Local college students and seniors isolated by the pandemic are helping each other, thanks to a USF St. Petersburg program called St. Pete Friends that encourages letter writing and telephone calls to lift each other's spirits.
Lynching of Black Americans remains a horrible legacy from the Jim Crow era. Grassroots organizations in Tampa and St. Petersburg are working with the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative to create memorials to local victims of racial violence.
Tampa Bay Area high school and college students acquire valuable tech skills and pitch innovative product ideas to Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington despite COVID-19 disruptions.
Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger is partnering with a variety of community organizations to bring meals to children who might otherwise go hungry during the coronavirus pandemic.
A Clearwater tech entrepreneur is the coordinator for a local team participating in a global virtual hackathon April 9-12 to identify novel solutions to the COVID-19 crisis.
Making 3D printed face shields and superhero masks, feeding healthcare workers, and turning breweries into manufacturers of hand sanitizer are among the Tampa Bay Area's creative responses to the risks posed by COVID-19.
The Greenhouse has teamed up with St. Pete-based tech company Lunchpool to go virtual with 1 Million Cups St. Pete for the first time in response to safety concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
Who really is shaking up the system and working to create a “new economy” that puts people and the planet first? Tampa activist Jan Roberts is going back on the road again to tell the stories of the nation's change-makers.
A Venezuelan immigrant turned Tampa entrepreneur brings together businesses, technology, and kids in a unique social enterprise connecting Florida to South America.
Fairgrounds, a new interactive, experiential arts destination under construction in historically impoverished South St. Pete, is an example of creative placemaking designed to celebrate the arts, creativity, and play while creating jobs and economic opportunities.
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