Looking for a new or different way to honor a loved one’s birthday, anniversary, wedding announcement, retirement, or good deeds? How about creating a message to blink out to passersby from the marquee at Tampa Theatre?

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.

Feeling unusually stressed? You're not alone. Psychiatrists Dr. Carlin Barnes and Dr. Marketa Wills offer 4 tips for taking charge of your mental and emotional health during periods of stress.

The University Area Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit whose mission is the redevelopment and sustainability of the at-risk areas surrounding the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida, is often lifted up as a model for making progress. 83 Degrees asked its Founder, former Florida State Sen. Victor Crist, to describe how the UACDC in North Tampa was created and what makes it a success and duplicable for other neighborhoods. Read his assessment.

Ross Fabian, a long-time resident of the neighborhood served by the University Area CDC, shares his thoughts and vision for what more is needed to improve the local environment to promote healthy and productive lives for all. 

Tampa Bay Wave's 2020 TechDiversity Accelerator is designed for early-stage tech companies that are majority-owned, controlled, and operated by a minority, woman, veteran, disabled, or LGBTQ person or persons.

"I appreciate those reaching out to ask what they can do; I am not OK with people reaching out just to say I am sorry. I know many feel the need to say something, but I recommend the first step to be looking in the mirror and pledging to do better in your own sphere of influence.''

The CRA developed the pilot program to help jump-start downtown restaurants’ recovery in the wake of COVID-19 and also to encourage the local residents to explore downtown’s unique assets.

Some of the whys and hows of recent protests, and the horrific event that preceded them, can be found in history. Tampa’s own experience with race relations and the Civil Rights Movement is punctuated with confrontations similar to what has occurred over the past few days and weeks.