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South Dallas is hosted back-to-school fairs to provide thousands of free backpacks, haircuts, vaccines, school supplies and other giveaways to help families prepare for the start of the school year.

Dallas Free Press is seeking a visual journalist to join their team to capture the beauty and assets of the West Dallas and South Dallas communities.

Natashia Gerald, a 42-year-old Dallas resident, is running for Dallas ISD District 5 trustee to advocate for effective programs and practices that meet the diverse needs of students in West Dallas.

Byron Sanders, a 20-year education leader and former CEO of Big Thought, is running for Dallas ISD District 5 trustee to ensure that Dallas ISD becomes a model of innovation, equity, and excellence for all students.

The Dallas Free Press has released a Voter Guide to help residents prepare for the May 3rd election, including information on registration, polling locations, candidates, and early voting.

The Civic Atlas is a new tool that makes public Dallas zoning and building permit data easy to use, designed to help residents of South and West Dallas track proposed developments that could impact their property values and taxes.

Dallas ISD is reopening Thomas Edison as the West Dallas Junior High, after years of advocating from neighbors, to provide seventh- and eighth-graders in the neighborhood with their own school.

The Dallas Free Press has had an impactful 2023, with a renewed commitment to racial equity, the launch of the Dallas Documenters program, an expansion to Lincoln High School, increased partnerships with local media, and an expanding and resilient team.

South Dallas is defined by its residents as zip codes 75210 and 75215, and a small portion of 75223 and 75226, and is a 14-square-mile area immediately south of Downtown, but immediately north and northeast of Oak Cliff.

West Dallas is defined by its neighbors as south of the Trinity River and north of I-30, with Highway 12 creating the western border, and is comprised of almost the entirety of zip code 75212.

Minutes after a TribFest interview promoting nonpartisan local governance, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced his switch from the Democratic to the Republican Party in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.

West Dallas has been busy — and our events calendar shows it. Over the past 10 days alone, neighbors gathered at meetings, planning sessions, and community conversations that speak to housing, infrastructure, and the future of the neighborhood. Here’s a quick look at what we heard, where we showed up, and what’s coming next.

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The Juanita Craft Civil Rights House and Museum and the Kathlyn Joy Gilliam House have both been reopened after extensive restoration, and are now available for tours and educational events.

The historically Black working-class neighborhood of Gilbert-Emory in West Dallas is facing gentrification due to the influx of new, much larger homes and the sale of the land where the segregated Black Fred Douglass School once stood, leading to frustration among longtime residents.

Dallas Free Press completed the Dallas TRHT 2022 ReNOW cohort, resulting in a racial equity policy and plans, as well as the launch of the Dallas Documenters program to recruit BIPOC residents to become community reporters and storytellers.

In early 2023. Dallas Free Press will be the 10th newsroom in America to host the Documenters Network, which recruits, trains and, most importantly, pays residents for their time spent attending meetings, taking notes to contribute to the public record, and sharing back to their communities.

The Dallas Free Press is participating in The Trust Project's Phase VII cohort to rebuild trust in news media and combat misinformation by adding the project's 8 Trust Indicators to their website.

The Dallas Free Press is hosting a coffee event at Mokah Coffee + Tea to discuss their Documenters program and preview what's ahead in 2023.

The Dallas Free Press team will be hosting a community coffee event tomorrow, Sept. 14, at Mokah from 8-9:30 a.m. to introduce their Report for America corps member Jeffrey Ruiz and discuss the role of community journalism in South and West Dallas.

Dallas Free Press has been nominated for two 2022 LION Local Journalism Awards for their "Dallas Forgot" project and pop-up newsroom, which have been successful in connecting with the community and providing equitable, community-centered journalism.

Dallas Free Press was named one of Big D's best news outlets by D Magazine and is working with other local newsrooms to tackle civic issues, while also raising funds to support their Report for America corps member Jeffrey Ruiz.

Phase 4 of the month-long food park aimed to create a community environment for South Dallas residents and businesses of color.

Esther Villareal, a West Dallas mother, teacher, and gardener, was appointed to the city's new environmental commission, and the West Dallas STEM school will open its new campus, with West Dallas families having priority admission.

Dallas Free Press has successfully increased its text subscribers threefold and expanded its pop-up newsroom outreach to South Dallas events, while also supporting local Black- and Latino-owned businesses.

Dallas Free Press was recognized by the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Local Independent Online News Publishers for its innovative use of text messaging to grow readership and its commitment to community-centered journalism.

Dallas Free Press was named the New Publisher of the Year by LION Publishers, and received awards for Best Coronavirus Coverage and Game-Changer for its text messaging service, recognizing its commitment to community-centered journalism.

Dallas Free Press has added two new community journalists to their staff, and is seeking a development manager to focus on fundraising, supported by a 2-year fellowship with training and guidance provided by LION.

Dallas Free Press is seeking an adept communicator who is highly organized to build strong relationships with potential major donors, funders and corporate sponsors.

Dallas Free Press conducted a study with UT Austin's Center for Media Engagement to better understand the needs of South and West Dallas communities, and will host events this fall to present the findings and discuss how their work will respond to the community's requests.

Dallas Free Press has launched a journalism pathway from Dallas high schools to Dallas newsrooms, starting with efforts to educate high school students. We are looking for a part-time journalism pathway coordinator to work with students in South Dallas and West Dallas.

Dallas Free Press has launched a pop-up newsroom at the MLK Food Park in South Dallas to listen to neighbors' stories, provide wooden nickels for food vendors, and highlight the importance of civic journalism and government transparency.

A couple doors down from the corner of Driskell and Wendelkin streets in South Dallas is what used to be a beautiful historic landmark, the Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Museum, now completely damaged from two intentionally set fires.

This Dallas Free Press survey will inform our community journalism efforts in South Dallas and West Dallas, and help our launching-soon local media collaborative determine its focus topic.

Dallas Free Press is working to bridge the digital divide in Dallas by partnering with KERA and the Solutions Journalism Network to report on internet initiatives and provide coverage to the community through various platforms.

The Dallas Free Press is hiring journalists to cover the challenges of food apartheid in South Dallas and West Dallas, while listening to and amplifying the voices of the community.

Dallas Free Press recently asked questions about the South Dallas Fair Park PID to try to understand how these tax dollars are benefitting the neighborhood, and how COVID might be impacting the work.