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Archive | July, 2020
Neighbor Spotlight – Zahary Torres – August 2020
by Lee Gutowski Zashary Torres is a young Riverwesterwho has lived here since she was three.She turned 23 this July, when we satfor a “socially-distanced” interview in herback yard. “Yep! I’ve lived here for 20 years.I consider myself a hard core Riverwester,”she agreed as we started our chat.Zashary (who goes by “Zashy” or“Zash”) has boundless […]
Change the World
Photo by Joe Brusky by George Martin George Floyd’s daughter Gigi, 6, shouted “Daddy changed the world!” after her dad’s arrest-death. The country and the world saw George Floyd’s life squeezed out of him by a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. Since his death on May 25, 2020, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) […]
Living Black – On Black Experience
By Ellen C WarrenI know that there is a lot to take in and digest right now regarding the injustices heaped upon Black people, as well as other people of color. But I invite you to continue learning, even when it gets painful. Some folks don’t have a choice.On that note, I wish to share […]
Neighbor Spotlight – Dale Jones
Dale Jones photo by Lee Gutowski by Lee Gutowski Dale Jones sat on a porch in Riverwest recently for an interview with the Riverwest Currents. Porches are his natural element at the moment; from this porch, Dale can point out more than one that he’s built or worked on right on this very block. And […]