Posts by Ashley Thornton
Waco Family & Faith International Film Festival: A Film Festival for All!
“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change – It can not only move us, it makes us move!” — Ossie Davis, Award-winning Actor of TV, Stage, and Film By Dr. Tyrha M. Lindsey-Warren, Festival Founder + Producer The inaugural Waco Family & Faith International Film Festival, taking…
Read MoreAlongside: Ministry, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Creativity!
By Jo Ann Sharkey Reinowski On Friday and Saturday, January 24-25, Truett Seminary is welcoming 20 leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, non-profit, co-vocational, and creative ministry to share their experiences at the Alongside: Ministry Innovation Conference. The conference was born out of a need to celebrate and explore creative and non-traditional approaches to ministry. The mission…
Read MoreThank you, Buddy Edwards! Caritas of Waco Executive Director Retiring
The Board of Directors of Caritas of Waco is announcing that the organization’s Executive Director, Buddy Edwards, will retire effective May 31, 2020. Edwards’ retirement comes after over twelve years of service with Caritas—first as Assistant Executive Director and then as Executive Director since December 1, 2008. The Board will undertake a search for Edwards’…
Read MoreUniting the Community to Curb Binge Drinking
By Jessica Wheeler-Macias Over the last 6 years, a group of concerned community members has been striving to reduce substance use and misuse in Waco and surrounding communities. The Voices Against Substance Abuse, or VASA, community coalition consists of representatives from various community sectors, such as education, law enforcement, faith-based organizations, community services, substance abuse…
Read MoreA New Performing Arts Center in Downtown Waco? Your input is requested.
Press Release WACO, TX (January 9, 2020) – The City of Waco, with input from Creative Waco, has engaged Keen Independent Research to examine the feasibility of creating a center for performing arts in Downtown Waco. This study requires a thorough exploration of the market for arts in the region, needs of local organizations, operating/capital…
Read MoreQ&A with the MCC Cosmetology Department
By Stacy Burger Laura Hays, program director of the Cosmetology Department at McLennan Community College, answered our questions about this department and this exciting career path. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. Tell us about the MCC Cosmetology Department generally. The MCC Cosmetology Department began in the late 1970s. The department…
Read MoreProsper Waco Hires Ferrell Foster as Content Specialist for Care and Communication
Prosper Waco is pleased to announce the hiring of Ferrell Foster as content specialist for care and communication. In this role, Foster will develop, coordinate and execute projects and initiatives that advance benchmark indicators in health for Prosper Waco. He will also implement a network of partnerships to build and strengthen a continuum of care…
Read MoreProsper Waco Hires Hermann Pereira as Senior Content Specialist to Advance and Strengthen Work in Education
Prosper Waco is pleased to announce the hiring of Hermann Pereira as senior content specialist for education. In this role, Pereira will implement strategic approaches to engage the Waco community in collaborative work for the measurable betterment of education, deepen the engagement of Prosper Waco’s partners in education, coordinate and mobilize community working groups and…
Read MoreTop 10 “Most Opened” Blog Posts of 2019
by Ashley Bean Thornton One of my favorite things to do in the world is edit the Act Locally Waco blog. December is a wonderful, but hectic, month for most of us. Because of that, it has become our tradition to give our beautiful bloggers a month to focus on family, friends and the joys…
Read MoreA Heart as Big as An Elephant
They say an elephant never forgets, and Brenda Gay’s Friends will never forget her elephant loving legacy. When her son, Nathaniel Gay, was born in 1977, Brenda Gay got him his first stuffed animal – an elephant. Her love for elephants grew over the next 42 years. She laughingly blamed Nathaniel when her elephant collection…
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