My International District

Three months into his new job, Anthony Mays takes seriously the fact that he is the first Black superintendent of the Alief Independent School District, [...]

Thanks to Cathy Podell, more than 600 people from near and far have made their first curious visits to Asian and South Asian restaurants and [...]

The Vietnamese Culture and Science Association has been one of Houston’s many community organization treasures since its founding in 1990 by Bao N. Nguyen. However, [...]

The national spotlight is shining on a local community leader. Delores “Dee” Jones, business and community partnership coordinator for the Alief Independent School District, has [...]

By Chinese New Year in January, a team of Houston Police Department officers will take local community relations to a new level: They’ll perform as [...]

Armed with a $10,000 grant from the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Alief filmmaker Quoc Huynh is flexing his creative muscles by [...]

For members of the Bangladeshi-American community in Houston, maintaining their cultural identity while living far from their native South Asian homeland is paramount. Now the [...]

At the Houston Police Department’s Westside Command station, the Explorers program for residents ages 14 through 21 is making an even stronger difference in the [...]