LISC Jacksonville, Jacksonville University (JU), and local historians and community leaders gathered to unveil a new headstone for Cpl. William Johnson, a formerly enslaved man who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

As a kid, one of the things my Pop Warner football team would do when we got close to the opponents’ field would be to break out into this wild chant, asking ourselves, “Who are we?” We evidently knew, but the goal was to be so loud and boisterous that it intimidated the other team. …

Last month, LISC Jacksonville honored multiple community visionaries during its biennial Community Development Awards celebration at the Ritz Theatre & Museum. The award winners represent four highly successful community development initiatives that are creating economic and social advancement opportunities in Jacksonville’s historically under-resourced neighborhoods.