Mark your calendars for a free event featuring Black-owned businesses, speakers, children’s activities, vendor tables and more at ⁠MLK NOW 2024⁠ by BOB Rewards Club, held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Veterans Memorial Building, 50 2nd Ave. Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (BOB stands for Black-owned businesses.)

Learn more at (www.mlknow.com).

Teacher, activist, and motivational speaker MeJa Pinkney shares her valuable perspective on being an educator beyond the classroom. According to MeJa, the focus often is on what kids are doing rather than why they're doing it. Join our conversation with returning guest MeJa as she shares more insights on how to inspire our students beyond the curriculum. Don't miss out! #education #motivation #perspective #2blackpodcast #blackiowanews #blackpodcast

The hosts discuss the Florida shooting at Jacksonville Dollar General. According to CNN, "It took less than an hour for the gunman to travel from the Family Dollar – where investigators believed he initially planned to carry his attack – to nearby Edward Waters University and then to the Dollar General where he killed three victims, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office."

Bobbye Wagner, writer and producer of a documentary film entitled ‘The Pink Canopy’.  This film reveals the life of an Iowa Educator and her battle with a mental illness. 

Teresa Zilk, Creator of Stories to Tell My daughter, discusses the experience behind story telling with co-host Lya

Part 2 of Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker, and Happiness Maker sharing her story as a survivor of domestic violence.

Andrea Smith, Survivor, List Maker and Happiness Maker shares about her experience with domestic violence as a black woman.

Black Iowa News founder Dana James makes history with the Black Iowa Newspaper.