Katrina Adams pours all of herself into the community she serves as a philanthropic program officer, entrepreneur and nonprofit executive

A North Omaha renaissance is underway and bound up in it are people like Katrina Adams: committed to making a difference. The Omaha native describes herself as a “community advocate with a vision and a plan.” While most of her advocacy comes as a Community Investment program manager with the Omaha Community Foundation and founding board member for the House of Afros, Capes & Curls, she’s added a new point of entry via her nonprofit, POC Collaborative.

Dreion Sounds the Alarm of Injustice through Music

Breakout success for 23-year-old Da’Dreion Murrell, who plays piano and drums, may not be far away. Music from his debut EP I Am Life is sampled in the new feature film Foster Boy that dramatizes the ills of the foster care system. “I feel sharing my story could help a lot of people here. A lot of them can relate to things I’ve lived through. “ – Leo Adam Biga

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Aligned with the Spirit, Felicia Webster Creates in Love

In this new NOISE feature profile, Leo Adam Biga takes the measure of multidimensional artist Felicia Webster. Her performances and projects promote investing in social change and learning to lean into our authentic selves. Her work is all about helping to cultivate our personal and collective capacities in the name of greater community and love.

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Centering the Margins: Gabrielle Union Speaks on Racial Equity, Trans Visibility, and Advocating for Change

Gabrielle Union speaks with Leo Adam Biga in this exclusive interview about her family’s support of healthcare for trans people, racial equity in Black Lives Matter-era, and what people in positions of privilege can do to advocate and advance equity for all.

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Remembering Marshall Taylor: Founder of the Aframerican Bookstore

The late Marshall Taylor devoted the last three decades of his life to making the independent Aframerican Bookstore a rich cultural resource in a transitional urban landscape. 83-year-old Taylor died on July 7. He’s survived by his wife, Annlattea “Annette” Green-Taylor. The couple has been a fixture at the 3226 Lake Street store whose impact extends far beyond the brick and mortar shop.

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Against the Current: Lift Every Voice

An emboldened Black Lives Matter movement has a broad new following whose philosophical alignment is national, even global, but leadership is hyperlocal. NOISE spoke with and listened to old and new voices amid this tableau of change for their perspectives and experiences of the struggle. - Leo Adam Biga

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Carina Glover brings Women Together through Tech and Collaboration

Carina Glover brings women entrepreneurs together through the app, HerHeadquarters, the latest successful business venture by this Omaha native with multi-media mogul aspirations. – Leo Adam Biga

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