14th Annual Toys for Tots Drive Distributes over 4,000 Holiday Toys to Ward 6 Families

By Paul Taylor For the 14th consecutive year, the Southwest Comm-Unity Annual Christmas Toys for Tots drive and distribution was another huge success. Held on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, this year’s event distributed over 4,000 toys to families throughout Ward 6.   The generous supply of toys […]

Evocative, Award-Winning Play The High Ground Opens at Arena Stage

By Sheila Wickouski Arena Stage presents a world premiere of award-winning playwright Nathan Alan Davis’ The  High Ground, a visceral story in which a Black man in Army uniform stands on Tulsa’s Standpipe Hill reflecting on the destruction and desecration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, violence that became known as the […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Features Local Icons in Exhibit of Historic Images

By Southwester Staff Washington, DC-based musicians, leaders and activists are among the 37 prominent Black Americans featured in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s new exhibit Spirit in the Dark: Religion in Black Music, Activism, and Popular Culture. The exhibit examines Black religious life through a […]

Breast Cancer Support Group Kicks off 2023 with Packed Meeting

Next Meeting to Focus on Men’s Health & Black History Month, on Feb. 15 at 6:30pm By Southwester Staff The Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund (TDJBCF) New Year’s breast cancer support group celebration held on Wednesday, January 18 was emceed by Dr. Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza, Assistant Professor of […]

Richard Wright Public Charter School Leader, Students Receive Presidential Award

By: Jamari Tyree, Grade 10 Richard Wright PCS Student Writer Dr. Marco Clark, also known as “America’s toughest principal,” has accomplished many feats in the education sector nationally and, for the last 15 years, in Washington, DC.  On January 13, Clark hit another major mark as he became the recipient […]