Ukrainian refugee, SPC student earns prestigious scholarship

Yelyzaveta “Zali” Yurchevska was preoccupied with survival in war-torn Ukraine less than three years ago. The St. Petersburg College graduate will now pursue a filmmaking career in New York City.

Yurchevska, 19, recently became one of 90 nationwide recipients of the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. She could not have attended a four-year university without the award.

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Congresswoman drives support for Black-owned businesses

Many burgeoning Black entrepreneurs struggle to access capital and navigate the bureaucracy associated with owning a business. They have a local champion in Washington, D.C.

Congresswoman Kathy Castor organized a bus tour Thursday to spotlight Black-owned businesses in St. Petersburg. “We want to spend our Juneteenth out there telling their stories and encouraging our neighbors to support them,” she said.

Arts Alive!: Daniel Wood, Bay Area Street Collective

Today’s guest on the Arts Alive! podcast is Daniel Wood, who’s made a career out of supporting the arts, first in his native England, and since 2017 in the United States.

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