The 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer's in Indianapolis was held at Carroll Stadium on Sept. 30. At the time of the event, over $1.1 million had already been raised, surpassing the record of over $1 million that was achieved in 2022.
Juneteenth marks the long road to freedom
By Salsabil F. Qaddoura and Zariya O’Yanna Burnes | June 19Juneteenth, shortened from "June Nineteenth," is a federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Celebrated on June 19, it honors the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the last enslaved people in the state were free. Widely observed as an African American holiday, Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States.
Pride Month spotlights LGBTQIA+ artists shaping music
By Zariya O’Yanna Burnes | June 3June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture, honor the history of the movement and support LGBTQIA+ people and organizations. The monthlong observance honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, widely considered a turning point in the LGBTQIA+ rights movement in the United States. The first Pride march in New York City was held June 28, 1970, on the first anniversary of Stonewall.
Troi Wharton had to learn how to walk again. Ten years later, she walked the Kelley graduation stage.
By Salsabil F. Qaddoura | May 31Troi Wharton remembers the first time people noticed she could not walk straight. It was 2016, and Pokémon Go had taken over the summer. Wharton, then 20, was playing the game around Indianapolis with friends and family. At the canal. At the zoo. Anywhere her phone told her another Pokémon might appear. The game required players to physically move through the real world. For Wharton, that meant walking more than usual. For the people around her, it meant seeing what she had not yet accepted.
