Artist Kim Klabe INspires Feelings of an Almost Human Nature
The year was 2017. As an artist and a citizen, Kim Klabe was frustrated. Living in Rehoboth, DE, she was painting flawlessly rendered oil paintings of seascapes, old beach cottages, and boats, trying...
Wilmington Continues to Stand IN Support of Black Lives
If you happened to be walking past Wilmington’s Federal building by the Western entrance of Peter Spencer Plaza on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 7, you would have caught a glimpse of a check-...
In the space of ten minutes, three passersbys on the 200 block of West 9th Street stop to praise the mural that artist Erica Jones is in the process of painting. On a step ladder, jars of milky paint...
Support Black Owned Businesses #inWilm
From Wilmington’s earliest times, the hard work of Black citizens in business has led to national recognition. The perseverance of free people, even in the face of discrimination, has INspired...
A pivotal scene in J.R. Martinez’s autobiography, Full of Heart, describes the moment that Martinez looked into the mirror for the first time after surviving a bomb that hit his Humvee while he was...
Hip-Hop, Chess, Language Arts and Math—Restoring Black Culture through Supplemental Learning
Literacy and math proficiency are challenges that a wide swath of students cannot overcome, despite hours a day of schooling and homework. It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes...
#PhilanthropySoWhite #NonprofitsSoWhite
It is certainly no secret that the philanthropy and nonprofit sector in this country is led by white men. As a Black executive director, I consider myself fortunate, as I have been successful...
Quarantine Check IN: The Delaware Contemporary
Nothing could have prepared Wilmington businesses and nonprofits for 2020 (and we aren’t even halfway finished yet!). Some business have folded under the constraints. I was personally saddened to...
