Category: Central Arkansas
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK– July 7, 2026 – The Bezos Earth Fund announced today that Little Rock is among eight U.S. cities to receive a $100 million investment as part of its Greening America’s Cities initiative to fund community-designed parks, beautiful large-scale green spaces, and immersive outdoor areas. Funding will be distributed […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – June 18, 2026 – Forward Arkansas, the nonprofit group established in 2015 by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and Walton Family Foundation to improve educational outcomes for Arkansas students, announced today that it is expanding access to an innovative education model to five school districts statewide, bringing […]
By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff May 1, 2026 – Pump prices in Arkansas are looking to breach the $4 per gallon mark in the coming weeks as oil prices surge above $100 per barrel with no indication of when the Strait of Hormuz will reopen, experts say. And with the traditional summer driving season only weeks away ahead […]
By Jeremy Hill, Arkansas Black Vitality Guest Columnist April 26, 2026 – It’s no secret that for far too long, our educator workforce has not reflected the diversity of our students. According to the Pew Research Center, only about 6–7% of teachers nationwide are Black. Of those, less than 2% are Black men. Here in […]
