My Web Stories

Here are the articles I have written and published via newspapers and magazines.
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Gainesville Guardian

Equity or Extinction?

The phrase “equity or extinction” circulates throughout a neighborhood that is fighting to preserve the remnants of its history.

Vigil remembers lives lost to gun violence

About 100 people attended a vigil in solidarity to remember the lives lost to gun violence.

Photograph courtesy of Zora Neale Hurston Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Works of Zora Neale Hurston to be celebrated

The life of an iconic African-American author and writer will be celebrated during Black Women’s History Month in April.

Residents march to walk out the violence

Dozens of people walked through the neighborhoods of east Gainesville to bring an end to gun violence in the community.

Sweet opportunities

A non-profit organization showed middle and high school students that the college process can be a treat.

'Night Riders' keep history alive

A personal account of the pain, humiliation, and suffering experienced by a family during the during the 1950s and 60s is finally being told in a new book from the son of a prominent civil rights leader.

MOVE members speak about liberation

People were on a move to listen to former political prisoners of the MOVE Organization in honor of Father’s Day and to kick off Juneteenth week.

Mother shares joy of adoption

LaTrevia Garner believes it takes a village to raise a child and with November being National Adoption Month she said that meaning holds true.

Omegas honor local veterans

Residents paid their respects and showed their honor and gratitude to the men and women who served the country.

Photo Courtesy: The family of Barbara Higgins

Community to celebrate legacy of Barbara Higgins

April 2019 will mark the 25th anniversary of the death of a Gainesville
​human rights activist.

Family members, community celebrate legacy of Barbara Higgins

A woman who made so many contributions to the City of Gainesville and Alachua County was celebrated for her efforts and accomplishments during the first Saturday of Black History Month.

Community celebrates renovations of Barbara Higgins park

About a hundred people gathered in the Sugarhill community located in the southeast part of Gainesville to celebrate the renovations of a park that is nestled in the community that gave birth to one of the greatest human rights activist
​the city has ever seen.

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Carla Miles, the chief executive officer for the Greater Duval Neighborhood Association, is delivering food to seniors in her community. (Photo Courtesy: Carla Miles)

Neighbors helping neighbors

The Greater Duval Neighborhood Association in east Gainesville provided resources to the people in their community.

Volunteers prepared bags of food for the food distribution on Friday. (Photo Courtesy: Sherah English)

Feeding the multitude

Landmark Holy Temple of God hosted a food giveaway to provide relief to families during the pandemic.

3D mask clips help medical employees
​wearing face masks

Ochwilla Elementary School's robotics coach uses his skills to help medical professionals during the pandemic.

Fiona Stewart-Taylor places vegetables in the trunk of her car during Working Foods inaugural drive-thru farmers market. (Photo Courtesy: Katherine Ayers)

Non-profit hosts drive-thru
​farmers market

Working Food launched The Drive-Thru Farmers Market CSA to provide healthy food to residents while supporting farmers during the pandemic.

Zion Magazine

Gainesville native opens beauty supply store

What once was an idea has manifested into a dream that Fareed “Reed” Johnson is grateful for—owning his own beauty supply store in his hometown.

Photo Courtesy: Zachariah Chou

UF graduation marshal shoves Black graduates off stage, graduates reflect on controversy

Graduation is a joyous event where family members, friends and colleagues witness the accomplishments of graduates for their hard work and determination.
On May 5, people witnessed a marshal shoving graduates offstage while performing celebratory dances.

Gainesville esthetician opens cosmetics glamtique

The owner and founder of Jay-Jill Cosmetics and Jay-Jill Glamtique, Jill Williams, wants every woman to reach their maximum diva potential.

Photo Courtesy: Faye Williams

M.A.M.A.'s club supporters fight to bring back cultural center

M.A.M.A.’s Club closed down in December 2017 due to their inability to pay rent and needing more funds to keep it afloat. The club provided resources and enrichment through music, art and classes that taught topics like financial wealth, starting a business, community issues and more.

The Institute of Black Culture (left), the IBC. The Institute of Hispanic and Latinx Cultures (right), La Casita. Photo By: The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

UF, Gainesville community keeps Black and Latinx history alive with ‘Tale of Two Houses’ dialogue

The two houses that once stood on University Avenue in Gainesville were homes to University of Florida black and latinx students, faculty and staff during their time at the university as well as a home to the Gainesville community.

5th Avenue Arts Festival combines community and culture

The word Ujamaa in bright green letters placed across this year’s 39th Annual 5th Avenue Arts Festival booklet ushered in the momentum of the three-day festival’s theme, which was Ujamaa (Collective Economics): Working Towards De-Gentrification of the Community.