Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Recognized for Groundbreaking Cell Phone Lending Program

The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District has been recognized by two national library trade industry groups for its innovative Cell Phone Lending Program — which bridged social technology gaps by aiding more than 400 low-income and unhoused residents with wireless communication and internet services.  The Library District has been selected to receive the 2023 Library […]

Community Speaks – May 2023

What do you say to our young Black men about staying safe?

Cox awards $35,000 in diversity scholarships to 10 graduating seniors

Over the past decade, Cox Las Vegas has presented $350,000 in scholarships to college-bound high school seniors in Clark County as part of its annual Cox Diversity Scholarship program, including $35,000 to 10 members of the Class of 2023. The scholarships are $3,500 each and awarded in partnership with the Public Education Foundation and Southern […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Healing Souls With The DJ: A Centerpiece Of Music Culture BY DR. ELLEN BROWN Music is said to be medicine for the soul. With every significant life event, memories are almost always entwined with music. Once the sounds are created and released to the universe, a healing element goes to work. It turns, twists, re-creates, […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER | Dr. Ellen Brown

Lead And They Will Follow: 7 Lessons On Persuasion & Power BY DR. ELLEN BROWN It has been said, “If you lead, they will follow.” This statement implies that people are looking for someone to show them the way to go or what decisions to make. It may not be true in all circumstances — […]

Great Scott! Southwest Gas helps beautify North Las Vegas campus

More than 100 Southwest Gas volunteers helped beautify Jesse D. Scott Elementary School in early April by installing a sensory and butterfly garden, planting more than 80 trees and plants around the campus, and spreading 38 tons of landscape rock. The beautification project is the result of a $25,000 donation to the Title I school […]

Letter from the Publishers

Mother of all editions We love this time of year, when Americans pause to honor and give thanks to God’s greatest gift: our mothers. We offer wishes for a very happy Mother’s Day — and please know that we sincerely appreciate everything you do for families, communities, and humanity. In that spirit, this month’s cover […]

Mentally, This Where America At! | By Louie Overstreet

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET I cannot recall America’s mental health being in this bad of shape. People are suffering with untreated psychological problems that are harmful to themselves, and others suffer with problems that are harmful to society. All have access to guns used to kill themselves or to commit mass murders. Sadly, these mental states […]

Tribal Word Meanings Ain’t The Same | By Louie Overstreet

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET It is obvious that there are different calls-to-action when people — depending on tribal or political perspective — hear words like “big lie,” “social media,” “weaponizing,” “woke,” and the current bogeyman, “critical race theory.” When different tribes have alternate definitions for words, then they can use their decoder rings to determine what […]

Letter from the Publishers

Spring, Forward Spring is in the air, and this issue of Las Vegas Black Image is again centered on words by — and visuals of — people who are dedicated to making our city wonderful. It is all made possible by our supportive advertisers, who continue demonstrating an unshakable belief in the uplift and progress […]

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