Sims shares her journey in today’s Conversations: Call for...

Black History Month kicks off next week and there are several events planned to celebrate the history and growing diversity of McKinney. There’s a big party and fireside chats with local legends planning committee members Angela Richardson-Woods and Dr. Gere Feltus. They explained how they’re uniting people of all ages and backgrounds in today’s Conversation: Call for Change. Learn...

Texas State University has a department that is researching factors restraining minority-owned businesses’ growth and developing remedies for those issues. It has received a $400.000 grant to help expand efforts to help minority-owned businesses achieve greater success. Vince Sims has more in today’s Community Conversations.

Shannon Adams, the community services administrator with the Dallas Public Library, sits down with NBC 5’s Vince Sims to discuss her new book called “Social Justice at Storytime.” It’s a guide for librarians and educators for providing inclusive children’s programs.

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 resources in Native American communities.

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 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 sorority and her advice for young women.

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.

The Dallas Foundation and other organizations talk about tackling racial injustice in the community and put words into action. NBC 5’s Vince Sims reports.

Dallas city officials are hosting a series of community conversations centered around its recently adopted racial equity plan.

In the two years since the death of George Floyd, a Texas man has created a social justice platform that is used to provide virtual resources to different communities.

In this week’s Community Conversation, we sit down with Junior Ezeonu, the youngest council member in Grand Prairie history to date. He feels as a younger member, his perspective can be helpful in getting younger people involved in the community, and the political process.