Diversity + Inclusion

Elliott Young portrayed Frederick Douglass in Falcon's current production, "The Agitators."

Falcon Theatre teams up to showcase Black playwrights

Local Black playwrights will have their works brought to life by local actors in a virtual event.

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Understanding, valuing, and accepting others’ differences are the goals of this program

Previous graduates say that “Building Cultural Competence: A Program for Leaders” has helped them learn to value people’s experiences while becoming more comfortable telling their own.

Lightship Capital invests the largest venture capital fund in the Midwest for minority-led startups

The company has closed nearly $48 million for a $50 million fund for underrepresented groups seeking investment money.

Playwright Roger Collins’ surrealist story about a traffic stop goes virtual

He was inspired by the knowledge that, out of nearly 50,000 traffic stops carried out in the U.S. every day, many of them are not “routine” and end tragically.  

MORTAR Entrepreneurship Academy uses video of established business experts to train budding entrepreneurs.
MORTAR brings its crash course in starting a business to Northern Kentucky

It's an education in the challenges facing entrepreneurs, including writing a business plan, branding and marketing, finances, legal issues, distribution, and operations.

There’s a stadium going up in the West End, but an old theater could be just as vital

A critical step is establishing a lively business district in the West End begins with the Regal Theater, one of many theaters that breathed life into Cincinnati.

Making residents’ voices heard in the West End

Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses and The Port of Greater Cincinnati are working to keep current residents from being displaced.

An intersection of allies: Black Pride will host its first all-virtual celebration

Many communities have cancelled Pride events in June. But the history of the movement — combined with current civil unrest — hasn’t slowed activists down.

The right side of history: How white allies can support people of color

George Floyd’s death has caused civil unrest throughout the country. Here’s how one local woman is activating change.

The Gonzalez family of Fort Mitchell lost jobs during the pandemic. They received much-needed rent assistance from the Esperanza Center.
Esperanza Center stepped forward to provide relief to Northern Kentucky’s Latino community

The team has been informally operating 24 hours a day to receive calls and connect people with needed resources or answer questions related to the coronavirus pandemic.

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