Library District Extends Thank You for West Las Vegas Community Feedback

BY KELVIN WATSON | Executive Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District On behalf of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Board of Trustees and the Library District Staff, I want to offer our sincere thank you to all those who participated in our Community Planning Meeting on March 21. The goal of this meeting was […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Meet the Scholarship Doctor BY DR. ELLEN BROWN “Start earning scholarships at birth.” This is the message of The Scholarship Doctor. Doctors come in all forms and fashions — however, there is one thing in common: they have, in their chosen profession, attained, mastered, and documented a high level of knowledge and performance. This is […]

Letter from the Publishers

Happy Spring: April showers bringing us those May flowers It’s been a very rough time for the world, and we will all bloom if we keep praying and working toward positive outcomes and peace. Las Vegas Black Image celebrates the Honorable Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — for her relentless perseverance and grace in a Senate confirmation […]

SUPREME CONFIDENCE

How Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is inspiring people across America and the world. The confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — who is poised to become the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court — have captivated millions who find inspiration in the story of an extraordinary thinker who is ready to make history. […]

HEALTHIER YOU: Reproductive concerns for women

BY DR. ANNETTE MAYES, OB/GYN Endometriosis is a problem affecting a woman’s uterus — the place where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant. Endometriosis is when the kind of tissue that normally lines the uterus grows somewhere else. It can grow on the ovaries, behind the uterus, on the bowels, or on the […]

Compassion and community: aging with pride in modern healthcare

Compassion and community: aging with pride in modern healthcare By Cassandra Cotton, Nathan Adelson Hospice Community Outreach Manager Everyone living with a terminal illness should have access to high-quality palliative care, and be treated with dignity and respect. Being diagnosed with a terminal illness and approaching the end of life can be extremely difficult for […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

When am I Black enough? BY DR. ELLEN BROWN If she is confirmed, Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first Afr ican-American woman to take a seat on the highest court in the land. She is an appellate-court judge with credentials that prove her pedigree, knowledge, and accomplishments. Judge Brown Jackson is not the first […]

Public Input Welcomed For New Library

BY KELVIN WATSON | Executive Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District What do you value most about your West Las Vegas Library? How can we improve our programs and services to better serve you? We want to hear from residents of the Historic West Side as the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District considers reinvesting in […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS | Do we need a Black history workshop for young people?

Do we need a Black history workshop for young people? BY CLAYTEE D. WHITE One year before the Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, the White Lion landed at Point Comfort near the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The White Lion’s passengers included 20–30 Africans who helped to build the country. As the early […]

Why It’s Okay to Drive a Beater

Why It’s Okay to Drive a Beater BY CRAIG KIRKLAND, EVP/Director of Retail Banking, Nevada State Bank My mom keeps nearly everything, and I recently came across her promissory note for a car she bought in 1976. It was a 1972 American Motors SST Brougham station wagon that was 18 feet long with a V-8 […]

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