Posted on · Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues — a place for the audience to share personal opinions and have the opportunity to ask questions of leading experts on any given subject.
Posted on · Episode: 1907 It is Earlier Than We Think. The road ahead is longer than we thought. Today, it is earlier than we think.
Posted on · How has the relationship between African-Americans and Houston law enforcement changed since 2016?
Posted on · Houston Matters learns more about Korean-American culture in Houston from some longtime members of Houston's Korean community.
Posted on · What changes do Houstonians want to see in our city in 2018?
Posted on · "If a person has the means to help, then they should. And so that’s what I did," said Erica Kang, a teacher at YES Prep Southeast
Posted on · Organizers say it’s designed to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate participation in anti-crime programs (like neighborhood watch groups), and strengthen community and police partnerships.
Posted on · Houston Public Media and Univision 45 to hold live Town Hall to explore issues around immigration and stories of success.
Posted on · Episode: 1353 In which we visit a small town. Today, let’s visit a small town.
Posted on · Five years ago, Rice University launched a program to connect students with organizations in Houston's Fifth Ward. The primary goal of the Community Bridges program is to sustainably reduce poverty in the area, which community leaders describe as impoverished. One of the organizations Rice is partnering with is Small Steps Nurturing Center. It's a preschool […]
Posted on · The Houston Sun will be celebrating its 30th anniversary in December. The community newspaper targets the African American demographic in Houston. We talk with its founder and publisher, Dorris Ellis, about the history of the paper and the changing role of the community newspaper in an evolving media age.
Posted on · It’s worth noting that more than 20,000 volunteers have kept the largest rodeo in the world running for the last three weeks, as they do every year. Volunteer Houston estimates about 200,000 to 300,000 people volunteer around the city annually between their organization, the Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Houston Food Bank and the United […]
Posted on · We discuss how religious organizations throughout Greater Houston often find themselves engaged on two fronts: supporting their own congregants with services and events based on their particular religious beliefs, and providing services to the community at large, based on the moral convictions of the congregation, regardless of whether those served hold similar religious views. Along […]
Posted on · Cindy Chapman talks about the Westbury Community Garden and her favorite foods to plant there. The Westbury Area Improvement Corporation is working with the city to save the property as a green space. The group is raising money for that effort. You can find out more about it here.
Posted on · If you’ve ever Googled the phrase “volunteering in Houston,†you’ll find hundreds of organizations that you can connect with. One of the oldest though — and a solely female volunteer group — is the Houston Junior Forum. It’s been around for 67 years with a focus on helping kids and senior Houstonians — all while […]