Naoka Foreman

May 28, 2024 | nevadacurrent.com | Naoka Foreman

A current employee at Vegas PBS has filed a discrimination complaint against the station, saying she’s risking her job because she wants to bring attention to “a culture of retaliation and racism.” Vegas PBS Director of Marketing Terry Chi in September filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) alleging systemic racism, retaliation against a whistleblower and workplace mobbing, or collective abuse from managers to...

Feb 27, 2024 | thenevadaindependent.com | Naoka Foreman

The Williams were the first Black family to move into Henderson’s segregated Carver Park housing project during the Great Migration in 1943, and year after year, they are depicted in Black History Month programs in Southern Nevada and state public literature. But that was all of the information historians knew about the Williams family.

Feb 15, 2024 | thenevadaindependent.com | Naoka Foreman

Cassandra Baker, 13, says watching her parents struggle financially and the instability of the economy makes her concerned about her future. She points to school curricula as the source of her worries, fearing that she’s not being educated on topics that will help her understand politics, navigate life and manage money.

Feb 13, 2024 | thenevadaindependent.com | Naoka Foreman

This is the second installment of an initiative launched last fall in partnership with Vegas PBS. February 13th, 2024 at 12:29 PMGun violence. Wars. Tuition costs. Police brutality. These are just a few of the issues on the minds of youth that are likely to be brought up Tuesday night when Nevada Independent reporter Naoka Foreman and Vegas PBS host Amber Dixon engage families and young people at the College of Southern Nevada.

Feb 13, 2024 | thenevadaindependent.com | Naoka Foreman

Luego de una carrera trabajando como chef ejecutivo en restaurantes dentro del Bellagio, The Ritz-Carlton y Caesars Palace, el famoso chef Jeff Henderson quiso dar un giro radical: Inculcar “valores de clase media” a jóvenes en situación de riesgo. Fue así como inició The Chef Jeff Project leadership academy para ayudar a niños que, dijo Henderson, generalmente nacen en vecindarios llenos de inestabilidad familiar y delincuencia.