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The nation’s largest alternative certification program inspires the next generation of teachers and awards a total of $120,000 to 20 new teachers.

When the event began in 2014, there were 220 cars and 3,000 spectators. This year, there were approximately 50,000 spectators, featuring 1,200 vehicles and more than 100 vendor and sponsor booths. The growth has surpassed all expectations and it continues to excel.

Participants attend workshops with each other and learn from a roster of teaching artist facilitators. The curriculum will provide practical examples from the careers of the facilitators, a diversity of learning strategies for students, as well as actionable solutions to common problems in the classroom.

The February honorees are all from Newell Barney Junior High School and Queen Creek Junior High School.

What began as a small lodge outside Phoenix during the rise of cotton ranching in the early 1900s is now one of the country’s preeminent boutique retreats, marrying history with the latest creature comforts expected of today’s seasoned travelers.

Apply through March 1: $35,000 total available through Cox 2023 Diversity Scholars program.

Black History Month was officially established in 1976 by President Gerald Ford, who called the public to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history."

At Sunday's PhxArt Family Funday, Phoenix Art Museum will also unveil the newly restored digital artwork “Julian and Suzanne Walking” (2006) by British artist Julian Opie.

Dana Dumas, an African American woman, CEO and head chef of the SugarJam brands opened SugarJam The Southern Kitchen in January 2021.

This performance assembles an orchestra of profoundly accomplished musicians whose performances are ingrained in American popular culture. Members of the orchestra have been heard prolifically on Broadway, Off-Broadway, film and television. They have performed all over the world and recorded with a diverse range of influential musical giants.